Lois Winston posted this article from from her blog earlier today over in my LSF group...
--- In , Lois Winston <winston72@...> wrote:
What makes a bestseller? Why does one book take off while another equally well-written novel never gets noticed? It's the capricious nature of the publishing industry and the life authors have chosen--a topic often discussed and grumbled about when authors gather at conferences and conventions. Such was the case at Malice Domestic and the recent Festival of Mystery. Come on over to Inkspot today to learn more:
The Capricious Nature of This Life We Live
http://www.midnightwriters.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-capricious-nature-of-this-life-we.html
Lois Winston
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The subject has been coming up lately in various writing groups...heck, it's always coming up really...but here are two related articles that have generated a certain amount of discussion as of late...
Survivorship bias: why 90% of the advice about writing is bullshit right now
http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2013/05/27/survivorship-bias-why-90-of-the-advice-about-writing-is-bullshit-right-now/
And this one is worth a read as well...
Does This Make You Mad? (Why What Others Are Doing Isn’t Working for You)
http://goinswriter.com/why/
Anyway...good luck with that bestseller thing...I think all you can really do is put out a quality product, promote it as best you know how...and frankly, hope for the best...
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