Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook

After submitting my query letter to several dozen literary agents, I have stepped back and considered marketing in this frenzied era. I read this today and it illustrates exactly what I feel has happened in media in general. There is so much supply available that new media creators are challenged to break into their markets.

Everyone needs to have a spin or a buzz or a platform. While I am not suggesting anything as radical as this site suggests, there is some validity to the points. Any one of the three creates an instant platform from which to launch a book.

Thus I return to blogging, Books 2.0 and this site. The buzz is the writing itself. You can currently read the prologue and the first eight chapters of The Agency Delta completely online. Just follow the links in the right-hand sidebar under Read: The Agency Delta. You can also read my short stories to get a sense of my writing style. If it's any good at all, I suspect that buzz will follow. If not, at least I still have my day job.