Here's what I saw at your site: gaudiness and amateur web design; a Burbank agent, gee I had one of those. A vanity press book at center stage; I have two of those. It appears some small indie films and a student film of sorts. A partner that claims to be a model.
A failed writer? Not I. I'm very much in the game. I call things as I see them. My latest book won't be found only on a website because the last two were.
I repeat my question: optioned twice to whom? And found how? By random searches; mentioned in a query?
And vanity press publishers? You're leading the way with three books published by them.
Publisher: America House Book Publishers, Xlibris & iUniverse, Incorporated. Man, those are household names.
Quality writing? Yeah, right. A review from Amazon.com on your latest masterpiece.
Against a Strong Current
by Mark A. York
ISBN: 0738844918
Format: Paperback, 144pp
Pub. Date: December 2000
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Clement Brazil, A reviewer, January 26, 2004,
This book was awful:
From the very beginning of this book, I found myself wondering why this book was written. The editing was terrible and the writing style was virtually non-existent. This was, hands down, one of the worst books that I have ever read.
Getting back to the original thread topic, ladies...
I'd have to say yes, a web presence can be most useful. Mine has led to interested pings, offers and requests. Some haven't quite worked out the way I'd want them to, others have and currently are. I'm pretty sure a couple of "queries" I received (from untraceable addresses) were DD jokers having a laugh, but most have been serious, and all have been interesting.
And, from a personal viewpoint, having everything collected together in one place helps me enormously! No matter where I am I can access my own stuff.
Thanks for a coherent response to this thread. You raise a very interesting by-product of the web about having everything all together. I too believe that the internet can be a viable supplement to other marketing avenues.
It's something that is there, but a sale or an inguiry from a listing on a homepage is extremely rare. Like online only books, this represents a minute part of the market.
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