tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post2503693152380354256..comments2023-11-17T01:32:25.790+00:00Comments on Aleksandr Voinov - Letters from the Front: Post-Birthday PostAleksandr Voinovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-37549445880616030782014-05-09T18:31:48.452+01:002014-05-09T18:31:48.452+01:00Oh, I do like those - also because they go well wi...Oh, I do like those - also because they go well with Dude's skin. Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-59242348386735090172014-05-09T16:15:38.339+01:002014-05-09T16:15:38.339+01:00Thank you :) I have some of the Lush massage bars ...Thank you :) I have some of the Lush massage bars - have you tried those? Not as good as doing your own mix but much less messy.pointycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12314434465759885505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-36944382042151662902014-05-09T14:22:13.771+01:002014-05-09T14:22:13.771+01:00It makes perfect business sense to pass on a book ...It makes perfect business sense to pass on a book that will likely never yield a return on investment. (Hah.) So I have no hard feelings. On the other hand, There's no way in heaven or earth that I'll let this book die. I don't even care about the sales numbers.Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-3504273130709166542014-05-09T14:20:40.324+01:002014-05-09T14:20:40.324+01:00Awesome. You're definitely somebody it's m...Awesome. You're definitely somebody it's meant for. I cut all the technical bits that the last version had and that added very little, but it's still as real as I could make it. I even covered the buyouts in the book and talked to the CEOs and dealmakers. It's ... eerie how autobiographical some of that stuff is.<br /><br />I expect a release in June/July. I'm impatient like that. :)Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-51098175775144556472014-05-09T14:18:19.269+01:002014-05-09T14:18:19.269+01:00Yeah, that would have been 2009/10, so at least 4 ...Yeah, that would have been 2009/10, so at least 4 years. I've meanwhile cut out all the boring bits (mostly a matter of killing individual words and sentences rather than scenes/characters). <br /><br />And--I enjoy writing romance if I have a romance idea, but I have to follow the shape of the idea and stay true to the characters, and both of those have their own ideas where things are going. I don't begrudge anybody reading a certain thing--I have my preferences too, and there are many, many outstanding authors who can satisfy that demand. I'm just somebody whose ideas are weird and out there and strange, and I simply cannot compromise. But that's okay, I'm making peace with that and am grateful for every sale.<br /><br />Hope all is well. :)Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-16516483604555502412014-05-09T14:13:38.965+01:002014-05-09T14:13:38.965+01:00Special Forces would have been turned down based o...Special Forces would have been turned down based on its length and the head-hopping, no doubt. In stylistic terms, it's a bit of a pile. <br /><br />And - yeah. I just cannot compromise on this without killing everything I love in the first place. I just have to rely on growing my readership and keep writing. Many books with small sales can outearn a couple books with bigger sales. Also, I love writing and I'm naturally fairly productive.Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-38083384202265889952014-05-09T14:11:23.915+01:002014-05-09T14:11:23.915+01:00Thank you! Hard at work on that. :) Really looking...Thank you! Hard at work on that. :) Really looking forward to get that massage thing off the ground, too. It just feels like it'll provide the balance I need. Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-21469312236536791612014-05-09T14:10:28.441+01:002014-05-09T14:10:28.441+01:00Thank you! All support is so, so welcome. And I...Thank you! All support is so, so welcome. And I'm hoping the urban fantasy series will work out. If not, at least the characters at least will stop shouting at me at night. Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-76986854022009565102014-05-09T14:09:10.491+01:002014-05-09T14:09:10.491+01:00Personally, I like the strong/different voices muc...Personally, I like the strong/different voices much more anyway. I think we grow our readership more slowly and might never sell as much as the "same old", but personally, I can't compromise and I'm done trying. My big thing at the moment is to work out how to format a book, especially a long one....Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-67637458262202601392014-05-09T14:07:42.854+01:002014-05-09T14:07:42.854+01:00There's no way in hell this book is going back...There's no way in hell this book is going back into the drawer... Thank you!Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-22890052804272522102014-05-09T14:07:18.047+01:002014-05-09T14:07:18.047+01:00Thank you! Finances being what they are, I basical...Thank you! Finances being what they are, I basically have no editing budget, but I have a few peer who're helping. I scrubbed the text hard, so it's pretty clean, thankfully. Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-12659076501893114482014-05-09T14:05:38.617+01:002014-05-09T14:05:38.617+01:00Thank you! I'll pull all the info together for...Thank you! I'll pull all the info together for the tax thing. This one looks like it'll be peer-edited, but once I have any budget at all, I'll give you a shout. :)Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-16284432604324786222014-05-09T03:59:41.555+01:002014-05-09T03:59:41.555+01:00We've talked a bit about this and I am still s...We've talked a bit about this and I am still shaking my head over ROI's rejection. I love your work and in the end you really just need to make yourself happy, so you keep doing you and the rest will hopefully pan out. Let me know if you need anything ( even if it is just the means to talk shit and laugh over nonsensical things! )<br /><br />*hugs*<br /><br />Kassandra<br />Kassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985856663502841108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-50153329390791636122014-05-09T03:39:51.990+01:002014-05-09T03:39:51.990+01:00I'm a business admin graduate taking the CPA e...I'm a business admin graduate taking the CPA exam, so a gay/explicit/business-y financial thriller written by you sounds like a dream come true. I've always wondered if I'd ever get to read about business in a fictional or nonacademic setting with a side of erotica and now I will be able to! <br /><br />Hope everything goes well! I can't wait until ROI comes out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-74771415094930432032014-05-09T00:32:21.626+01:002014-05-09T00:32:21.626+01:00I'll be keeping an eye for ROI's release. ...I'll be keeping an eye for ROI's release. I'm surprised how much I liked it the first time I read it...5 years ago? I'm the market you don't enjoy writing for, unfortunately, but I count myself privileged and lucky to have been given ROI to read.<br /><br />Wishing you all the best in every good thing:)ElaineYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-1887158554503272902014-05-08T14:13:50.557+01:002014-05-08T14:13:50.557+01:00I'm wondering if Riptide would have published ...I'm wondering if Riptide would have published Special Forces? I think probably not, and yet it is one of my all-time favorites. You have to follow your heart, otherwise the work suffers and you are unhappy. Rest assured that you will always have readers whether or not your work fits into a traditional genre. Excellent writing is always a pleasure.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-31650123803198812142014-05-08T12:19:44.757+01:002014-05-08T12:19:44.757+01:00I love your book voice so happy to read the books ...I love your book voice so happy to read the books you want to write. I hope you find a way to put together a bunch of things that let you live your life with dignity, pleasure and an income :)Merrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00022565372969180953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-30740422845705877952014-05-07T23:51:04.971+01:002014-05-07T23:51:04.971+01:00Yeah, but hopefully I can make it look like an acc...Yeah, but hopefully I can make it look like an accident. :) Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-6344459438768854642014-05-07T23:49:21.935+01:002014-05-07T23:49:21.935+01:00I just want to point out that anyone who works wit...I just want to point out that anyone who works with the public occasionally wants to strangle people, even massage therapists. :PBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142090423235200822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-53559976952397462022014-05-07T23:30:49.643+01:002014-05-07T23:30:49.643+01:00Sounds good. Once I have details I'll be in to...Sounds good. Once I have details I'll be in touch. Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-10525361711385444782014-05-07T23:11:03.862+01:002014-05-07T23:11:03.862+01:00Cool - let's meet up. I'll bring oil. :)Cool - let's meet up. I'll bring oil. :)Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-89315350979213275042014-05-07T23:10:18.007+01:002014-05-07T23:10:18.007+01:00We're coming to the UK for a couple of weeks b...We're coming to the UK for a couple of weeks before I head to Kuwait. So I'll be in London around the 2-7 of August. Ish. Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-58223461276337407012014-05-07T22:54:35.405+01:002014-05-07T22:54:35.405+01:00I sympathize. Writing too much of any one genre ge...I sympathize. Writing too much of any one genre gets old after a while, and romance pretty much ends when your two characters find their HEA. Other genres aren't limited in this respect. If you have a series going and people fall in love with your characters, you might be pleasantly surprised on the financial end of things. Count me in - I'll buy a download, definitely. You write good stuff. I'll even blog about you :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-7483698310932651952014-05-07T22:26:12.769+01:002014-05-07T22:26:12.769+01:00Can so relate to this. Even when I start out with ...Can so relate to this. Even when I start out with the intention of writing a "market friendly" book, weird shit just creeps in. It's part of my voice, and there's no way of changing that without destroying the spark that spurs me to write in the first place. <br /><br />Kudos to you for knowing yourself and your work.<br /><br />I've done some self-publishing myself. Drop me a line if you want to chat about it.Jessica Freelyhttp://jessicafreely.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-42680053102664125272014-05-07T21:19:26.717+01:002014-05-07T21:19:26.717+01:00I'm pleased to hear that you're going to s...I'm pleased to hear that you're going to self pub ROI, its a shame that things have to be pigeon holed Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925318033337534619noreply@blogger.com