This article crossed my desk yesterday in which Chuck Wendig lays out in bold, unvarnished terms, just how rotten the publishing industry is. Thankfully, Chuck threw enough humor in there to keep us laughing while we cry.
Chuck hits all the high (aka low) points of the business, like why it’s absolutely insane to try to write to the market, and how unbelievably slow-moving the industry is (glaciers are hares in comparison).
Writerly-types, pay attention to #20, especially the link to Writer Beware. If you haven’t ever heard of Writer Beware, you have now. Go. Learn.
I’m happy to know that, for the most part, I have few illusions left of the writing/publishing world. Great insight into it, and I probably only laughed as hard as I did because I’ve not actually gone through it yet… >.>
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I’ve been through a lot of them, including #20 (Wizards of the Coast is dead to me…Dead!), but it was still a good refresher course. Having realistic expectations of the industry is key to keeping writers sane.
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… writers are supposed to be sane? WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?
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It’s a relative term.
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Ah. Then I understand. 😉
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