Written by MaG | 19 September 2011
Posted in General - About writing

Ever since I decided to get a Twitter account to connect with other writers and readers, I have been overwhelmed by the amount of information out there. The first thing that shocked me, was how many writes are trying to do what I was trying to do: get noticed, get published. I come from a relatively small country and I decided to write my novel in English, because it allowed me to reach a much wider audience. Of course I should have realized that with that bigger demand, comes a bigger supply as well.

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Written by MaG | 18 September 2011
Posted in General - About writing

I joined Twitter thee months ago for two reasons. The first reason is obvious, I needed a platform for promoting my novel and my project, the second reason was that I wanted to connect with other writers and readers, mainly to learn and to share experiences. And it has been a very educational experience. From day one, I received DM’s and mentions with advice, some great, some just bizarre, but I appreciate it all, because one thing I have come to learn is that the writing community is a very helpful one. Authors seem to be willing to help each other out, and that’s great, because if there’s any industry that’s competitive, it’s the writing industry.

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Written by MaG | 15 September 2011
Posted in General - About writing

When I was talking about the possible ways to release a book into the world, I mentioned the road to self-publishing and the road to traditional publishing. However, I missed one important new option that is proving to be very interesting: crowd funding.

In case you have never heard of it: crowd funding is when you use the power of the internet and social media (the crowd) to gather the funds you need for a certain project. So how does it work? Do you send a DM to all of your Twitter followers or Facebook likers to collect money? No, that’s not crowd funding, that’s spamming and nobody likes it. Spam should be canned, even the creators of the actual meat know that.

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Written by MaG | 14 September 2011
Posted in General - About writing

Writing a novel, or any other kind of book is an unusual, but extraordinary journey. Unusual because journeys often have a beginning, a path and an end. With writing, this is not the case. If you have a great idea for a novel, and decide one day that you are going to write it, you have a beginning. Then starts the struggle. Finding the time to write, finding the motivation to write, finding the courage to write, knowing that you are potentially allowing the world to roam freely in your mind. When you manage to pull through, to write so much that you actually finish the novel, you’ll have reached the end of your journey, only to discover that you’re in fact still – or again – at the beginning.

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