tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post3296527448034758865..comments2023-09-02T18:30:14.831-07:00Comments on Dawn Colclasure's Blog: Promises, promisesDawn Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06291423272908722351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post-17424443880345921732016-08-01T07:09:03.841-07:002016-08-01T07:09:03.841-07:00Thank you for sharing your story, Lillie. I'm ...Thank you for sharing your story, Lillie. I'm sorry that happened. :( That must've been a pretty bad experience. I totally believe in supporting fellow authors and I do try to buy the books of authors I know when I am able to. This reminds me of when I was part of a critique group for writers. I read several things the writers in the group shared -- mostly poems and short stories -- but the one time I finally asked for a critique on my poem, no one gave any. Not one person in the group offered any comments about it! I was so angry and upset that I left the group. I really feel that supporting authors works both ways. If an author gives me a free copy of his/her book, I will return the favor. Likewise with reviews and critiques. Unfortunately, not everybody thinks this way. But it would be nice if they did. You get what you give but I guess that doesn't mean anything to certain people.Dawn Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291423272908722351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post-28654424133531473632016-07-29T15:41:27.878-07:002016-07-29T15:41:27.878-07:00I think people just want to make the author feel g...I think people just want to make the author feel good, and they think telling them they'll buy the book is the way to do it. They often assume that books are sold by the publishing company, and the author will have lots of other sales, so she will never know they didn't buy it. <br /><br />Early in my writing career, I was president of a local writers' group. I was on a motorized scooter at the time, so going to booksignings was a lot more effort for me than for most people. But I went to every single booksigning for members of the group and even bought a book at every signing, even if I wasn't particularly interested in the genre. And many of these authors were published by major companies and had lots of sales, so my purchase of a single book wasn't nearly as big a deal to them as it was to me--all those books put a dent in my budget.<br /><br />Then my first book came out--and only two people bought it. I had bought dozens of books from members of the group, and out of all of those, only two bought my book. Most of them didn't even come to my table at a group booksigning. So you certainly aren't alone.<br />Lillie Ammannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851121176224654240noreply@blogger.com