[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: celebrity authors and ‘bright marketable young things‘

2006-01-10 Thread Carole McDonnell
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be remembered that most celebrity novels and children's books are ghostwritten just like most celebrity and sports autobiographies. CM: Wow, that's a thought! But is it true? Okay, I'm pretty sure that Naomi

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: celebrity authors and ‘bright marketable young thingsâ

2006-01-10 Thread Carole McDonnell
Sop true, Andrea! The question, however, that concerns me is this: Do I a pudgy 46 year old qualify as a bright marketable young thing? Do people buy books because the author is damn cute? I suspect at this rate God will have to promote me because I just don't have the we've got to lionize

[SciFiNoir Lit] Some new Amazon programs for authors

2006-01-10 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
i was passing this info along to a publishers group I'm on and I thought some of you who sell your books on Amazon might be interested as well. Some of these programs are new So You'd Like to . . . Guides So You'd Like to . . . guides are a way for you to help other customers find all the items

[SciFiNoir Lit] 1 more - Some new Amazon programs for authors

2006-01-10 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
Amazon Shorts http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/570212/ref%3Damb%5Fleft-2%5F6 7018301%5F1/104-9837244-9551917 Amazon Shorts features previously unpublished short-form literature for sale exclusively at Amazon.com. Fiction and nonfiction pieces on a wide variety of topics are available

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: celebrity authors and ‘bright marketable young thingsâ

2006-01-10 Thread Chris Hayden
You can. You can write a successful book without being able to write, too --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Andrea Hairston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plenty of people think you can get up on stage or work in a film without study--if you're cute or have charisma or something. See Puff

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: celebrity authors and ‘bright marketable young things‘

2006-01-10 Thread Chris Hayden
It's called heat. That's why somebody famous can wind up doing records, books, appearing in movies when they aren't actors (Shaq, fer instance) There is something talismanic about something bearing the name or imprimatur of a winner. We want to touch it or rub its head for luck. --- In

[SciFiNoir Lit] Those new eyes

2006-01-10 Thread Carole McDonnell
Thanks so much to Chris and Nadine for their help on Gleaners. Working away. -C Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

[SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Best and worst spec fic books of 2005

2006-01-10 Thread B. Smith
It's the fourth novel in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series. It's like The War of The Roses done in a Dark Fantasy world. There are four novels in the series: A Game of Thrones (1996) A Clash of Kings (1999) A Storm of Swords (2000) A Feast for Crows (2005) Some folks call it Dark Tolkien