tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post146687934755448792..comments2023-06-18T05:48:52.971-07:00Comments on Prefect Slog: No Market For Sci Fi ComedySAFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-9776033951611450692008-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:002008-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:00Good advice and duly noted, Hannah. I'll get on it...Good advice and duly noted, Hannah. I'll get on it...!SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-72810778460516319142008-12-05T10:08:00.000-08:002008-12-05T10:08:00.000-08:00If I were you I'd send my stuff to this new imprin...If I were you I'd send my stuff to this new imprint through the normal channels. Can't hurt. Besides, as you say they might not even know who you are - the only way they're going to get to know you is if you get in touch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-35375969946814113222008-11-30T08:48:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:48:00.000-08:00I hope the chosen twelve thing is actually on the ...I hope the chosen twelve thing is actually on the up and up... because people I'm kinda fond of have been called, and I would hate to think that they're just getting their chains yanked. I think Authonomy is a good shot, but I think they need to adopt a different approach. For starters, they don't have all the genres on Authonomy in their own print lists.Mockingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241527559864367117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-23751034242440082752008-11-30T07:00:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:00:00.000-08:00I'm very sceptical about the 'chosen 12' thing. I'...I'm very sceptical about the 'chosen 12' thing. I'm a little sceptical about authonomy, except that there have been some really really good aspects to the experience. Some worth more than money and publishing contracts. I'm not sure about a direct approach to Angry Robot, might be worth a shot, but at the same time there are other publishers to approach out there and I'm not sure I want HC to make money off me now. If Angry Robot happens to hear about Evil and approaches me in the meantime, well, I'll be happy to talk to them :-)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-11786014477105935712008-11-30T06:19:00.000-08:002008-11-30T06:19:00.000-08:00I think, and this is something that I've already d...I think, and this is something that I've already discussed with Alexander, that you, he and Richard were the best options for uptake by HC on last month's editor's desk. What I think is happening, is that HC have sort of dug themselves a big pit here. I read your crits back to back... very revealing when examined as a chunk like that. I do get the vague sense that Authonomy was created in the Bull market, and now that we're in a world wide Bear market, they are scrambling to retrench a bit. If nothing gets picked up this month, I think they might be looking at a minor revolt..... people are getting a bit restless...... One of their problems is the immediacy of the internet, people expect things to happen so much faster. So the chosen twelve come along in time to stave off a peasant's revolt with us all heading for the hills with a sack of grain under one arm and our mss under the other. Question: knowing what you now know, are you going to send Evil UnLtd off to Angry Robot, or are you going to take a punt on other Sci Fi publishers.Mockingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241527559864367117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-5111652142770929902008-11-30T02:34:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:34:00.000-08:00Ha! I want to believe you're pulling my leg, but i...Ha! I want to believe you're pulling my leg, but if that's true, that's classic.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-39280777797572267992008-11-30T02:30:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:30:00.000-08:00He explains his debt to the family in Asterix and ...He explains his debt to the family in Asterix and the Laurel Wreath in what looks like it was a top to bottom rewrite of Pompeii.IZPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195339591797829458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-3388477572396543722008-11-30T02:21:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:21:00.000-08:00You're talking of A Writer's Tale, yeah? I don't a...You're talking of A Writer's Tale, yeah? I don't actually have that.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-22879948934445872332008-11-30T02:19:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:19:00.000-08:00By the way Simon, check out page 72 of the bumper ...By the way Simon, check out page 72 of the bumper RTD email book.IZPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195339591797829458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-40698115516366747532008-11-30T02:00:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:00:00.000-08:00Lol. Yeah, apparently.I think what they're really ...Lol. Yeah, apparently.<BR/><BR/>I think what they're really saying is, "Our marketing department can't market these books." Which, if you think about it, is a real slap in the face for their marketing department: like saying they can't do their jobs. If I was in marketing I'd take that as a challenge :-)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-3087093499501673082008-11-30T01:53:00.000-08:002008-11-30T01:53:00.000-08:00There's no market for comedy thrillers, either Sim...There's no market for comedy thrillers, either Simes.<BR/><BR/>In fact, let's just cut to the chase.<BR/><BR/>There's no market.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-24276869566695770582008-11-29T07:52:00.000-08:002008-11-29T07:52:00.000-08:00Wow, many thanks for the vote of confidence. I am ...Wow, many thanks for the vote of confidence. I am now on a mission to get this out there where it belongs!SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-72385700156992279752008-11-29T07:47:00.000-08:002008-11-29T07:47:00.000-08:00Simon, seriously, HC is jerking you around. I've l...Simon, seriously, HC is jerking you around. I've looked at some of the book, and it's very very sharp. OK, when it comes to my reading, I can be a bizarre goofball: Loving Terry Pratchett, and others, who play with their genres. Your book has a place in the market, and it would sell. As you've pointed out, SciFi and fantasy both are quite popular in the mainstream. Your comedic slant adds flavour to what can often be a pretty bland book category. I'd love to see this in print, and to buy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-50166660518124736832008-11-29T01:11:00.000-08:002008-11-29T01:11:00.000-08:00Thanks, Ian."Could you scriptify it easily?"It sho...Thanks, Ian.<BR/><BR/>"Could you scriptify it easily?"<BR/><BR/>It should be very easily scriptified as, once upon a time, I envisaged a radio series with Richard E Grant as Dexter Snide :-) and I wrote the scripts for the first two 30-minute episodes 4 or 5 years ago. I think they need sharpening up and what have you. But they do exist.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, there's also the TV option although that would be expensive. But if Joss Whedon happens to be looking in, it could be kind of like Firefly meets Doctor Horrible. Without the singing. Although that could be arranged. :-)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-86845755142739719582008-11-28T14:51:00.000-08:002008-11-28T14:51:00.000-08:00Well, my feeling is they don't have budget/imagina...Well, my feeling is they don't have budget/imagination to take forward(sorry) what you do. ie. they want a slush pile with peer review filtering it down but after that they only actually want stuff that already fits their current ranges/analysis of what's selling right now that they might copy.<BR/><BR/>Could you scriptify it easily?<BR/><BR/>Cast a couple of old Who actors and a bird off of some current telly and it'll be Obverse Audios' first big hit.<BR/><BR/>I'm really sorry to read this, because my gut feeling is that you've been a bit arsed around with here.IZPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195339591797829458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-57291885620455336752008-11-28T09:06:00.000-08:002008-11-28T09:06:00.000-08:00It does have that kind of ring to it. The fact tha...It does have that kind of ring to it. The fact that there is a character named Evil Robot in the book just makes them even more ideally suited.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-67579529683633833032008-11-28T08:58:00.000-08:002008-11-28T08:58:00.000-08:00"Angry robot"Sounds a bit like someone at HC is a ..."Angry robot"<BR/><BR/>Sounds a bit like someone at HC is a JJ Abrams/Lost/Fringe/Alias fan, Bad Robot being the name of his production company.Rob Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161472800655115351noreply@blogger.com