“I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug both at signings. Generally, the fantasy reader has no problem going into the suspense genre. It's harder for the typical suspense reader to go the other direction.” BookProblemNamesFantasyReaderHarderSuspenseGenreTypicalNo ProblemSigningPlugsBooksellers Author:James Rollins
“Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell.” PeopleMenHas BeensNamesWrittenReaderSellsAdvertisingMeritGoodsSincerityAbidingAdvertisementsBrassCymbals Author:Bruce Barton
“If one person in America had starved over the last 20 years, you, reader, would know his name. The media would see to that. It would be the most thoroughly documented death since John Kennedy's.” IfsKnowsYearsPersonsWould BeLastsAmericaNamesMediaReaderJohn Kennedy Author:Joseph Sobran
“Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.” KnowsNeedsKindPlayCharacterNamesAttitudeRolesReaderCostumes Author:Kurt Busiek
“Such humble talents as God had given me I will endeavour to put to their greatest use; if I am able to amuse, I will try to benefit too; and when I fell it my duty to speak unpalatable truth, with the help of God, I will speak it, through it be to the prejudice of my name and to the detriment of my reader's immediate pleasure as well as my own.” IfsTryingWellsHelpingUseAbleNamesSpeakGivenMy OwnPleasureTalentDutyReaderBenefitsPrejudiceHumbleEndeavour Author:Anne Bronte
“My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with some glee that they simply identified me by name without reminding people who I was, apparently in the clear expectation that their readers would know who I am.” PeopleKnowsNamesClearReaderOne DayExpectationsNewspapersWho I AmAgentsRemindingGleeColumnists Author:Terry Pratchett
“As a writer I am proud that if you took my last four books, and they didn't have my name on them, I don't think readers would know they were by the same author.” IfsThinkingKnowsBookLastsNamesFourReaderProud Author:Jay Neugeboren
“One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.” FeelsWritingLittlesFeelingsSchoolReadingFatherOpportunityNamesWishBitsProcessMemoriesWonderfulOne ThingReaderHigh SchoolAverageObsessedPrivacyYearningTopicsEmbarrassingConsumedOur FatherWriting And ReadingConfidentialTouchy Author:Ralph Keyes
“The advertiser's logotype at the bottom of the ad can be considered as part of the headline. After reading the headline, the reader instinctively looks down at the logotype to see the company name.” LooksReadingNamesCompanyReaderBottomAdsHeadlinesAdvertisers Author:John Caples
“When I use a name or place, I want to leave the reader open to the waterfall of determinacy that it may provoke. And I don't know, but I must mention the name Borges. I try to mention it in every one of my works. It's a mark, a stamp, a sort of homage to Argentinidad. But it's an homage that works through pat phrases, those stock images that populate his work: the night, labyrinths, libraries. That is, I don't want simply to pay homage to Borges, but rather the contrary: to recall his commonplaces.” KnowsWantTryingMayUseNightNamesPayReaderMarkLibraryContraryPhrasesWorking ItRecallsProvokingStampsCommonplaceLabyrinthHomageWaterfallsBorges Author:Sergio Chejfec
“Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.” NamesPleasureReaderAddEntertainmentAssociation Author:Jonathan Ames
“Names don't matter, CVs don't matter, previous publications don't matter at all, because, in a certain way, the ideal is for someone to come completely out of left field. And still, of course, it is hard to say no to a writer who matters a lot to you and who you know matters to your readers.” KnowsWayStillsMatterHardCertainCoursesNamesLeftFieldsReaderIdealsPublicationWho You KnowLeft Field Author:Lorin Stein
“Where names of people or places would mean little to a contemporary reader, I figured "translation errors" could create interesting new meanings.” PeopleMeanLittlesNamesInterestingReaderErrorsContemporaryTranslations Author:Hal Duncan
“Books never pall on me. They discourse with us, they take counsel with us, and are united to us by a certain living chatty familiarity. And not only does each book inspire the sense that it belongs to its readers, but it also suggests the name of others, and one begets the desire of the other.” LifeDoeBookDesireCertainNamesUnitedInspireReaderDiscourseFamiliarityBegets Author:Petrarch
“What writers of fantasy, science fiction, and much historical fiction do for a living is different from what writers of so-called literary or other kinds of fiction do. The name of the game in F/SF/HF is creating fictional worlds and then telling particular stories set in those worlds. If you're doing it right, then the reader, coming to the end of the story, will say, "Hey, wait a minute, there are so many other stories that could be told in this universe!" And that's how we get the sprawling, coherent fictional universes that fandom is all about.” IfsWorldKindDifferentEndsStoriesUniverseGamesNamesWaitingFictionFantasyMinutesParticularReaderCreatingScience FictionHistoricalHeyHistorical FictionFandomsFictional Worlds Author:Neal Stephenson
“My experience may be different than theirs, readers can identify with trying to save for retirement or their own kid's college fund. In truth, the name of the column, "The Color of Money," has less to do with my race than the fact that the color of money is green and it's green we all need to live a good life.” NeedsTryingMayDifferentFactsKidsNamesRaceCollegeColorReaderGreenFundRetirementGood LifeColumns Author:Michelle Singletary