I know, December was supposed to be a “no writing talk” month, but it’s my blog and I’ll use it how I want to, goddamnit. *kicks dirt on your shoes* Ahem. So. Digital BookWorld did a recent survey about how much self-published authors make and then Hugh Howey responded and — Well, Porter Anderson does […]
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This is one of those posts where I worry about putting it out there — like, I wrote a book, Blackbirds, which features a female character who some reviewers have suggested makes me a misogynist but other reviews have suggested makes me a feminist. And I worry, “Shit, am I gonna write a post like this […]
Tobias Buckell wrote a very smart and rational post (FEATURING CHARTS) about survivorship bias in self-publishing. Go read it. I’ll wait. I like the post a lot — Buckell frequently tickles my sweet spot in terms of being moderate and looking at the pro’s and con’s of both sides of the publishing fence (as I […]
A brief recent history: Salon posted an article that said, “Hey, self-publishing is masturbation.” I responded. Salon posted a different article by Hugh Howey that said, “Nonsense to that other thing, self-publishing is full of success stories and it’s the better option going forward.” I responded to that, too. Then, another thing happened: I was […]
Forgive me if I sound a little exasperated. Hugh Howey wrote a thing at Salon and it’s a very interesting article and you should go read it. It is, in my probably-not-that-humble opinion, a fascinating mix of artistic wisdom and business fantasy where anecdotal evidence once more becomes artisanal data and we are told that […]
So, I read this article: “I’m A Self-Publishing Failure.” It’s funny enough. Pokes a bit of fun at author expectations. Ha-ha, another Salon article where the writer didn’t suddenly strike it rich. Except, there’s a deeper thread of something here. And it’s something that isn’t maybe so nice, or maybe so right. “Self-publishing is the […]
