http://www.superheronation.com/2009/05/04/what-im-reading-today/ How to write a superhero book, comic book or superhero novel and get it published Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.superheronation.com/2009/05/04/what-im-reading-today/comment-page-1/#comment-27003 B. Mac Thu, 07 May 2009 03:45:44 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=3472#comment-27003 Also, I think it's a little bit too explicit about its target audience. Teens rather than college graduates will comprise the bulk of my audience for a number of reasons*, but I don't want to put up a wall that says "you have to be in high school or college to read this." <br /> *Some of the reasons it will skew overwhelmingly towards high school and college students... <br /> (1) So far, my online audience has heavily skewed towards that audience. <br /> (2) I suspect that credentials matter less to younger readers than older readers. That's important because my credentials are very sparse. And the writing credentials I have will be most respectable to young people-- I run a moderately popular website about writing superhero stories, I wrote for two college newspapers, etc. <br /> (3) The cover will probably be very bright. <br /> (4) I think that most aspiring superhero writers are 20 and younger. Some authors that write their first superhero story when they're 30+, but they are very rare. (For example, Austin Grossman got his college degree in 1991, so he was probably in his late 30s when he published Soon I Will Be Invincible). <br /> (5) It's hard to accept advice from people that are noticeably younger. One of the issues is that the young are typically less experienced (and often have different kinds of experience). Also, I think it’s a little bit too explicit about its target audience. Teens rather than college graduates will comprise the bulk of my audience for a number of reasons*, but I don’t want to put up a wall that says “you have to be in high school or college to read this.”

*Some of the reasons it will skew overwhelmingly towards high school and college students…

(1) So far, my online audience has heavily skewed towards that audience.

(2) I suspect that credentials matter less to younger readers than older readers. That’s important because my credentials are very sparse. And the writing credentials I have will be most respectable to young people– I run a moderately popular website about writing superhero stories, I wrote for two college newspapers, etc.

(3) The cover will probably be very bright.

(4) I think that most aspiring superhero writers are 20 and younger. Some authors that write their first superhero story when they’re 30+, but they are very rare. (For example, Austin Grossman got his college degree in 1991, so he was probably in his late 30s when he published Soon I Will Be Invincible).

(5) It’s hard to accept advice from people that are noticeably younger. One of the issues is that the young are typically less experienced (and often have different kinds of experience).

]]> http://www.superheronation.com/2009/05/04/what-im-reading-today/comment-page-1/#comment-26997 Mr. USA Thu, 07 May 2009 02:06:41 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=3472#comment-26997 I got that book for my son and he said he preferred my how to guide to publishing from my Writing Class in college. I skimmed it and I agree. I got that book for my son and he said he preferred my how to guide to publishing from my Writing Class in college. I skimmed it and I agree.

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