SYSTEM WRITER: Johannes Lichtman
Background: Many years of expensive university education.
Payoff: $25 review payment from Oxford American.
Writing: Carefully crafted "literary" writing.
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EBOOK WRITER: Amanda Hocking
Background: Former group home worker.
Payoff: $2 million self-published ebooks, which resulted in $2 million book contract from St. Martins.
Writing: Fun paranormal or vampire pop fiction.
Yes, I'm trying to get on the ebook train-- with a difference, in that my ebooks combine pop pace and fun with literary-like quality. Serious fiction with MOOD DETROIT, fun pop fiction in TEN POP STORIES, comic book-style excitement in CRIME CITY USA, scope and drama in THE TOWER, and pop satire in THE MCSWEENEYS GANG.
ReplyDeleteCutting edge all the way.