tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post4576582205279031699..comments2017-09-23T11:35:23.942-07:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: Confessions of a Big Five Publisher Intern - a Guest Post by Sara WildesLisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-82816758159986924442017-05-20T11:20:10.915-07:002017-05-20T11:20:10.915-07:00Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks! Patricia Bealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854586114372855343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-71384977136443935792017-05-14T19:28:22.255-07:002017-05-14T19:28:22.255-07:00Excellent post. Thanks Patricia and Sara.Excellent post. Thanks Patricia and Sara.joannclaypoolehttps://joannclaypoole.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-32065839132265273452017-05-04T13:51:14.704-07:002017-05-04T13:51:14.704-07:00Good for you, Valerie. That&#39;s great to hear :)...Good for you, Valerie. That&#39;s great to hear :) Patricia Bealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854586114372855343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-24181634928323028222017-05-04T08:28:18.359-07:002017-05-04T08:28:18.359-07:00So interesting. I found my platform began to grow ...So interesting. I found my platform began to grow once readers found my books and &quot;followed me home&quot; from the backs of my books. In other words, my sales brought platform more than my platform brought sales. They&#39;re growing together!Valerie Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-53488596410716021302016-04-30T08:25:44.611-07:002016-04-30T08:25:44.611-07:00So true. I&#39;m working on short post about Faceb...So true. I&#39;m working on short post about Facebook engagement. I get about 200 likes and 12 comments on each daily post and gain hundreds of fans every week, but they don&#39;t just happen. There&#39;s an art and a science behind what God&#39;s been doing there, and I want to share what I&#39;ve learned. Facebook page users have many choices to make based on their ultimate goals.Patricia Bealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854586114372855343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-71963724458733990722016-04-29T23:54:27.404-07:002016-04-29T23:54:27.404-07:00Thanks - glad to hear they look at engagement as w...Thanks - glad to hear they look at engagement as well as numbers. Numbers are easy. Engagement is harder.Iola Goultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-8306113452125015372016-04-28T18:11:34.439-07:002016-04-28T18:11:34.439-07:00I don&#39;t know a specific number. I think for Tw...I don&#39;t know a specific number. I think for Twitter I would try to get at least over a thousand. And for Facebook around 500. We also look at how much your followers engage with your posts. 15 or more likes and comments on each post is preferable. Basically you want more followers than your personal social media would have. Sara Wildeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698861783601363475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-90630570846684849812016-04-28T13:26:09.069-07:002016-04-28T13:26:09.069-07:00Excellent post - thank you, Patricia and Sara. Sar...Excellent post - thank you, Patricia and Sara. Sara, your insider insights into the publishing industry are fascinated (if not slightly worrying). Out of interest, what kind of Facebook and Twitter numbers do publishers look for?Iola Goultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-55584879831099673212016-04-28T01:38:39.876-07:002016-04-28T01:38:39.876-07:00Thanks, Patricia and Sara for this really interest...Thanks, Patricia and Sara for this really interesting post!<br /><br />Wow, I am so glad that my social media platform obviously wasn&#39;t the deciding factor in my getting my first contract. With my whole 100 Facebook followers and (maybe) 300 Twitter followers at the time there&#39;s no way I would have survived that vote! :)Kara Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482245933455012714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-33785315827285634352016-04-27T22:12:43.181-07:002016-04-27T22:12:43.181-07:00Hi! Thanks, Sara! This is all so good to know. Tha...Hi! Thanks, Sara! This is all so good to know. Thanks for being here. I&#39;ll continue to follow your adventures via LivingLitUp :)<br /><br />LeAnne, I think every editor and agent has multiple stories of books they rejected and that ended up doing great someplace else. Also, this post gives us an idea of what happens in average, but it doesn&#39;t have to be the case every time. I have a platform that impressed them, but they rejected me because of the story itself. A couple of editors believed in it, but couldn&#39;t get the others onboard. In all reality I can already see God&#39;s wisdom in His choice of publisher for me, and can&#39;t wait to see what He will do with my debut. God blessed me with a lovely day job that start on Monday, and my dream publicist said yes and will be onboard soon. And then you have stories like our Kara Isaac&#39;s, who managed to get an awesome two-book deal with a legacy publisher when her platform was in its infancy. By the way, so thrilled for her release day today. She and her family are now rocking YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. All this to say that at the end of the day: &quot;The king&#39;s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.&quot; (Proverbs 21:1). <br /><br />Ian! Hi! You&#39;re welcome. By the way, your post about your debut so impressed me that I signed up for the spotlight on &quot;Monarch Books and Lion Fiction at Lion Hudson&quot; session at ACFW this year. I&#39;m not trying to sell anything to anyone at this year&#39;s conference--I&#39;m just curious to hear their pitch.<br /><br />Blessings :) <br /><br />P.S. You&#39;ll see me here more often now that I&#39;ve turned in my first round of developmental edits to my publisher.Patricia Bealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854586114372855343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-65763488655911319202016-04-27T17:29:41.760-07:002016-04-27T17:29:41.760-07:00LeAnne there are Lots! It&#39;s all about the risk...LeAnne there are Lots! It&#39;s all about the risk factor and not necessarily writing quality. Sara Wildeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698861783601363475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-6413167081518894452016-04-27T16:33:34.699-07:002016-04-27T16:33:34.699-07:00Patricia, thank you for introducing us to Sara. Sa...Patricia, thank you for introducing us to Sara. Sara, wonderful to get an inside peak of a large publisher. Fascinating your comments on that acquisition meeting and the significance of an author&#39;s following. 300 reviews on GR, wow. That&#39;s a lot. Looks like the indie publishing world is only going to get bigger.<br /><br />All the very best in your future endeavours. A dolphin trainer would be pretty neat!<br /><br />Many blessings,Ian Achesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-69639515716163712322016-04-27T11:37:55.538-07:002016-04-27T11:37:55.538-07:00Thank you for this inside look! I understand that ...Thank you for this inside look! I understand that the publishers are looking for good bets financially, but I can&#39;t help wondering how many good books we are missing out on because the author is not an extravert on social media.LeAnne Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433010038077925237noreply@blogger.com
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