The prolific Leo Stableford intrigued me with a recent post in which he quoted GOB . The topic: whether to publish a book atall. GOB concludes, based on years of experience, that to pursue writing with a view to making money (or fame) publishing is a fools errand.
I agree, but do not think that is […]
I came across the name Susan Kelly, looked her up, and found what looks like her abandoned blog. On 3/17/05 Ms. Kelly listed her five favorite reasons for rejection. Her second was: “Susan Kelly is not sufficiently well-known for us to market this book successfully.”
This dovetails with advice I’m receiving from a wonderful person who […]
I came across a post on Miss Snark that resolved a nagging question about something I haven’t done. She was asked, “Do I need to hire an editor?” and in her ever-entertaining voice, replied,
“You don’t need to hire an editor.
I’m pretty sure (I haven’t asked) that none of my novelists hired an editor. They worked […]
I was once again reading GOB’s most excellent blog and was fascinated by a debate he links to about the viability of independent publishers (Clark.)It makes fascinating reading, but there was one place in the thread (1/7/2007 2:51:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) where a little bell went off. The multilayered selling process is […]
My friend Mr. Bob J. in Nashville was one of the first people to pester me with his blog postings, and after while I came to look forward to his intermittent rambling and philosophizing. An articulate and provocative soul, he brings spice to the Zen view of life.He is one of the forces that started […]
I was reminded by Doug Bulleit today of one of my recurring reflections that is perennially unpopular (but with which Doug largely agrees): I believe that inheritence tax should be set at 100%.
OK, perhaps there should be a few carve outs, such as the ability for surviving spouse and pre-majority offspring to be looked after, […]
I am inspired by a post I read at Grumpy Old Bookman, and am grateful to Leo Stableford for pointing me to it. GOB develops an intriguing and quite compelling argument that an author’s first good book will be the author’s n’th book and that the publishing world today isn’t patient enough to stick […]
A good friend once told me that he always looked twice at the resume of someone who had written a book.
I asked him why: he answered that he knows the commitment and determination involved, and that this accomplishment tells him more about the character of the person than any menu of law degrees, MBA’s and […]
I have stopped reading newspapers.
I finished watching the news on TV a long time ago, and also cut most of my magazine subscriptions. I wasn’t reading them. We were piling up unread copies of the metro newspaper, so I stopped that, too. I used to read the Wall Street Journal every day, because it was […]
