tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551608342749773751.post2486345744827596817..comments2024-03-08T20:41:23.825-08:00Comments on Author Heather McCorkle: Seminar Vs. Self-PublishingHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551608342749773751.post-30023364379203929452010-02-14T21:06:12.699-08:002010-02-14T21:06:12.699-08:00A self-published book is only successful if it'...A self-published book is only successful if it's good. You need to be at your best to make it work for you. <br /><br />Some authors balk at a suggestion that their work is less than stellar, so I think it's great that you decided to do whatever it took to make your book the best it could be. Shows what a great catch you are for that agent of yours!Lindsey Edwardshttp://www.thewritewords-lindsey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551608342749773751.post-17851473033018875452010-02-12T16:44:32.399-08:002010-02-12T16:44:32.399-08:00Any way you can get that experience is excellent! ...Any way you can get that experience is excellent! <br /><br />The retreats/seminar's I've gone to are week long intensive workshops where you're placed with a NY Times bestseller and about nine other students. Its very hands on and very eye opening. They don't pull punches because they don't have time to. I love the atmosphere and just can't get enough of it! <br /><br />Online workshops are a great way to go if you don't have time or money to go attend in person. No matter how fast or slow you want to go or how much you have to spend, there's something out there for everyone!<br /><br />Bravo to you Alissa for making that committment to your writing!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551608342749773751.post-35018870478239640432010-02-12T09:51:29.502-08:002010-02-12T09:51:29.502-08:00I think writer's retreats are probably a very ...I think writer's retreats are probably a very good investment. When I was first starting out many moons ago, I was involved with an online writer's workshop. It was more of a sweat equity thing, and it too me several years (not one weekend) but I finally learned how to write something that wasn't cluttered with adverbs and written in the dreaded passive voice and had an actual, logical plot. Invaluable lessons, but they took a long time to learn.Alissa Grossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701189791875707920noreply@blogger.com