tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post8235073487403904554..comments2024-02-06T03:31:45.606-05:00Comments on kate rothwell: the best selling author speaksKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-54946878965549837552007-05-05T13:27:00.000-04:002007-05-05T13:27:00.000-04:00Sam: " I'm too much of an iconoclast to stand stil...Sam: " I'm too much of an iconoclast to stand still for branding..."<BR/><BR/>Yes! tho i guess a good iconoclast branding would be "You never know what's inside!"Ann Vremonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714501877383712536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-53316370046217461432007-05-05T13:18:00.000-04:002007-05-05T13:18:00.000-04:00*Snort*Ok ok seriously. Ask yourself this. Take ...*Snort*<BR/><BR/>Ok ok seriously. Ask yourself this. Take an honest look at yourself inside your head and ask. Are you a product to be packaged? Is that what you want to be? If yes, are you comfortable selling a sanitised, basically fake version of yourself to complete strangers? I have many author friends who have gone that route because they want the full "I am a romance novelist so worship me" package. I love them, but I don't want to be them. I will be there when the bubble bursts and help them into the next bubble. Not my thing though.<BR/><BR/>When I go out to events and speak in public I want to be as comfortable and normal as possible. I want people to be able to talk to me and feel at ease. I DO think twice and sometimes three times before saying things. When I say something, it's usually what I meant to say and not what I think I should have said.<BR/><BR/>I'd really rather not have everyone know who I am. People who like my writing find me and when they do, they find the actual "me" and not the hyped, fake package. That makes me happy. And a happy Ferfe is a writing Ferfe.<BR/><BR/>Everyone makes their own way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-70668402358405071682007-05-05T12:34:00.000-04:002007-05-05T12:34:00.000-04:00and ummmm when I say writing, I mean the published...and ummmm when I say writing, I mean the published stuff.<BR/><BR/>(Makes basic sense. If you write inspies you'd want to appear Christian in your dealings with public.)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-88807965336166848322007-05-05T12:31:00.000-04:002007-05-05T12:31:00.000-04:00I think what you say and where you say it has a lo...I think what you say and where you say it has a lot to do with the sort of writing you do.<BR/><BR/>Doug? You'll be able to say anything you want!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-74453259089722266552007-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:002007-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:00So -- if I ever become a BSAF of yours, that means...So -- if I ever become a BSAF of yours, that means I have to give up being political, too? How bogus. Who cares if you alienate a few potential readers. (Alienating agents and publishers is quite a different matter, I admit.)<BR/><BR/>Interesting interview, though.<BR/><BR/>I shall be pimping shortly . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-20076836951094974422007-05-05T08:56:00.000-04:002007-05-05T08:56:00.000-04:00Yeah, it seems like a lot of work.I used to think ...Yeah, it seems like a lot of work.<BR/><BR/>I used to think it was just that you pick colors and phrases and use them in your professional correspondence. Now I think it's a 24/7 way of life. <BR/><BR/>Keeping one's mouth shut except when the time and circumstances are right? And then picking words ohhhh so very carefully? Difficult for some of us. Snort.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-32559667802681122502007-05-05T04:53:00.000-04:002007-05-05T04:53:00.000-04:00Well, I was interested to see the interview. But I...Well, I was interested to see the interview. But I guess I'm too much of an iconoclast to stand still for branding, lol.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-65464888436491238182007-05-04T22:52:00.000-04:002007-05-04T22:52:00.000-04:00I'll ask but I doubt it. She's got actual work to ...I'll ask but I doubt it. She's got actual work to do, deadlines and whatnot, the biddy.<BR/><BR/>Basically from what I've read (here and there) branding seems to be making sure your communication, your writing and everything else you show to the public is consistent and promotes an image that works to make your books and you connected. or something. Maybe.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-25940314152659868062007-05-04T21:38:00.000-04:002007-05-04T21:38:00.000-04:00Can BSAF (which for other people who are slow on t...Can BSAF (which for other people who are slow on the uptake--like me--means Best Selling Author Friend) do a lesson, anonymously if necessary, on Branding?Grace Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456018521865817222noreply@blogger.com