tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post4849910221142347959..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: The Amanda Hocking Story - This IS NOT the normScott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-50634760853306251382012-02-24T16:36:14.611-08:002012-02-24T16:36:14.611-08:00Even established authors are having a hard time re...Even established authors are having a hard time replicating what Amanda Hocking did online. Sometimes it's just like that, call it what you will, luck, talent (ahem, holding comments), etc. <br /><br />Just yesterday I read a blog by Stephen Leather, a pretty well-established UK author, who tried to break into the US ebook market. Well, he did to to an extent. But nothing like A. Hocking. I have a theory on how she did it, but I'll spare you my behavioral theory. Hint: it does have something to do with releasing what, 9 books in one year??Rashad Pharaonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795035923841527742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-38305159449596766322012-01-13T11:14:50.450-08:002012-01-13T11:14:50.450-08:00I guess I approach my (new) writing career with op...I guess I approach my (new) writing career with open expections. That means, anything can happen, but then again, maybe little will. Either way, I win by learning, growing and honing my craft. Oprah Winfrey once said she stopped watching what everyone else was doing years ago, and learned to focus on what SHE was doing. Let others watch and worry. :)Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716842533070272638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-76103489751089056722012-01-12T10:23:23.936-08:002012-01-12T10:23:23.936-08:00Amanda Hocking makes a great "I can do that, ...Amanda Hocking makes a great "I can do that, too" because the assessment is that she's a copycat writer. People see her as proof that you can write bad fanfic and become a million-seller. Now, the reality behind Hocking is different than that perception. However, she's out there, and very much as a "So easy, a caveman can do it" example.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15367023448539921016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-645259119842584132012-01-12T05:30:30.522-08:002012-01-12T05:30:30.522-08:00I think writers cling to The Amanda Hocking Story ...I think writers cling to The Amanda Hocking Story because self-publishing (at the very least) puts the work out there and could garner some level of feedback. One reader could lead to two and so forth. With that mindset, those three willing readers and the $2.13 are far greater than the fifty unanswered queries that one may have floating around in cyberspace. It's not so much the "audacity of hope" as "the immediacy of ego".<br /><br />That said, self-publishing isn't for me. I have a great deal of faith in the traditional model and see every rejection and unanswered email as a catalyst for improvement.Anniehttp://www.lemontartdiary.comnoreply@blogger.com