https://glendalarke.com/2015/11/on-reading-ones-own-reviews-2/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://glendalarke.com/2015/11/on-reading-ones-own-reviews-2/#comment-18133 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:41:15 +0000 #comment-18133 I haven't a clue, Jo, but I bet Satima would like to know too. I would guess that luck has something to do with it, as well as a stack of other things that don't have much to do with the writin: timing, the amount of publicity and money a publisher puts into getting a book into prominent places in bookshops, etc etc. But of course it's also just that certain certain magic in a story that appeals across a broad spectrum of readers. And where to find that is a puzzle.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2015/11/on-reading-ones-own-reviews-2/#comment-18132 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 09:49:33 +0000 #comment-18132 It makes one wonder – how do you become a J.K. Rowling or a Brandon Sanderson? You write wonderful books Glenda (as does Satima) but what is the spark that makes them take fire?

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2015/11/on-reading-ones-own-reviews-2/#comment-18131 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:25:57 +0000 #comment-18131 The latest survey says that the average writer in Oz earns less than $13,000 p.a. If many are like me, writing will cost them more than they make!

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