I wish I were more of a pioneer or an early adopter, but I'm timid, so I tend to want to sit back and see how something goes before trying it.
I think I'd be interested in participating only as a way of getting the editors to look at my work, which means that the sharing-among-peers aspect would be wasted on me. I *love* sharing with my peers, so it's not that I'm not interested in that in general; it's just that my time is so limited, and I already have LJ as a way of discovering and reading peer writing. I don't feel like I have any additional time to spend browsing through other people's works on that site.
Maybe other participants would, though, and maybe it would be a way to get more people reading my stuff, but if I'm going to expose my stuff in a non-traditional way, I'd rather be more in control of it (do it on my own). Maybe if I ever am pursuing non-traditional publishing more seriously, I'd try something like that...
Getting back to using it as a way of having Harper Collins see my work, I think I'd be better off looking for an agent who could put my work in front of an editor who has a particular interest in my genre. I suspect here, although a team of editors will eventually look at the work, there's no assuring that, if you write fantasy, it'll be seen by someone who is interested in fantasy, you know?
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I think I'd be interested in participating only as a way of getting the editors to look at my work, which means that the sharing-among-peers aspect would be wasted on me. I *love* sharing with my peers, so it's not that I'm not interested in that in general; it's just that my time is so limited, and I already have LJ as a way of discovering and reading peer writing. I don't feel like I have any additional time to spend browsing through other people's works on that site.
Maybe other participants would, though, and maybe it would be a way to get more people reading my stuff, but if I'm going to expose my stuff in a non-traditional way, I'd rather be more in control of it (do it on my own). Maybe if I ever am pursuing non-traditional publishing more seriously, I'd try something like that...
Getting back to using it as a way of having Harper Collins see my work, I think I'd be better off looking for an agent who could put my work in front of an editor who has a particular interest in my genre. I suspect here, although a team of editors will eventually look at the work, there's no assuring that, if you write fantasy, it'll be seen by someone who is interested in fantasy, you know?
Still, it's interesting that they're doing it.