Comments on: Branding Brandilyn http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:26:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Vennessa http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1384 Vennessa Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:01:40 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1384 Brandilyn wrote: By the time we were a few hours into that meeting, my choice was made. I would kill people full time. :-) Starting with the two editors and the outside marketing consultant? Sorry, couldn't resist. Brandilyn wrote: By the time we were a few hours into that meeting, my choice was made. I would kill people full time.

:-)

Starting with the two editors and the outside marketing consultant?

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

]]> By: Christophe Desmecht http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1386 Christophe Desmecht Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:08:00 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1386 Will the teleseminar on "Branding for writers" be available for purchase or download afterwards? Since PST and my time zone differ 9 hours, it will be impossible for me to catch the teleseminar. Will the teleseminar on “Branding for writers” be available for purchase or download afterwards? Since PST and my time zone differ 9 hours, it will be impossible for me to catch the teleseminar.

]]> By: Vennessa http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1387 Vennessa Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:30:06 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1387 Christophe, an MP3 of the event will be available a few days after the teleseminar. Everyone who signs up for the teleseminar is provided with a link where handouts and the MP3 can be downloaded from. Check out the link Randy provided at the top of this blog entry for more details. Christophe, an MP3 of the event will be available a few days after the teleseminar. Everyone who signs up for the teleseminar is provided with a link where handouts and the MP3 can be downloaded from.

Check out the link Randy provided at the top of this blog entry for more details.

]]> By: Carrie Neuman http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1388 Carrie Neuman Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:57:50 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1388 When Randy did the "Clean up Your Act" teleseminar, I was on dial up. I didn't listen to any of it since I didn't want to pay for the phone call and downloading the MP3 would have been tedious. But the script and worksheets were plenty to go on. When Randy did the “Clean up Your Act” teleseminar, I was on dial up. I didn’t listen to any of it since I didn’t want to pay for the phone call and downloading the MP3 would have been tedious. But the script and worksheets were plenty to go on.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1389 Lynn Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:03:12 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1389 Okay, I'm sold. I realize I need to be branded (fortunately this won't be done with a hot iron - right?). But as an author starting out on her career I have no idea on which genre I need to focus. I read nearly everything (except chicklit - sorry but that genre just can't get me past the back cover). This I believe is going to take a lot of research and trial and error. And to be quite frank - and please correct me if I am wrong - a great deal of rejections until some literary agent and editor decides one of my novels is publishable, whatever the genre. At that point I am assuming I will have a pretty good idea where my niche will be, but will that be enough to satisfy the animal in me that wants to explore all genres and the adventures they entail? Okay, I’m sold. I realize I need to be branded (fortunately this won’t be done with a hot iron - right?). But as an author starting out on her career I have no idea on which genre I need to focus. I read nearly everything (except chicklit - sorry but that genre just can’t get me past the back cover). This I believe is going to take a lot of research and trial and error. And to be quite frank - and please correct me if I am wrong - a great deal of rejections until some literary agent and editor decides one of my novels is publishable, whatever the genre. At that point I am assuming I will have a pretty good idea where my niche will be, but will that be enough to satisfy the animal in me that wants to explore all genres and the adventures they entail?

]]> By: Gina Conroy http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1390 Gina Conroy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:02:38 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1390 Lots of good stuff to think about! I guess I'm a little nervous about getting branded and then not liking what I'm stuck with. I've got this "thing" going with being an interrupted writer, but I don't see that translating into my fiction branding. I don't see how that fits in to WHAT I write, just HOW I write. :) Lots of good stuff to think about!

I guess I’m a little nervous about getting branded and then not liking what I’m stuck with. I’ve got this “thing” going with being an interrupted writer, but I don’t see that translating into my fiction branding. I don’t see how that fits in to WHAT I write, just HOW I write. :)

]]> By: Doraine Bennett http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1391 Doraine Bennett Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:44:34 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1391 I'm with Lynn. As an unpublished writer and a definite beginner in the novel field, I haven't a clue where my writing is going to go. Does that just come with the freshman/sophmore stage? I can feel myself beginning to think about branding with all this good info coming at me. The questions rumbling around in my head sound something like this: Can I write more than one novel in a similar vein to anything that I have written so far? Since, I'm only working on my first novel, I don't know the answer. There are other things, short stories, poems, non-fiction, rumbling around with the same question attached. I think I just don't know where I fit yet. I’m with Lynn. As an unpublished writer and a definite beginner in the novel field, I haven’t a clue where my writing is going to go. Does that just come with the freshman/sophmore stage? I can feel myself beginning to think about branding with all this good info coming at me. The questions rumbling around in my head sound something like this: Can I write more than one novel in a similar vein to anything that I have written so far? Since, I’m only working on my first novel, I don’t know the answer. There are other things, short stories, poems, non-fiction, rumbling around with the same question attached. I think I just don’t know where I fit yet.

]]> By: Judith http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1392 Judith Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:53:28 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1392 I'm not sure I understand about "branding." Is it "what I want to be known for?" I started a web site to start building a platform about my main focus or message as a writer. Perhaps that will brand me. I’m not sure I understand about “branding.” Is it “what I want to be known for?” I started a web site to start building a platform about my main focus or message as a writer. Perhaps that will brand me.

]]> By: bonne friesen http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1394 bonne friesen Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:10:28 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1394 Okay, I'm a hard sell but you're convincing me on the branding thing. Signing up for the teleseminar... Okay, I’m a hard sell but you’re convincing me on the branding thing. Signing up for the teleseminar…

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1395 Kathryn Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1395 I think a brand isn't what you WANT to be known for so much as what you ARE known for. The trick seems to be in finding a way to make the wanted brand and the known brand one and the same. I think a brand isn’t what you WANT to be known for so much as what you ARE known for. The trick seems to be in finding a way to make the wanted brand and the known brand one and the same.

]]> By: » Carnival of Christian Writers #9 June 2007 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1447 » Carnival of Christian Writers #9 June 2007 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:10:55 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1447 [...] Award winning author and editor of Advanced Fiction Writing e-Zine Randy Ingermanson interviews best selling novelist Brandilyn Collins and shares some great insights on the topic on branding for writers in “Branding Brandilyn”. [...] […] Award winning author and editor of Advanced Fiction Writing e-Zine Randy Ingermanson interviews best selling novelist Brandilyn Collins and shares some great insights on the topic on branding for writers in “Branding Brandilyn”. […]

]]> By: Pammer http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1454 Pammer Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:19:34 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1454 Great interview. I only knew part of the story and am happy to be able to read the rest. I admit I haven't read the WF titles, but I absolutely adore the suspense. I even wrote a little short story about what happened to me once while reading one of Brandilynn's scary books. :D A word of advice, never read one of her books while you are alone in the house. If you don't have a night light...get one. And bulbs. Great interview. I only knew part of the story and am happy to be able to read the rest. I admit I haven’t read the WF titles, but I absolutely adore the suspense. I even wrote a little short story about what happened to me once while reading one of Brandilynn’s scary books. :D

A word of advice, never read one of her books while you are alone in the house. If you don’t have a night light…get one. And bulbs.

]]> By: Untangling Tales » Blog Archive » Almost Brilliant http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1459 Untangling Tales » Blog Archive » Almost Brilliant Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:57:06 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2007/06/21/branding-brandilyn/#comment-1459 [...] I had this *fantastic* brain flash last night for a series, complete with main characters and interactions that I adore.  One that really that could become a brand. [...] […] I had this *fantastic* brain flash last night for a series, complete with main characters and interactions that I adore.  One that really that could become a brand. […]

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