Originally Posted by camfam
Thanks for the criticism. The tone of the website is definitely promotional. It was actually very hard to write. It is very different in tone than any of the writing in the book. Remember, I still have to sell this project. If you read the back of any book jacket...unfortunately, that is what I had to try to replicate. And writing a book proposal...don't get me started!
Jim
when push comes to shove, you are milking a "friendship" you had with someone you hadn't seen in 25 years...which is not in and of itself, a big deal. However, there are much better ways to pitch a book or get sales then trying to entice the lowest common denominator.
There are many writers on FT who pitch their work all the time -= myself included - and I have never seen any of them stoop to the tactics I see on your site.
EDIT/CORRECTION BELOW _ changes the whole meaning of what I meant to say
And I can't beleive I'M defending the memory of B Watson - a member who I had MANY an argument with time and time again over his snobbishness.
Meaning - I would have guessed I'd be the last person to defend someone's memory I couldn't stand...yet I am...