September 18, 2006

You Gotta Have A Gimmick

These days, it's not enough to be published. You got to have a platform, an audience, something that separates you from the rest of the pack.

Or, as Lynn Scanlon puts it at The Publishing Contrarian: A Hook!

If your story has a child with Down's Syndrome as a main character, as in "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," you've got an audience to market to. If you're an Afghan, there's thousands in the U.S. eager to read "The Kite Runner."

In short, put in something that interests a particular group, and you've got potential sales.

And if you can't think of anything, well, you can always fall back on sex.

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Bill, thanks so much for dropping by The Publishing Contrarian and then linking to my blog. I really appreciate it when fellow bloggers drop by.

Lynne AKA The Wicked Witch of Publishing

You’re welcome!

Ah, for the innocent days when bringing on a man with a gun was enough.

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