Whirlwind tour of the week

[catherineldf]

Did a local publication reading for Haunted Hearths on Thursday night. It went reasonably well but several publicity opportunities I thought I had lined up fell through so it wasn't as well attended as I had hoped. But we sold some books and then got to hang out with fun folks like Ellen Klages, elizabethth, mr_bad_example, and other witty and charming conversationalists.
Note to self: going to have to really pound on the fact that the anthology is not in fact erotica as there seems to be some confusion on that and on how some of the authors are billing it.

The splendid irony of the "It's your baby so it must be erotic" marketing problem being that for 2008, I'm neatly combining increased name recognition for my own erotica with having a ghastly year on erotica acceptances. Haven't been able to sell an erotic story in about 6 months but my sf/f and romance without the sex is going quite well and been more interesting to me. I've also been writing more of the latter in an effort to beef up my genre street cred. Haven't given up writing smut, but I think there'll be a lot more balance between the erotic and nonerotic work going forward.

Apart from that, went to Pride yesterday and it is indeed as magentamn pointed out, the State Fair without the rides. Now I like the State Fair but it's not what I look for at Pride. Not much else going on for the nonbar crowd either. The Walker is doing a inexplicable short film festival of really old queer films. I love "Born in Flames" and "Parting Glances" but I've seen them a half dozen times and can remember when they were first released. Time for some fresh blood, people. It is the Walker after all, and you do actually have a budget.

But enough crankiness. We just had an outstanding morning at the Arboretum - gorgeous weather, nice walk, good chatting, and now I need to get to work.

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i hate the state fair. but i like pride. i had a foot long corn dog, and would have had mini donuts, except i couldn't find any. mmm.

also, i got to sit in one place and have cute girls walk by me for several hours. woohoo!

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've gotten the vague sense that most people assume HH/SS to be erotica.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Feeling a wee bit testy about this right now. Please feel free to come up with something that you think will present the book better.

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

The best way to overcome misconceptions is through information. As word of the book spreads, more people will realize it is a quality work of speculative fiction first and foremost.

Remember how I told you it sometimes takes months and months for a Lethe title to filter its way through the marketplace? Time will resolve this.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll get to find out. But thanks and I'm sure you're right.:-)(and generally testy, not testy at you. Didn't specify earlier :-(). House is full of toxins and I haven't slept much in days. Bleah!