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If you have been following this blog for a while, you know that Im skeptic when it comes to an evaluation of assets and drawbacks of the new online connectivity as to whether it is the assets that weigh more. I say lets put a little more fairness in state contracting, the opposition says affirmative action. Like thats a bad thing. Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? Fantail was a bit over-pressed and tearing along at 7 knots, but with Tystie around to help if anything went wrong, I thought it worth pushing things a bit, to see what she can handle. So, were 25% of the way through phase 1 of the Great Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off and Ive taken the opportunity to check in with our ten bloggers / teams to see how things stand. I wanted to see if everyone was happy that they were on course to pick their single champion for phase 2 by September 1st, or if not on course still confident that they could meet that deadline. Neither did it help that I pointed out from the four problems that I came in for they didnt fix a single one. Most batches of 26 would not have elicit a single request for the whole manuscript. So I have a presentation in a standard three-act structure. Imagine being the only game store in town, but half of your potential customers have discovered a wizard who will magically make their games appear at their front door. Furthermore, some collectors resent other collectors who are willing to pay high prices for books. Has eliminated six books. Is currently on his 11th book and is likely to post an update this weekend regarding books six to ten. Three books eliminated on partial reads. My own agent, Ian Drury receives 50-60 submissions a week and if he were to focus on a pile of 26 submissions would expect to be finished with them in a days work, many rejected very early on for poor prose, some few read to the end of the submitted three chapters. In those cases he will get back to the author within a week. With US ending stocks already tight, we will know by how much later today, we could be in for a very interesting summer. I offered to ask one or more of our reserve bloggers to help share the load if anyone was under too much pressure - real life happens, and 26 books is a lot. Has read 2 books and reviewed 1. Has had to give a lot of time to other commitments but feels theres enough spare time on the horizon to catch up. Feels confident he can pick a winner in the remaining months. To go along with all of these benefits, blogging can also help you meet some of the biggest celebrities, entrepreneurs, and speakers in the world today. The TL:DR is: Everyone is fine, no help needed, theyll be done by September or before. On course to be finished well before September. Almost everyone who sent in thanked me for taking the time to do this - of course Ive spent only a modest amount of time on the project and it is the bloggers who are going to put in the real hours. Contest is still going on over at some of the other participating blogs, including Candys, so you still have more chances to win! Has done one review and five mini-reviews, plans 4-6 more by the end of the month. Two books read cover-to-cover, one reviewed, one due for review. Youre only getting one chance here. Here are my views on failure. The deadline for bloggers selecting their champion who they will publish into the final round is September 1st. I will link their decisions and reviews here as and when they are made. For more infor...
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