I feel loved...

[silversolitaire]

Just got a parcel from my girlfriend. What she wrote on that christmas card actually made me cry... How lovely. She also put the nicest doodle on the card. It's insanely cute, all the characters of Cara ('cept Smaragd and Jonas) in Christmas spirit. Mega-kawaii. Gonna scan it later ^_^.

She also enclosed a copy of her manga. I'm very very impressed. Wow... first off, the print is awesome! No idea how she did that. And then... the drawings. So intricate and perfect. She used comic tones. It looks professional. Absolutely pretty. I'm proud to have such a talented girlfriend. It's episode one of her manga, Erasers. I also got episode one of Holnstein's manga. She has a nice way of drawing, very good facial expressions and movements, but I don't like the noses. Just one line. Not too nice...

Ah, I wish people would buy her manga like crazy. But I guess that won't happen. I mean, it sure has the potential, but I too wouldn't buy some selfmade manga off the net. After actually seeing it, I would, because it's simply awesome, but not just like that. Ah well...

Comments

[gareon.livejournal.com]

publicity is all about going to the groups and saying hey, check this out.

and email.

it works.

just no spamming. =)

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Heh... I know as much... Never bother the people you want to buy your stuff. Like, my gf isn't very smart when it comes to marketing, and she had set her email to auto-response, sending everyone this prefabricated message about their sales. Now, THAT was getting on *my* nerves, and probably anybody else's too! Bad move! LOL

Well, we'll think of something eventually, I guess.

[gareon.livejournal.com]

lol!!!

yeah well im in publishing so I do sales and half the problem is thinking of non-irritating, creative ways...

say hmm...

i wonder if..

hm...

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

You wonder? *raises eyebrow*

[gareon.livejournal.com]

I like it when men lift their eyebrows.

We should play a sort of game.

A simulation.

"Let's market your girflriend's manga."

They do it in business school all the time, so I hear.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Eh? No idea how that works! T_T

I suck at that, too...

[gareon.livejournal.com]

When i'm trying or thinkog of trying to publish or sell a book I ask muself these questions:

a) who would buy it?
b) how many of those in (a) do I know personally?
c) knowing them, how much would they be willing to pay for it?
d) whom do I know who could help me spread the word? Can they be relied on?
e) is it something I'd be proud to sell?
f) will my pride get in the way of the effort to sell?
g) if I know enough (a) types, will that make the effort worth it, alone?

and so on.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Oh! Sounds like you've really done your homework! Hmmm... good questions...

[gareon.livejournal.com]

lol this is my living.