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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Dec 3, 2008 22:10:36 GMT
Credit card was whipped out and utilised pretty damn quick after that posting.
Gotta love Amazon too.
Great post, Dem.
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 27, 2008 17:28:30 GMT
I agree wholeheartedly about publishing attitudes...but I think it goes deeper than that. In the UK we seem to have a deep rooted island mentality.
Trying to do deals or joint working arrangements with printers (who are struggling in the present climate) was/is so hard here...yet in the US and Canada, I had absolutely no trouble at all.
I think what needs to change is the way that business is actually done and making it more of a collaborative effort where all get a good portion of the spoils...not the pissy little amounts that writers get at the moment.
I did an interview recently, where I said that publishers treat their writers like dirt...the backlash I got was amazing...but only from publishers. So you are bang on the money when you say it's attitudes amongst publishers that needs to change and cut out the crazy advances to writers who are just not worth it.
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 22, 2008 9:27:58 GMT
Book sales are higher now than they have been for the past ten years, and with the new reading initiatives across the globe, I think the future is quite bright...just different.
I agree that attention spans are down to that of a goldfish...but I think with eReaders and Kindles, that the way a 'book' is presented is going to change. Which is a good thing.
Will they replace the book?...no...can they work alongside?..most definitely.
What I hope is that we can get back to authors writing entertaining stories and finish them within 40000 to 50000 words. And series, I agree with Ade on that...lets have more of them.
And Hollywood producers and studios love buying a series of books rather than standalones (unless it's a best-seller). Hello writers...you reading this?
Guy Smith was a clever one...wrote a number of series and a few with sequels...that's why I have film producers fighting among themselves.
Long live the pulp....I do miss the cheaper paper though.
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 21, 2008 21:57:14 GMT
Here it is Comments?
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 15, 2008 19:17:58 GMT
What an interesting thread...and something that I am sure pops up on many other forums from time to time.
I rarely look any further than the Guy N Smith section (for obvious reasons) but the knowledge of a great many in here has had me wandering through a pulp nirvana...and I thank you.
I too have been guilty of flogging the company product or letting folk know of in impending GNS release or development...but because I appreciate that it is a forum and not a marketplace, it's kept short and sharp and points to the company website where the business takes place.
For me, this forum is like a pub...you meet a few folks, share a few tales...but will that bloke who is trying to sell me a rose I don't want, please bugger off.
Should we condemn a writer for plugging themselves? Good god, no...but (there's always a but) when a page of forum interaction is almost hijacked by flash commercials, for me, the message gets lost.
Take a look at page 2 of this thread...it looks like an ad for some book by Screaming Dead...that is not what I personally want to see. And that can be halted by nothing more than a personal pm to stop after the first day...simple.
Trust me, I'd love to flood the forum with commercials, but this is not the place.
Old and new will always be uncomfortable bedfellows, as in the real world. Cliques will form, as like-minded individuals get together...as in the real world. But if you take away what the forum was originally set up for...pulp horror and such...then you take away the heart of the room.
People will come and go, just as a lot of us have thought when we leave a company, we hope it will fail, but it never does. Others replace those who leave. The same problems will crop up again...but change is inevitable.
Set some clear guidelines, not rules, guidelines and nudge folk into line if they step outside too far or in a manner that will offend. And on that score, don't aim for any type of success if you can't deal with negativity...warranted or not...it will come.
In any type of forum where the topics are subjective there will be conflict of some level...that's good.
But you need your Carolines, your David Rileys, your Justin Marriotts to name a few. Some of us feed off of them and to ose them would be a shame. So I urge folk not to jump just because it has got a liitle ugly for a night or two.
There are a lot of people trying to revive the pulp and horror novel...and spending a lot of money doing it...so let's advise not chastise.
This is probably the best horror forum out there...for me...and for me, that's all that matters.
Now...can I interest you all with our furture releases....?
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 14, 2008 10:27:05 GMT
One of those rare GNS novels...Deadbeat...is going to get an extremely limited printing in its original form before it gets rewritten and becomes PULSE. Thanks to Rakie Keig, Carol and Dan Windley I have the text all beautifully written up and almost ready for the printers. It will be announced on the GNS website next week. 50 copies only. And it won't fall apart in your hand either.
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 7, 2008 11:43:24 GMT
I wonder if it's just that old professional rivalry raising it's head, then. I do know a lot of men who have problems with women who are successful if they work in the same field...which is daft.
And for me, most folk in life are decent...just now and again, opinions will differ.
I'd hate it if everyone like killing crustacean novels...where would be the book selling challenge?
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Nov 6, 2008 11:15:42 GMT
Been a member for some years. Some interesting 'discussions' in there and it can get heated.
But the Rodens are good hosts and keen to let debate flow.
You should join just to read Jessica Salmonson's posts (that are more interesting than her books).
And Ellen D's opinion of the 'great' (in his opinion) Stephen Jones, is classic.
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Oct 26, 2008 16:10:16 GMT
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Oct 22, 2008 14:29:14 GMT
I can't agree with David more...I really struggle with vampire lore. Give me a monster...a werewolf...a cloud full of monsters...but angst ridden fella with a dental problem...not doing it for me (I liked 30 Days of Night...as those vampires were just out for a snack).
And thanks for the kind words, all. We're just trying to bring back things we liked as kids.
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Oct 20, 2008 20:20:10 GMT
oops...www.guynsmith.com
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Oct 20, 2008 20:18:33 GMT
The new GNS website has been uploaded for the viewing pleasure of all.
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Oct 1, 2008 14:35:15 GMT
Thank you gents. I now have a wonderfully perfect copy of The Festering cover, garnered from bits of different scans.
What a nice bunch you are.
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Sept 28, 2008 19:34:21 GMT
Today I climbed off my sick bed and added the new chapters to the new Night of the Crabs...should be with the printer toard the end of next week and released mid-October to coincide with the audio release.
Just want to thank you guys for the support and promotion.
Neil
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Post by ghostwriter2109 on Sept 26, 2008 19:46:33 GMT
Thanks Peter...much appreciated
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