Comments on: James Van Pelt on ‘Publishing a Short Story Collection’ http://billwardwriter.com/james-van-pelt-on-publishing-a-short-story-collection/ Bill Ward's blog of all things genre Fri, 11 May 2012 17:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/james-van-pelt-on-publishing-a-short-story-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Bill Ward Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:54:01 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=1246#comment-1196 I've never heard of him (him?) either, Benjamin. And I know what you mean about the 'cart before the horse' reasoning of what sorts of sales you'd have to have before you could sell a collection. And thanks for stopping by, Jim! I've enjoyed all your articles over at The Fix, and for some reason it hadn't occurred to me to point in their direction on my blog until now. I’ve never heard of him (him?) either, Benjamin. And I know what you mean about the ‘cart before the horse’ reasoning of what sorts of sales you’d have to have before you could sell a collection.

And thanks for stopping by, Jim! I’ve enjoyed all your articles over at The Fix, and for some reason it hadn’t occurred to me to point in their direction on my blog until now.

]]> By: Benjamin Solah http://billwardwriter.com/james-van-pelt-on-publishing-a-short-story-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Benjamin Solah Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:38:33 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=1246#comment-1193 Thanks for the article Bill! This is something I've thought of too, and often come across people telling me you need to be selling bestsellers in order to do collections. Though, I did buy an excellent collection by an Australian writer called Nam Le, whom I'd never heard of. Thanks for the article Bill! This is something I’ve thought of too, and often come across people telling me you need to be selling bestsellers in order to do collections. Though, I did buy an excellent collection by an Australian writer called Nam Le, whom I’d never heard of.

]]> By: Jim Van Pelt http://billwardwriter.com/james-van-pelt-on-publishing-a-short-story-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 Jim Van Pelt Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:16:51 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=1246#comment-1192 Hi, Bill. I'm glad you found the article, and thanks for the shout out on it. Hi, Bill. I’m glad you found the article, and thanks for the shout out on it.

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