[stylist] A different way of thinking about your project

[Brad Dunse]

Chris and Robert,

I was thinking it might lend itself to a more known author, but with the
many independent artists and authors out there now, they stand a better
chance than years ago. If King did it 20-years ago, he was probably ahead of
his time.  From a marketing standpoint, it is very much in vogue to develop
a list and pitch subscriptions or products to it along with free valuable
content. On-line subscriptions both paid and free are pretty common these
days.
 
Just ran across the idea while pondering things: D.

Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kuell [mailto:ckuell at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 5:05 PM
To: lists at braddunse.com; Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] A different way of thinking about your project

It's an interesting idea, Brad. As Robert indicated, I think Stephen King 
tried a different version of this idea about 20 years ago. I've killed a lot

fo brain cells since then, but I think he posted a chapter online, and asked

people to send him a buck (it was before the days of paypal). If 50% of the 
people who read it sent him a buck, he'd post the next chapter--something 
like that. And from what I remember, it fizzled out. As an unknown, the 
hardest part would be getting subscribers. James Patterson (or one of the 
many grad students he pays minimum wage to write under his name) could pull 
it off easily. Me--I'm not so sure.

chris