The title refers not only to one of my favorite songs but the name of the proposal I’m currently working on. The operative word here is sometime, not every time. You’ve got to have a few wits in your head and a few brain cells on the ball.
Pity poor RWA then, that always seems to be putting it’s foot in its own mouth. This time–the new definition of what constitutes a vanity publisher. According to Booksquare:
. . .publishers whose primary means of offering books for sale is through a publisher-generated Web site;
Booksquare is quoting here and I’m not sure where from, but all I can say is Huh?
That automatically exes out all e-publishers who, shock of shocks, sell their books from their sites. Some authors from some of these houses earn more than houses publishing paper and ink books. Yet somehow e-publishers are vanity presses? Go figure.
Why can’t RWA get its head out of the e-sand and realize that the changes they are a comin’? It’s a new millennium with new media, new forms of delivery, perhaps new kinds of content. Anytime you can have reading material on your phone, it’s time to upgrade the level of technological and innovative savvy of an organization, not retreat to the Stone Age of intolerance.
Unfortunately for romance writers it seems that RWA leadership would rather see the organization remain a dinosaur rather than embrace the new days to come.
Sounds a bit out of touch to me. . . .
Thinking about RWA and all their crazy definitions and re definitions will make a body tired. Like the old folks say, I ain’t able…
Gwyneth
I am both an ebook author as well as print, and this new change will not stop me for writing for my Epubs! I love em!! I write for Ellora’s Cave, Kensington and recently, Harlequin Spice, and will continue just as I always have, writing for houses I enjoy writing for, and not worry about this craziness.
I make damn good money with my ebooks, and have no intent on leaving. I love working with my publisher and my readers are the bomb and are the reason I got picked up by NY in the first place. At EC I caved in to that naughty girl who had a story to tell, one different than what was seen as “sellable” and began writing my stories in my OWN voice, with my own vibe, and it’s been an amazing experience.
My E publisher was the first one to have a place for the new generation of women who enjoy their romances smokin’ hot, to get their read on. They were also the first ghetto superstar in the world of Epublishing, baby!! *g*
Seriously, Dee, I get what I can out of RWA, just like any other professional organization. Before I was a writer, I was a social worker and mental health therapist. I attended many conferences, and made the most of it. This is what you do, when you belong to any large organization. You work it to YOUR advantage. If you want change, then you get in there, run for office, and do your thang. If not, get what you can out of it, work the system to your advantage, keep writing, reaching out to your audience and just do the damn thang!!
xo
K