The editors of “Coming and Crying” both like agents, okay?

Melissa Gira Grant:

The email is from someone who I think very fairly assessed the potential of a blog-to-book deal that consists largely of already-published material still available online. So please — no imagined h8. That C&C came to be in this particular way is a direct result of it not being a blog-to-book. And it is much stronger for it. […]

When we each have a project that suits a traditional publishing mechanism, we’ll both seek that out. And I’ll (being fucking honest here) totally take up the agent in question on her offer to circle back around with another book idea. No matter how it looks from a blog away, we all left that conversation happy to have had it.

This (plus the bits I left out) is all excellent news, and what I hoped/expected Melissa and Meaghan to say. I figured the commenters/rebloggers who wanted them to “stick it to the man” and send a Kickstarter screencap to the agent weren’t sharing the editors’ feelings.

This is a good project without being some Answer to All Publishing Questions. It’s already a good answer to one question: Can intelligent authors make a successful project and reach a good audience without the help of a publisher? Yes, as this, Robin Sloan’s Annabelle Scheme and many other Kickstarter projects show – and as thousands of other online projects show. Beyond that, it can be judged simply on its merits, and I expect this will be a good book, which matters most.

Mar

3

2010

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  1. rkb reblogged this from meaghano
  2. nickdouglas reblogged this from melissa and added:
    Melissa Gira Grant:...hoped/expected Melissa...send a...
  3. electro-clarifier reblogged this from nickdouglas
  4. melissa reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is wrestling the pig...respond to this at all, as a)
  5. thegentlemen reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    backers, how many...be made? For instance, I ordered two of them (at
  6. steampoweredmedia reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    I wonder if Meaghan and Melissa will send the agent a Kickstarter screen shot.
  7. acrazymomslife reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Boo to the Naysayers I can;t wait for my copy! Get to work woman! :)
  8. meaghano reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    “told ya so,” heh. I keep cringing every time I see this on my dashboard. And this isn’t my agent— I don’t have an...
  9. nickdouglas reblogged this from evangotlib and added:
    Evan’s Blog. Meh. We already have the first one, and it’s Kickstarter.
  10. evangotlib reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    why blip.tv works. Someone should create
  11. luckypaperstars reblogged this from meaghano
  12. nickdouglas reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is great that the project did so well. It’s a fantastic example of the new opportunities available if you trade in...

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