Comments on: Look Here http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/ Novelist, Dog-Lover, Bon Vivant Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:48:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Source for travel booking and free Travel Guides Tourism Information http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-16767 Source for travel booking and free Travel Guides Tourism Information Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:49:36 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-16767 <strong>Travel in Greece: free guide on the island of Crete Flash Accommodation Booking...</strong> I saw this really great post today.... Travel in Greece: free guide on the island of Crete Flash Accommodation Booking…

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]]> By: Hulda Cwik http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-16025 Hulda Cwik Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:13 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-16025 Heya, I was curious if you've got any further details so I can find out a tad more? Cheers. Heya, I was curious if you’ve got any further details so I can find out a tad more? Cheers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3627 Anonymous Tue, 30 May 2006 14:21:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3627 i highly doubt your commenter was seriously considering adomniplasty(she did pit "ha!" in her comment) but looks and the marketing of looks is a legitimate argument and question, as apparent by the debate here. i highly doubt your commenter was seriously considering adomniplasty(she did pit “ha!” in her comment) but looks and the marketing of looks is a legitimate argument and question, as apparent by the debate here.

]]> By: TJBrown http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 TJBrown Wed, 24 May 2006 16:31:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3619 Thanks for this. I often worry because I write YA and I don't look like Meg Cabot or any of those other gorgy YA authors. I look like what I am, a forty someting mom of two teens andformer smoker who still feels the need to put something in her mouth. <br/>Teri Thanks for this. I often worry because I write YA and I don’t look like Meg Cabot or any of those other gorgy YA authors. I look like what I am, a forty someting mom of two teens andformer smoker who still feels the need to put something in her mouth.
Teri

]]> By: Justine Larbalestier http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3617 Justine Larbalestier Wed, 24 May 2006 01:24:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3617 One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that it really doesn't matter what you look like. This is a public profession where it doesn't matter how old or fat or tall---or in some cases---even how obnoxious you are. I've met some big selling writers who are less than pleasant, but they keep on selling despite it.<br/><br/>Being obnoxious can affect whether the people who meet you at signings etc buy your books. But those people are a <i>tiny</i> percentage of overall sales. The loss of them in the overall scheme of things doesn't matter.<br/><br/>I am NOT recommending being obnoxious. When you're a starting out author you want to charm sales & marketing, publicity, booksellers, etc etc. Hell, being polite and decent is a good move for any human being in any profession! One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that it really doesn’t matter what you look like. This is a public profession where it doesn’t matter how old or fat or tall—or in some cases—even how obnoxious you are. I’ve met some big selling writers who are less than pleasant, but they keep on selling despite it.

Being obnoxious can affect whether the people who meet you at signings etc buy your books. But those people are a tiny percentage of overall sales. The loss of them in the overall scheme of things doesn’t matter.

I am NOT recommending being obnoxious. When you’re a starting out author you want to charm sales & marketing, publicity, booksellers, etc etc. Hell, being polite and decent is a good move for any human being in any profession!

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3616 Diana Peterfreund Wed, 24 May 2006 01:11:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3616 I guess all I want to add to this is that "how" is different from "whether." The original poster was intimating "whether."<br/><br/>Sailor Boy and I just had a huge discussion about why this issue bothers me so much, and I think a lot of it has to do with me wanting to control my own destiny. I can make myself write better, I can make myself market harder, I can make myself do any of that. I can't make myself look a certain way. I have no control over that. I guess all I want to add to this is that “how” is different from “whether.” The original poster was intimating “whether.”

Sailor Boy and I just had a huge discussion about why this issue bothers me so much, and I think a lot of it has to do with me wanting to control my own destiny. I can make myself write better, I can make myself market harder, I can make myself do any of that. I can’t make myself look a certain way. I have no control over that.

]]> By: pam http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3615 pam Wed, 24 May 2006 01:06:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3615 Diana,<br/><br/>Not sure if you were responding to me, or in general, but I just wanted to clarify that I never said looks make a difference in whether or not you sell. I do think they affect how you are marketed though. <br/><br/>:) Diana,

Not sure if you were responding to me, or in general, but I just wanted to clarify that I never said looks make a difference in whether or not you sell. I do think they affect how you are marketed though.

