Signal Boost--Living in Threes, a publishing experiment
I hope you'llcheck out the video first--it's very short.
Judith Tarr wrote a YA novel that couldn't be pegged in the usual boxes. Her agent and several editors said "I love it, but I'm not sure . . ." where to put it on shelves? How to market it? Whatever. This post is not aimed at slanging agents and editors, who are dealing with the volcano that is publishing nowadays as well as the rest of us.
It's all about the story. I've read this story. I think it has the potential to be a grabber. But she is also the sole support of nine Lipizzaner horses, with no financial safety net, and while self-publishing gives writers the power to be creative, it doesn't pay the bills until the book is out. So she's trying Kickstarter to earn an advance while she takes the time to rip a good story down to bare metal in order to rebuild it as a great one.
Even a spare buck will help, if enough would like to sponsor her.
Judith Tarr wrote a YA novel that couldn't be pegged in the usual boxes. Her agent and several editors said "I love it, but I'm not sure . . ." where to put it on shelves? How to market it? Whatever. This post is not aimed at slanging agents and editors, who are dealing with the volcano that is publishing nowadays as well as the rest of us.
It's all about the story. I've read this story. I think it has the potential to be a grabber. But she is also the sole support of nine Lipizzaner horses, with no financial safety net, and while self-publishing gives writers the power to be creative, it doesn't pay the bills until the book is out. So she's trying Kickstarter to earn an advance while she takes the time to rip a good story down to bare metal in order to rebuild it as a great one.
Even a spare buck will help, if enough would like to sponsor her.