I'm still down with this nasty cold/cough. I think I was physcially pushing myself too hard, the gym, TRX, sick children, book deadline that my body crashed on me. I've never been this ill in the last sixteen years (except for C-section recovery period after my kids were born).
Anyway, ever feel like you've reached an impasse in your career? I didn't choose to be a writer. I'm a trained chemist, for God sakes. But writing kept calling to me, gnawing at me, story and characters messing with my head until I gave in. But what did I find? A subjective publishing industry that keep pushing at buttons until you question yourself
Today I stopped by a friend's blog, Jennifer Laurens, who happens to be a successful independent publisher and something she said got to me..."Anyone tired of the well-worn but hazardous and -- lets not forget subjective -- traditional publishing road. Don't loose faith in your work. Make your own road."
Thanks, girl. I'm listening and seriously looking at my options now.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a writing seminar, which by the way was
very enlightening. Participants eagerly listened to a group of panelists as
a s...
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If you have the money, go for it ...
If i had the money i would totally self publish
Don't have the money. That's why I'm still procrastinating, wondering if it's teh right thing to do.
The traditional publishing industry is seriously like porn to me now. Ugly, raw and sickeningly addictive. One of your friends has meager success, and there you are again, tempted to 'get back into the querying game', subjecting yourself to "self image thrashing" because - like pornographic images - you can't ever BE like that. Unless you're willing to compromise.I'm not saying self publishing is for everyone, either. But when I think about what I've accomplished in the last five years, it's astounding on any executive level. It's just that traditional publishing would have you believe you're only validated if you're validated by them. That's like saying Taylor Swift, who produced with an indy company, isn't REALLY a singer, because one of the big record producers didn't pick her up.
Jennifer,
I hear you. Taylor showed them, didn't she? And so will the rest of us. No, it wasn't a rant. I call it passion.
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