Comments on: Thanks, Evil Editor!

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:34:09 +0000

dont worry marrisa u still have ur afternoons and evenings

By: Marissa

Marissa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:28:34 +0000

Oh, okay, Wiki says it was only a couple of years back, so that seems reasonable.

Still though… Dang, that sure throws off my morning. =/

By: Marissa

Marissa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:26:04 +0000

…You’re kidding. My dad didn’t tell me he was dead. xD

My dad and Robbie go out for drinks all the time (Robbie being his son, the one who does all the stunts now), and I just thought Evel was settling down at home or something.

Wow, now I feel so observant. -facepalm-

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:02 +0000

I thought he was dead! Man, if Wikipedia was wrong about his death, then maybe this throws my Wikipedia sales strategy into question.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:47 +0000

Aww, really? ‘Cause I know Evel Knievel (which is close enough, in my professional opinion ) and I’m sure he’d be willing to give it a look.

Kidding, of course. Not about knowing him, but about him looking it over with any degree of success. xD

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:07:50 +0000

At some point, I’ll hit the big time, and then I’ll be able to rely on reviewers who don’t have Evil in their name.

By: joel wyatt

joel wyatt — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:59:33 +0000

Hey, B. Mac,

The fact that you’ve got eyes on your work, and someone who’s willing to give you (fairly) constructive criticism to boot, is good news – congradulations!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:57:50 +0000

I think you might be limiting the audience of your work, B Mac. I’m a high school English teacher and find your advice very good. You have collected views on a very wide range of topics – all relating to writing for superheroes which hasn’t been done as far as I know.

I’ve pointed students in the direction of your blog as well as adults. And funnily enough, I’d say the adults are more open to reading about writing. Students can sometimes tend to barrel in to a writing task without thinking (that is a generalisation, I know, and the students on this blog are obviously not the ones I’m thinking of). Adults, on the other hand, don’t have to write for an assignment or whatever, so I think they are more open to reading advice and looking at writing from a multitude of perspectives.

So I would not limit the audience of your book.

A friend of mine got a novel published for the first time a couple of years ago. It was a superhero book. And he was in his late thirties.

Keep up the good articles, and good luck with the publishing merry-go-round.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:25:22 +0000

It’s also much easier to give criticism to strangers than to people close to you.

By: Banana Slug

Banana Slug — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:02:57 +0000

My writing can’t improve too much until I get criticism. I came to Superhero Nation happy and optimistic, knowing that it’s easier to take criticism from strangers than from people close to you.

Then I learned that all my siblings come here. XD

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:55:45 +0000

Hey, hey! The full quote was “Actually, it’s evidence that the same twelve people visit your site 20 times every day. And I should know.” It was tongue-in-cheek– he even made a jab at his own site.

I agree wholeheartedly that the author’s credentials don’t matter all that much to younger readers. Now, I just need to find a publisher that does as well.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:56:43 +0000

Well, I don’t check who the heck the author is before I pick up a how-to book, I just read it and see if any of the advice makes sense.

And what I meant by ‘putting you down’ is… Like, ‘a tiny blog with a maximum of five followers isn’t nearly enough to show you have any idea how to write’.

By: Ham

Ham — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:35:23 +0000

One problem I could see with your book, is that people are going to think: “who the hell is this guy?”. And that’s a bad thing. You’re writing a sort of how-to book. But why should people listen to you? Why should you know any better than the average Joe about superhero comics and novels? Of course we know that you definitely know something about this kind of stuff. But people who’ll see your book and your name for the first time don’t. Now, if you would have a successful series of comics or novels, it would be different.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:10:50 +0000

Keep rewriting my query until it’s ready to go, and then start submitting to agents. Then it’s up to the agent to find me a publisher.

By: David

David — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:20:32 +0000

so what u gonna do then? find another publisher?