Narrated Worlds - Comments

Alex comments on Bhel Sea - cover design

Alex — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:15:35 +0000

That's gorgeous, Ben. I'm glad I got to read the words that inspired it.

Ben Julien comments on Tunes to write to

Ben Julien — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:45:02 +0000

I dont know them, so will be checking them out. Cheers Steph.

Steph comments on Tunes to write to

Steph — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:17:39 +0000

Actually, this reminds me that I went through a Fleet Foxes and a Zero 7 phase for different stories :)

IE comments on Five day impressions of NYC

IE — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:41:20 +0000

Interesting observations - I enjoyed reading this.

Aidan comments on Clauses 13 - 16

Aidan — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:56:01 +0000

A couple of my students in Japan told me they had taken out insurance against getting a hole-in-one. It can be very expensive - if you get a hole-in-one you're expected to buy presents (new golf clubs) for your playing partners and pay all the green fees - can cost thousands of dollars.

England starting offering the insurance as well, to cover the cost of shouting drinks for everyone.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/13/1058034875301.html

Ben Julien comments on Clauses 13 - 16

Ben Julien — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:43:43 +0000

Taking up golf is probably better than planning on multiple births!
Love the randomness of these clauses.

Louise Curtis comments on Clauses 13 - 16

Louise Curtis — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:12:35 +0000

That is SO cool! Makes me want to take up golf.

Louise Curtis

Louise Curtis comments on Distribution fail

Louise Curtis — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:57:15 +0000

I agree - a lot of piracy is simply because marketers aren't savvy enough to realise that the whole world is connected, and if something is good it's mad to give it to some people and not others. So the "others" will take it illegally - but many would buy it if they could.

Louise Curtis

Ben Julien comments on e-Books, starting somewhere

Ben Julien — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:31:24 +0000

Agreed. In fact, I think the key is to put something up, then put something else, and keep at it. Simply put, I think we need to write faster and finish faster and increase the quantity of work with our own names on it.

Steve T comments on e-Books, starting somewhere

Steve T — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:30:38 +0000

Hi Ben,
Hope everything is well with you and the family down there - thanks for sharing your thoughts on this - I've been checkihg out the ebook publishing world lately myself (not that my novel is that close to finishing), just out of interest because I do like the thought of cutting out the middle man and setting your own price etc.
I noticed that a couple of winners from the Writers of the Future contest had even put their short stories up for sale.
There are a couple of spectacular success stories re ebooks but not too many that I've noticed from relatively new authors - the amount of people throwing up sub-par stuff that probably would never have seen the light of day in traditional publishing is staggering, and growing, so not sure if good novels would be lost in that self-publicising book storm.
My feeling is that, if it is a great novel and you can get a few people to look at it and spread the word, like any other great novel it will spread by word of mouth regardless of the form of publishing used. Still a bit early to tell yet but I'm also keeping an eye on things in this area - I guess you could try putting a novel up electronically while you try to sell it traditionally and see which one looks like succeeding first.
cheers
Steve T