http://www.secularconservative.net/other/national-novel-writing-month/ Mon, 10 May 2010 01:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.secularconservative.net/other/national-novel-writing-month/#comment-73 Cephus Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:04:35 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=187#comment-73 While I have no problem whatsoever with people writing, it's unfortunate that the publishing industry is in such a mess these days, so much so that aspiring first-time authors are pretty much out of luck, the odds against even getting read by an editor are somewhere between slim and none and even if you do manage to get printed, the expectations today are so much that the authors do all of the leg-work, all of the advertising, all of the promotion, etc. Often, whatever meager income the author can derive from the sale of their book is eaten up in costs trying to promote it. While I have no problem whatsoever with people writing, it’s unfortunate that the publishing industry is in such a mess these days, so much so that aspiring first-time authors are pretty much out of luck, the odds against even getting read by an editor are somewhere between slim and none and even if you do manage to get printed, the expectations today are so much that the authors do all of the leg-work, all of the advertising, all of the promotion, etc. Often, whatever meager income the author can derive from the sale of their book is eaten up in costs trying to promote it.

]]> http://www.secularconservative.net/other/national-novel-writing-month/#comment-69 E.D. Kain Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:52:37 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=187#comment-69 I've been meaning to do this for some time. I think this year may be the year! Thanks for the reminder... I’ve been meaning to do this for some time. I think this year may be the year! Thanks for the reminder…

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