Thank you very much to Jenny Hellen,Deputy Publishing Editor at Random House NZ. She came and spoke to us in class yesterday about the publishing business in New Zealand. She reminded us how tough it was to get published but gave us some really helpful tips about targeting our writing at the right segment of the market, and targeting our submissions at the right publishers. She very generously gave us her email address and said she was happy to give feed back if we sent her a submission. This is a huge thing because she is obviously a very busy person.
Publishing is a business, it is about taking books to"market" and making money. She emphasised what a big publisher like Random House, can do for a writer in the marketing and publicity department: getting reviews published, getting interviews in the media and just generally creating a buzz. She encouraged us to keep blogging, as it is good practice and can create a ground swell. This works if your blog is been read by anyone other than your class mates and tutor. Both Jenny and Robert emphasised how important it was to be easy to deal with and not a Diva. I do not see myself as a diva, but maybe a bit more like J D Salinger.
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