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pencils and whatnot: March 2008
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Thursday, March 27, 2008. Patricia J. DeLois. As a library intern, I conducted a focus group with a certain group of elderly ladies to find out what they wanted from the library. We like authors with three names," they said. "Write that down.". Mary Higgins Clark. Anne Rivers Siddons. (I suggested Joyce Carol Oates, but no, they didn't want her.). Valuable information, and duly noted in my report. No," I said, "I'm going to use my middle initial, like Homer J. Simpson.". A bad comedy act. Never had 'em&#...
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pencils and whatnot: Living the Dream
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008. This is what it's like. For weeks and weeks NOTHING. HAPPENS. You agree to the deal. Bring on the contract, you say, I'll sign the fucker. And you wait. No contract. Keep waiting, no contract. Is this not a standard contract? You ask the agent. "Is their printer broken? It takes time," she says, and she's not lying. Apparently it's not as simple as agreeing that you'll write the books and they'll publish them. They're going to do a whole lot more than that. June 11, 2008 at 5:13 PM.
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pencils and whatnot: Know. Your. Market.
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Monday, February 25, 2008. Know Your. Market. Just came from a Better Site Than This One, and there was a discussion going on about the market. Not THE market, YOUR market, as in, "You have to know your market.". Study your readership, they say, so you can provide the kind of writing they're used to, pace-wise, character-wise, plot-wise. Give your audience the genre it wants. This seems backwards to me. "My" readers are people who read my book. They're not part of my audience before. Too soon to say.
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pencils and whatnot: Patricia J. DeLois
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Thursday, March 27, 2008. Patricia J. DeLois. As a library intern, I conducted a focus group with a certain group of elderly ladies to find out what they wanted from the library. We like authors with three names," they said. "Write that down.". Mary Higgins Clark. Anne Rivers Siddons. (I suggested Joyce Carol Oates, but no, they didn't want her.). Valuable information, and duly noted in my report. No," I said, "I'm going to use my middle initial, like Homer J. Simpson.". A bad comedy act. Every letter of...
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Shedding Skins: January 2008
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Friday, January 11, 2008. As if the whole Sarkozy and Carla Bruni affair wasn't enough, now it seems Hugo Chavez and Naomi Campbell have a thing going. Hugo Chavez! The clear suggestion is that political power wants glamour in the bedroom and on the presidential arm. Or the like, but also to make sure that the front row has been demographically tested to make sure enough outlets in enough markets take up the story. And how many is enough? Monday, January 7, 2008. Some nice photography and the moment when...
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Shedding Skins: October 2009
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Friday, October 2, 2009. Trying to get to everything. Starting a million things at once and then trying to keep them all going is not a great idea. A good number of them will suffer - this blog being a case in point. It has been rather inactive for the best part of 2 years. I have been incredibly busy, but hey life is all about marking our priorities. In any case, I'll post some suggested albums for 2008-09 and perhaps get to talk about books as well. Who knows? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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pencils and whatnot: Goals
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Saturday, March 15, 2008. Never had 'em. Plans, sure, and schemes, and half-baked ideas, but not goals. The only goal I ever had was to finish library school, and that wasn't even my idea. I was on the tail end of a string of people who inexplicably took advice from Georgia. I think you should buy that house," she said to Jeff Curtis, and he bought the house. I think you should buy that car," she said to a co-worker, and he bought the car. I'll apply. If I'm accepted, I'll go.". It's been freaking me out...
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pencils and whatnot: Vicarious Living
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Sunday, February 17, 2008. There's been a growing trend in recent years, and living vicariously through Patti has become a common phenomenon. Even I'm doing it. It's kind of fun. I have a great job at the library, in the audiovisual department. I miss the river of books that used to flow past me at the circulation desk, but here's the payoff: I buy the movies. Fun? Best Job. Ever. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Patricia J. DeLois. Too soon to say. Better Sites Than This One:. William L. Spencer.
