Nothing of that sort happened, the heading was just to grab your attention - everybody loves an overreaction.
Well, it goes like this.
Some of you may know that I am currently writing a novel. Or rather, trying to for the past 3 years. It so happens that, a loooong time back, 10 days ago, I came across a sub-editor for a major book publisher, at a 3Ds Max conference. He was one of the guest lecturers and yours truly, most obviously, just tagged along with one of the invitees. After the usual round of welcome speeches, speaker felicitation, product launches.......you know the sequence, there was the Gladiator spectacle (Q&A session).
It was the most lively part of the entire event.
Anyway, after that, I joined him at cocktails and was introducing myself - in short, giving the personal sales pitch. I told him that I was in the process of writing my own novel, and had completed a couple of chapters. I was kind of surprised when he asked to see a draft, and naturally I replied in the positive ( guess he was too drunk that time ).
After a couple of days, I got a callback saying he wanted to meet me in his office. I was a bit apprehensive, cos' my novel is somewhat over-the-top and rightly so, that was the opinion he had of the story, or at least what he had of it. To cut a long story short, he told me that they would consider my novel if I would tone it down, heh! as if I would.
Basically, it was a take it or leave it situation...................from me.
Now i am back to writing it, the way I intend it to be - Epic, Dark, Fast, Swashbuckling, Outrageous and totally Over the top.
Watch out. Watch for it.
yours truly,
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Long time since the last post, huh ?
Well, nothing really exciting is happening....at least to my standards. Anyway, I got the payment for my first real project (PixelKast dMedia) only yesterday, and I got the urge to splurge a little, obviously. I got myself some things and was just window shopping at Spencer's Mall, when I slipped into the Landmark store. I remembered that I had to get a gift for a B'day party later that I was supposed to go later that evening. So, I was browsing and wondering just what I have to get this gal when my glance fell on a very tacky looking book. It was another book on Marketing principles and how to do great marketing....you get the idea.
Just as well, I thought I should gift this book to her, as she was really into Marketing, Sales etc. I was going through the contents when I realised what a treasure i held in my hand. I mean, this wasn't just another book on how to be a great marketer - whole with bullet points, charts, case studies, acronyms and catch phrases. This was completely against the norm. I like it so much that I bought an extra copy for myself, and needless to say.... she was absolutely delighted too.
Now, the book is called "FREE GIFT INSIDE" by Stephen Brown. This is one book worth treasuring. The ideas are not revolutionary, just so obvious and "right in front of you" that you tend to wonder how you could have missed it. Well, I guess it is human nature to completely miss what is obvious. Anyway, I would say that this book is a goldmine for anybody who is interested in marketing, and who is really meaning to "mark his presence", to borrow a tagline. The material is top notch and you cannot help but laugh at Mr.Brown's style of writing. The front cover was definitely keeping in with the book's ideas, it was so tacky that I has to pick it up and see what was inside. I mean can you imagine any self-respecting author titling his book "FREE GIFT INSIDE" ? Well, the name alone would ensure that people would at least pick it up.
But I should warn you though, you will need a good thesaurus by the side when you read this book.
I am really taken in by "FREE GIFT INSIDE", guess it will help a lot with my marketing stint.
yours truly,
Ar'Nath
