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9:43 am 9:43 am

Self Obsession

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00September 19th, 2007|Author readings, Self promotion|0 Comments

I'm definitely becoming self obsessed. I can't seem to stop googling myself to see if anything else pops up. It's like a sickness and I can't seem to find a cure. I have to at least google my name a minimum of six times a day, just in case I missed something the previous times I gazed glassy eyed at my monitor. Now I'm working on a system to gradually wean myself away from reviews and anything Imagine This related. It is hard, but I know I can survive. Already I'm beginning to feel the sharp withdrawal pains, but I shall resist.Maybe this is a mistake, instead of going cold turkey I should just cut the hours spent looking for myself in cyberspace down. On the other hand, if I hadn't been obsessively looking for a mention of my name, I would never have found this. You're no doubt wondering [...]

2:07 pm 2:07 pm

Agent or no agent, this is the question

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00September 18th, 2007|Agent|0 Comments

So weeks have gone by, I've sent the email to my almost agent querying certain clauses and I'm still waiting for them to get back to me. The solicitor I used reckons they're no longer interested and he could be right. However, on this occasion, I've decided to keep an optimistic head on my shoulders. I figure I'm not important enough in the food chain to be contacted yet. I imagine if JK emails her agent or publisher, they'll be returning her mail with a personal call within minutes if not seconds.That's the kind of power I hope to one day have, not because I'm a power hungry psycho, but because I'm too impatient. I'm part of the want it to happen now brigade, the kind of person who would put the kettle on and keep checking within seconds to see if its boiled. Not a good trait, but I'm [...]

3:38 pm 3:38 pm

I’m nobody

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00September 7th, 2007|Author readings|0 Comments

I've been well and truly put in my place, how dare I try and extort a fee out of Lambeth libraries when I'm a nobody. Gosh, what is the world coming to when the likes of me are demanding to be paid for a service provided. YIKES. Get back under the stone from whence you crawled.DearSorry for not contacting you before, but I have been on annual leave and have only just returned. I am afraid we do not have any funds to pay you for events and as a result would not be able to go ahead. From the original email you sent to Tim and myself I was under the impression that you wanted to promote your book as a new author and as a goodwill gesture I offered you the opportunity to sell your books at the events.Normally we will pay up to 200.00 for established authors [...]

1:14 am 1:14 am

Get rich or die trying

By Sade|2007-09-05T01:14:00+00:00September 5th, 2007|Random|0 Comments

A bit dramatic, but what most people strive for. Not the dying, the getting rich bit. It's 2am and I'm down in the doldrums, mainly because I'm buckling under the sheer weight of friends' expectations. Now that I've got The Agent, everyone is expecting the big pay day, they're rubbing their hands together and thinking JK Rowling and Dan Brown. What they don't seem to realise is that there are millions of writers out there and I'm just one of the many. Yes I'm doing all I can to raise my profile and awareness, but sometimes I feel like I'm clinging to a rafter in the middle of the ocean during a tropical storm.Yes, I do have an Agent, but I know it's only half the battle. If I do get a publishing deal, I can expect as little as £3,000, which according to rumour is what JK got. My [...]