Welcome to the website of Novelists, Inc. (Ninc), the only writers organization
devoted exclusively to the needs of multi-published novelists.
Ninc members include authors of all genres of popular fiction.
The average Ninc member has sixteen published novels.
Nine percent of Ninc members are New York Times bestsellers.
Nearly 20% of Ninc members regularly appear on USA
Today and other
major bestseller lists.
Approximately one-third of Ninc members make their full-time living
as novelists.
Many members are additionally published in non-fiction, short fiction,
poetry, drama, and graphic novels.
If you have two or more novels published, it's time for you to
become a part of Ninc, and begin networking with other professional novelists
who are building and maintaining long-term writing careers. Join
now!
By Susan WiggsThe
View from Here
(from August, 2008 issue)
Remember the feeling of discovering a new-to-you author?
Remember the heady sensation of realizing you’ve found a writer who
is so entertaining that you suddenly want to read everything she’s
written? And remember the thrill of realizing that she has an entire body
of work out there–her backlist–just waiting for you to devour?
I love that feeling. Every reader I know loves that
feeling. It’s like packing for a trip you’ve been wanting to
take forever. Your new favorite author is going to take you places you
never dreamed of, and it’s going to be a great ride.
For us writers, it’s not just a heady feeling.
It’s also how a bestselling author’s career happens.
One editor I worked with called this “reaching
critical mass.” Malcolm Gladwell refers to it as
the “tipping point.”
It’s that moment in time when a burgeoning readership blossoms into
true bestsellerdom. You won’t be surprised to learn the term “tipping
point” has its origins in epidemiology. It’s used to describe
the less-than-happy moment when an infectious disease spreads beyond anyone’s
ability to control it.
In publishing, this happens via word-of-mouth, aka
the most powerful marketing money can’t buy.
2009 Ninc Conference
Drury Plaza Hotel, Saint Louis
Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2009
Early Registration and Easy-Payment Plans now available.
NINC MEMBER APPEARANCES :
Linnea Sinclair
January 22-24, 2009
Cruise With Your Muse FRW Conference
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Navigator
of the Seas
Fort Lauderdale, Forida, USA
Karen Tintori
February 13, 10 am
Talk and signing
Bloomfield Township Senior Center
Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA
Lea Wait
February 18
School Visit, Smithville Middle School
Smithville, Missouri, USA
