RE: For Fantasy/Sci-Fiction Lovers: What Makes You Reada Book?
January 9, 2017 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2017 at 10:56 pm by paulpablo.)
(January 8, 2017 at 12:15 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: A lot of you know that I’m a writer. As such, I’ve been looking for ways to deal with all the competition out there. I begin to think part of it is just sheer luck. But I’ve been reading a lot of advice from the "experts" and they all seem to say I need to establish a relationship with my readers. That sounds so crazy. I’ve never read a fantasy novel because I thought the author cared about me personally.
So I’m asking you, the readers, the real experts on why you pick up any particular book. What makes you interested in a book? Especially a book by an author you’ve never heard of, or do you only read books by famous authors? Should I make a name for myself by robbing a bank?
I know how you feel because I've dabbled in trying to promote music on youtube.
I got my first good comment from someone I don't even know on a new song I made the other day and even getting that one comment was like getting blood from a stone.
Which isn't too bad since only about 5 people have viewed my videos. BUT I haven't really started promotion yet I'm just testing the water.
I plan to really ensure I have good material anyway before I really push for promotion, I'll pay for it or use other tricks if I have to, my music is improving week by week so I'll wait a bit.
Anyway to get back to your main question, I've got some bad news for you. I've only ever read books that I've already seen films of, or books written by the same author of good films I've seen. The best two examples are Stephen King, Irvine Welsh, I also bought American Psycho, clockwork orange and considered buying fightclub but never got round to it.
The only other books I read are classics like Mice and Men, Dracula, 1984 and so on.
I've never picked up a fictional book randomly and just started reading because it's a big investment of time. I need to know I'm going to enjoy it more than a video game or just a different better book.
It's difficult enough convincing people you don't know to listen to a 3 minute peice of music you've made, convincing people to invest a few hours in reading a book by someone they don't know must be a world of shit I imagine.
The only thing I could possibly think of is some crude/cool front cover, maybe someone getting their brains blown out in detail, or something overtly sexual, or both.
It is a bit crazy how some crap things become famous and other amazing things aren't well known. I agree to some extent things like this are based on luck.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
