She agreed that I have interesting stories to tell and told me to come back in a year. A YEAR!
She said that I should try to be more like Kristin Ohmdahl, Vashti Braha and/or Twinkie Chan who focus upon blogs and vlogs. I appreciate her suggestion, but also see the value in the work that I want to present. Why can't I just do what I want to do and not mimic what those talented ladies have done?
I think there is value in stories about crochet.
The best advice that this publisher gave was to submit some works to magazines; she suggested submitting some to a new knit magazine, which seems so contrary to my purpose that I just shook my head. I considered it for a minute, but thought that would be contrary to what my personal brand will stand for, so I respectfully decline, thank you. Parenthetically, I'd like to mention that I submitted a story to a crochet magazines, and hope to see it in print soon.
Another publisher said that the industry is now more interested in pattern books and I agree. In an effort to make my book a little more marketable, I have agreed to add some patterns to accompany the stories. For instance, to my story about my yarn stash, I am creating a harmless little kitty amigurumi pattern who won't get into your yarn!
This may take a while because I've only created ONE pattern in my entire life! It will be an adventure!
Instead of changing my blog into something that I am not comfortable with just to get published (See July 24th post) I have decided to chronicle my battle to get my book of crochet stories published. Additionally I will talk about trying to create patterns to go along with my stories. It will be FUN and I'm always up for FUN; come along with me!