:)

]]> By: Ally Carter http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 Ally Carter Wed, 24 May 2006 00:31:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3614 I will say this on the looks/marketing front: I'm on a diet. It's not going well, but I'm hoping to improve now that I'm past a deadline. And the reason is because I want to feel better and more confident--especially when I'm at conferences and other book-related places. I want to be able to find clothes that fit better. I want to go on my local morning show and not freeze up because I'm worried about my double chin.<br/><br/>That's just a confidence thing. Do what you need to do to help yourself feel good.<br/><br/>A very good friend of mine just had "reconstructive" surgery (her word for putting things back in their original places after birthing two babies.)<br/><br/>I saw her for the first time post-surgery last weekend. I noticed she looked a little different. I noticed she acted a *lot* different. It was a good decision for her, and for that reason I'm glad she did it. <br/><br/>She's not a writer, but rather a stay-at-home mom. So it wasn't a dollars-driven decision. I think those are the best kind.<br/><br/>--Ally I will say this on the looks/marketing front: I’m on a diet. It’s not going well, but I’m hoping to improve now that I’m past a deadline. And the reason is because I want to feel better and more confident–especially when I’m at conferences and other book-related places. I want to be able to find clothes that fit better. I want to go on my local morning show and not freeze up because I’m worried about my double chin.

That’s just a confidence thing. Do what you need to do to help yourself feel good.

A very good friend of mine just had “reconstructive” surgery (her word for putting things back in their original places after birthing two babies.)

I saw her for the first time post-surgery last weekend. I noticed she looked a little different. I noticed she acted a *lot* different. It was a good decision for her, and for that reason I’m glad she did it.

She’s not a writer, but rather a stay-at-home mom. So it wasn’t a dollars-driven decision. I think those are the best kind.

–Ally

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3613 Diana Peterfreund Tue, 23 May 2006 23:49:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3613 no, it's not. It's naive to think people get book deals because of the way they look. It's the absolute height of cluelessness and neurotic fixation on things that don't matter.<br/><br/>I think Agent 007 was trying to make a point about TYPE of marketing, (her exact parting shot was "radio!") and the response, if I recall, was an enormous, major league hissy fit by authors angry because pretty people had book deals. there was a special amount of virulence saved for celebrities of the nicole ritchie variety, fi I recall, and a sort of "the world hates me" attack on the publishing industry for publishing celebrity tomes. <br/><br/>given two equal books, the one written by the prettier person DOES NOT GET MORE MARKETING. And you know why? Because no one knows what an author looks like. <br/><br/>People keep saying that pretty writers get more television covereage. I've yet to see a single example of it. Someone show me the example. no, it’s not. It’s naive to think people get book deals because of the way they look. It’s the absolute height of cluelessness and neurotic fixation on things that don’t matter.

I think Agent 007 was trying to make a point about TYPE of marketing, (her exact parting shot was “radio!”) and the response, if I recall, was an enormous, major league hissy fit by authors angry because pretty people had book deals. there was a special amount of virulence saved for celebrities of the nicole ritchie variety, fi I recall, and a sort of “the world hates me” attack on the publishing industry for publishing celebrity tomes.

given two equal books, the one written by the prettier person DOES NOT GET MORE MARKETING. And you know why? Because no one knows what an author looks like.

People keep saying that pretty writers get more television covereage. I’ve yet to see a single example of it. Someone show me the example.

]]> By: pam http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/look-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 pam Tue, 23 May 2006 23:42:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/look-here/#comment-3612 To clarify, I think the point agentoo7 was making is that you don't have to be attractive to sell to a publisher. But your level of attractiveness could impact the degree of marketing that you receive, which could then directly affect your sales. <br/><br/> :) To clarify, I think the point agentoo7 was making is that you don’t have to be attractive to sell to a publisher. But your level of attractiveness could impact the degree of marketing that you receive, which could then directly affect your sales.

:)

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