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*In this issue... * *What Are You Writing About: Why & For Whom?*
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*What Are You Writing About: Why & For Whom>*
by
*A P von K’Ory*
In today’s world, writers have it a lot easier to get their books
printed, once they’ve written and polished it. Through POD and
self-publishing, using outlets like CreateSpace, Smashwords or Lulu,
to be a published author is no longer a writer’s main obstacle that
they have to overcome.
As a result, it means there are millions and millions of books and
writers churning out books daily. All sorts of books. Good ones,
average ones, terrible ones. The gates are wide open and there’s no
gatekeeper to check a writer’s ID and her/his destination anymore.
This also means the writing/publishing compound is not just
overcrowded, there’s a stampede, and those not strong enough, or those
unable to command massive marketing and publicity assistance, will get
trampled on to death, however good their writing may be.
It would seem that, today a writer, of necessity, has to be an even
better marketer and salesperson. Most writers, like me, are introverts
and couldn’t sell their own voice as theirs while they speak. Neither
can they Trump-style twitter 24/7. So they would have to hire
publicists, or make do with their Facebook and other social media
networks such as Blogs. All of which take a huge chunk of time away
from writing, but without any guarantee that the followers or fans
will actually pick up the writer’s book amid those hundreds of
millions to buy.
Book launches come to the same hardships although they are the most
important in marketing – the writer has to reach out to readers and
convince them to want the writer’s coming book. To convince readers
that your book is good for them and why it is worthwhile for them to
buy and read it, is hard work. To do this, the writer has to also
believe that their book is good and worthwhile for them to write in
the first place. So the writer must ask themselves why they wrote the
book, and honestly answer the questions:
Did they write it in order to be rich and live on an island in the
Caribbean? Was it to help others in a particular sphere, or merely to
entertain them? What message did the writer wish to share with the
readers, and how does the writer convey this message better than all
other millions of people with the same message?
What inspires a writer to write a particular book often tells them who
they wrote it for and why they want those readers to read their book.
I tend to write romance, or socio-political nonfiction books. The
political nonfiction are universal, but concentrate on the
international wickerwork of trade, governance, economy, finances and
the relationships among the so-called international community, where
no doubt equality and/or inequality plays an important role. In
romance I’m firmly on the inter- and multi-cultural relationships
because most of it is heavily my own experiences, which makes the
works practically autobiographies. One will notice, too, that such
relationships are imbued with socio-political hues and the element of
equality of the genders.
Of course I do include sex in my romances, but without losing the
classy literariness of the works. I don’t include sex for
titillation’s sake, but as part and parcel of an intercultural or
multicultural relationship that could in itself bring in huge
conflicts. My ideal readers are romance readers who can take in
bedroom scenes that have nothing to do with Stupid Shades of Groans. I
do not write for women who seek psychological and/or physical
humiliation and pain. Neither do I write for men who prefer to read
about other men inflicting such practices on women.
So in this, I as a writer know why I create the sort of books I write
and for what sort of readers, and why. Knowing these facts and
concentrating on them helps the writer in both writing and marketing
the works to the right audience.
*A P von K’Ory*
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*Strategies for Peace, by Bruce L. Cook and Maria Cristina Azcona
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BRUCE L. COOK AND MARIA CRISTINA AZCONA - Full Index. I join Maria
Cristina Azcona in offering this collection of viewpoints on peace
making. She and I joined Ernest Kahan in 2014 to establish the
Worldwide Peace Organization in Argentina. Here we identify a
startling variety of facets on the crystal which represents peace.
Virtually everyone claims to want world peace. Only a few take
measures to promote it. Each writer who seeks peace suggests a unique
dimension. It's our hope that this volume will encourage students,
professors, and peacemakers to consider this comprehensive look at ten
strategy perspectives which, if taken seriously in private and public
life, might lead to our shared objective - worldwide peace in our
time. * Leadership * Language and Leadership * Interspiritual * World
Citizenship * Family Relations * Role of Women * Education * Medical
Actions * The Arts * Conflict Resolution*
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August, 2017 (no. 1808)
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