Comments on: Belief http://www.murverse.com/2009/10/29/belief/ All creative works from Mur Lafferty Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Keeling / SynapticJamhttp://www.murverse.com/2009/10/29/belief/#comment-1594 Jim Keeling / SynapticJam Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:12:28 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=1000#comment-1594 Damn straight and Amen! Damn straight and Amen!

]]> By: Rhianon Jamesonhttp://www.murverse.com/2009/10/29/belief/#comment-1593 Rhianon Jameson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:33:46 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=1000#comment-1593 It's hard to argue with any of the above. What you may not know is that, to this listener, at least, you always *sound* incredibly confident, on your blog(s) but especially on your ISBW podcasts. You've mentioned or alluded to ("Criminy") on Twitter professional setbacks as well as the good stuff, but I would have placed money that you prospered in podcasting *because* you're fairly extroverted and have a high degree of confidence in yourself and your work. If that's wrong, consider it a compliment that you consistently pull it off.You're right that the self-promotion can get carried to an extreme and start to turn people off. But that's true for anything - how many ads for Stephen King's latest book does anyone want to see? I certainly would rather see or hear a Mur Lafferty promotion than a Grisham ad because I know there will be more King books whether or not there's an ad campaign, but without reader/listener support I can't be as certain about a sequel to Playing for Keeps, or a print edition of Heaven.And the cross-promotion thing works, too. I received my copy of 7th Son yesterday...and I never would have heard of Hutch had it not been for ISBW. It’s hard to argue with any of the above. What you may not know is that, to this listener, at least, you always *sound* incredibly confident, on your blog(s) but especially on your ISBW podcasts. You’ve mentioned or alluded to (“Criminy”) on Twitter professional setbacks as well as the good stuff, but I would have placed money that you prospered in podcasting *because* you’re fairly extroverted and have a high degree of confidence in yourself and your work. If that’s wrong, consider it a compliment that you consistently pull it off.

You’re right that the self-promotion can get carried to an extreme and start to turn people off. But that’s true for anything – how many ads for Stephen King’s latest book does anyone want to see? I certainly would rather see or hear a Mur Lafferty promotion than a Grisham ad because I know there will be more King books whether or not there’s an ad campaign, but without reader/listener support I can’t be as certain about a sequel to Playing for Keeps, or a print edition of Heaven.

And the cross-promotion thing works, too. I received my copy of 7th Son yesterday…and I never would have heard of Hutch had it not been for ISBW.

]]> By: Phil Rossihttp://www.murverse.com/2009/10/29/belief/#comment-1592 Phil Rossi Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:43:49 +0000 http://murverse.com/?p=1000#comment-1592 Nicely done, Mur. Nicely done, Mur.

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