tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post3790518460565362252..comments2023-10-20T08:56:14.314+01:00Comments on Stroppy Author: A life in publishing: "I've been looking at your website..."Stroppy Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-45369344640035385822015-04-14T10:59:30.967+01:002015-04-14T10:59:30.967+01:00I love the FAQs you find on the websites of those ...I love the FAQs you find on the websites of those who've just started out.<br /><br />Q: Where do you get your ideas from?<br />A: I'm asked this all the time! I wish I knew. They come from anywhere and everywhere! It might be a song I've heard, a fascinating person I've met, a film I've watched, a random thought, a song I've heard, or a film I've watched. I'm always jotting down great new ideas for my next big project! <br />Etc...Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-31858935171982265922015-04-06T12:10:07.092+01:002015-04-06T12:10:07.092+01:00Thanks, Anne. I found this useful and thought-prov...Thanks, Anne. I found this useful and thought-provoking - especially about the 'many books' problem. I've got all mine up at the moment (sorted into categories) because I find people do, in fact, comment on and ask for copies of really old books. And it's useful to have that information somewhere accessible, with links. But I've begun to feel that possibly the website (or at least its exterior pages) is not the best place for it. My main feeling about my website is that I want it to be clear and easy to use, so it's linear and has plenty of white space. But it's not very exciting and is definitely pitched mainly at adults. And it's not one that I can update myself - so Facebook is useful for current news. Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-23713052066099867572015-04-05T07:49:41.549+01:002015-04-05T07:49:41.549+01:00I agree about educational publishers, Sue - there ...I agree about educational publishers, Sue - there is far less of a 'name game' in educational publishing, with less promotion, fewer reviews and so on.<br /><br />The blog/website distinction and choice is one I'll deal with later as it is an important issue. How often you need to update your website depends on its function. Mine doesn't have a news section and it doesn't have anything that needs (or gets!) updated except details of new books, but that's because of how it's targeted. I use my author FB page for updates on what I'm doing and so on. And even that I don't do frequently enough! It can easily become a treadmill.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-82467119211572541542015-04-05T05:16:04.995+01:002015-04-05T05:16:04.995+01:00Maintain a website? It is hard enough to keep all ...Maintain a website? It is hard enough to keep all those cat hairs in order on my blog! :)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-39705223455785295582015-04-05T00:46:03.101+01:002015-04-05T00:46:03.101+01:00I'm a children's writer who once thought o...I'm a children's writer who once thought of having a regular web site, but you do have to keep them up to date and after the first few posts about your current books, what then? I find it easier to keep a blog, like this one. I do keep it pretty much up to date and when I've posted I tweet the update. You do need to have an online presence of your own, because trade publishers, as I learned the hard way, lose interest in you after your book is out. They go on to their next project. Education publishers, of course, don't need to send out your books for reviewing. They have a built-in market. I'd like to be getting some more work there, but most of them, these days, have stables of writers and don't want anyone else. Even one for which I wrote three books still selling well after several years, don't want me any more. So I have to do my own promotion to keep selling what's there.<br /><br />I do regret calling my blog by my name, which is hard to spell. But people find it somehow and I have a contact email on it.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com