Why People Hate Self-Published Authors
I’ve?receieved a number of emails lately?inquiring about?the validity of self-publishing. It’s a?well-worn topic and my personal perspective?isn’t much different than?everyone else’s.?In the right conditions, handled properly, with?realistic attitudes,?self-publishing can be a viable business decision for certain people. But I don’t believe in resorting to it just because you think the?mainstream publishing industry is comprised of?meanies…
continue readingUmmmmm…
So the James Frey-inspired episode South Park premiered last night. And I was a bit underwhelmed. Although I will have to use Geraldo’s line about rocking the publishing industry. But other than that, I was just left saying, “ummmm, yeah.”
continue readingWhen I was Seventeen, I was Bagging Groceries
Man, when I was seventeen, I bagged groceries and worked at a video store. We weren’t quite as bad as the employees in Clerks but we did haze new staff members by making them watch I Spit On Your Grave at least five times. At the same age I was trying not to crush the…
continue readingWhen Do You Cut Bait?
What’s your limit on rejections? If you have a story that you really believe in, how many rejections do you pile up before you reel it in and put that story away for good? I’m still trying to decide on a couple of my pieces and I’m curious how Slushpile Nation handles it.
continue readingSave the Children
This has nothing to do with books, other than the fact it was written by the great Walter Kirn. But it is funny as hell. Kirn is concerned with the welfare of America’s most famous newborn. “If unborn children really had rights, the infant daughter of the actress Katie Holmes and the temporarily-humanoid immortal starseed…
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