Comment on Journey to Valhalla by WordOfChen
Thank you very much for the honour of being featured ^^. I'm very glad to be picked and am truly very thankful. This means alot to me 
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
Your welcome! 
We are honoured to have you in the group.
We are honoured to have you in the group.Aye, but the honour is all mine my fair lady, without the support of large groups my work would be nowhere ;3
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
That is the goal I had when starting Art World Today is to get artist noticed
I sure hope it is helping people get some notice! There are so many amazing artists! I really wish I was a better writer, and better with my grammar. I am not much of a reader either
I would like to do more with the group to high light writers just it isn't my biggest strength. So if you have any idea's please share them with me.
I sure hope it is helping people get some notice! There are so many amazing artists! I really wish I was a better writer, and better with my grammar. I am not much of a reader either
I would like to do more with the group to high light writers just it isn't my biggest strength. So if you have any idea's please share them with me.
Well personally getting featured anywhere is a good thing. DA isn't about catapulting writers to fame and I believe every artist should work hard for what they believe in ^^
That said, what you are doing is more than enough because if you do anymore than that, it might be seen as bias toward artists that you appear to favour (of course I know that isn't the case, but the average individual thinks in an average way) :3
In any case, writers have to do their best to make themselves known and I don't believe that writers should get handicaps since we already receive a HUGE handicap in terms of view count. Most art requires 20,000 - 30,000 to get front page. Writing can make it with about 2000 - 3000. That's a massive handicap and for that reason, I think that every writer should do their best and work their hardest.
Right now, my goal is to get on the front page with every single post I make and I'm slowly creeping closer to that, but the emergence of strong (and younger) writers can sometimes put a real dampener on progress, but by my 4th month on DA I do intend to have a market large enough to start selling copies of my self-published poetry book which is currently in the works as my uncle's team designs the format and cover art :3
Talent is but a small booster, hard work is what will win the day ^^
I think you do plenty as it is (is the main point of what I was trying to say)
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
That said, what you are doing is more than enough because if you do anymore than that, it might be seen as bias toward artists that you appear to favour (of course I know that isn't the case, but the average individual thinks in an average way) :3
In any case, writers have to do their best to make themselves known and I don't believe that writers should get handicaps since we already receive a HUGE handicap in terms of view count. Most art requires 20,000 - 30,000 to get front page. Writing can make it with about 2000 - 3000. That's a massive handicap and for that reason, I think that every writer should do their best and work their hardest.
Right now, my goal is to get on the front page with every single post I make and I'm slowly creeping closer to that, but the emergence of strong (and younger) writers can sometimes put a real dampener on progress, but by my 4th month on DA I do intend to have a market large enough to start selling copies of my self-published poetry book which is currently in the works as my uncle's team designs the format and cover art :3
Talent is but a small booster, hard work is what will win the day ^^
I think you do plenty as it is (is the main point of what I was trying to say)
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
Wow thank you for the info I had know idea about the numbers required for front page that is very interesting. You will have to let us know if and when you get published. How hard is it to become self-published? I have a friend I went to school with that has published 2 books and I have always wondered how one would go about that. I have thought it might be fun to take some pictures and do a small child's book with them.
Well publishing is one thing. Anyone can get published. Although it might sound very corporate. Sales and profit are what really matters. Most people don't take this into account.
Commercial publishing (sending in manuscripts and waiting for a publisher to take you) is one route, but I don't recommend that unless you're talented to the point you can write an epic story like the hunger games. It's a one in a million chance.
Self-publishing is via sites like lulu and amazon, in which case you need to take care of marketing, advertising and everything else on your own.
Hence I will certainly let you know when I get self-published (since I don't mind doing all the advertising everything which I'm doing through DA) and you could follow my progress if you keep up with my journal from time to time.
Basically, I could succeed big time or fail horribly. Time will tell, but if it does work I intend to establish a company once my record is solid and credible to assist other writers and artists in producing low-cost, high quality entertainment to satisfy both their needs for profit and the needs of the people for cheaper entertainment that isn't like $25 dollars for a book that most people won't finish reading.
Sadly, literature is out of fashion so we need to change, adapt and get back in the game. That's how I view it :3. Of course I am a business student as I think I mentioned
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
Commercial publishing (sending in manuscripts and waiting for a publisher to take you) is one route, but I don't recommend that unless you're talented to the point you can write an epic story like the hunger games. It's a one in a million chance.
Self-publishing is via sites like lulu and amazon, in which case you need to take care of marketing, advertising and everything else on your own.
Hence I will certainly let you know when I get self-published (since I don't mind doing all the advertising everything which I'm doing through DA) and you could follow my progress if you keep up with my journal from time to time.
Basically, I could succeed big time or fail horribly. Time will tell, but if it does work I intend to establish a company once my record is solid and credible to assist other writers and artists in producing low-cost, high quality entertainment to satisfy both their needs for profit and the needs of the people for cheaper entertainment that isn't like $25 dollars for a book that most people won't finish reading.
Sadly, literature is out of fashion so we need to change, adapt and get back in the game. That's how I view it :3. Of course I am a business student as I think I mentioned
-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates
My grandma was a writer she always said she didn't want anything published until after she died because she didn't want people pulling her apart. When I was in 5th grade we made a children's book and I did the pictures for it. I still have it although it is all yellowed now.
Well if there is anything I can do to help you get the word out when you are published let me know. I will have to look into Lulu and Amazon.
I wish I had know you since you are a business student a few years ago when my husband and I opened our gallery and portrait studio. We thought we were doing things right we had contacted the lawyer and accountant. But we really didn't think things through the way we should have. We paid for yellow page adds, we paid to join the chamber of commerce, and we paid for other advertising areas. Not realizing or maybe just to excited to think things through but that non of this would come out for another year. We opened our Business in May. The new phone book wouldn't come out until January. The Chamber wouldn't release their new directory until the following March.
So for the year it was word of mouth and our sandwich board sign we put out front. We were in a building where we couldn't put a big sign out or an open sign because there were other business inside the building.
We ended up having personal things come up such as a surprise new baby on the way. And the land lady had gotten her permits to finally go through for remoulding so she would be shutting down the building for possibly a year. We thought about re locating but decided to close shop and move to our home town where my family was because of the baby. So we were open a Year but after the New Phone book and the new Chamber directories came out we started getting emails, phone calls and we had to turn people away. We finally started getting the customers just as we had to close the doors. Was very sad and hard.
Well if there is anything I can do to help you get the word out when you are published let me know. I will have to look into Lulu and Amazon.
I wish I had know you since you are a business student a few years ago when my husband and I opened our gallery and portrait studio. We thought we were doing things right we had contacted the lawyer and accountant. But we really didn't think things through the way we should have. We paid for yellow page adds, we paid to join the chamber of commerce, and we paid for other advertising areas. Not realizing or maybe just to excited to think things through but that non of this would come out for another year. We opened our Business in May. The new phone book wouldn't come out until January. The Chamber wouldn't release their new directory until the following March.
So for the year it was word of mouth and our sandwich board sign we put out front. We were in a building where we couldn't put a big sign out or an open sign because there were other business inside the building.
We ended up having personal things come up such as a surprise new baby on the way. And the land lady had gotten her permits to finally go through for remoulding so she would be shutting down the building for possibly a year. We thought about re locating but decided to close shop and move to our home town where my family was because of the baby. So we were open a Year but after the New Phone book and the new Chamber directories came out we started getting emails, phone calls and we had to turn people away. We finally started getting the customers just as we had to close the doors. Was very sad and hard.
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