There are many myths to publishing... and one of them is that you have to quit your day job once you are rewarded. Many people don't, and continue to be successful on terms they've decided.
There's nothing wrong with that.
The truth about publishing writing is so simple that people like to embellish it. The secret formula is: Write. Finish what you write. Send it out until someone buys it.
Yes, it helps to network. Luck helps. You can pay people to buy your work, backwards as that is. But none of it makes up for... writing. Finishing what you write. And sending it out until someone buys it. :)
And while I don't have the credentials to be a cocky advice-giver on novels, I do to be a cocky advice-giver on short stories. :)
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Date: 2003-09-13 06:25 am (UTC)There's nothing wrong with that.
The truth about publishing writing is so simple that people like to embellish it. The secret formula is: Write. Finish what you write. Send it out until someone buys it.
Yes, it helps to network. Luck helps. You can pay people to buy your work, backwards as that is. But none of it makes up for... writing. Finishing what you write. And sending it out until someone buys it. :)
And while I don't have the credentials to be a cocky advice-giver on novels, I do to be a cocky advice-giver on short stories. :)