You Haven't got a Clue! 01/01/2010
I thought I'd kick off the new year by slagging off the publishing industry and writerly types in general. You have not got a clue beyond your own, ever decreasing, inbred world. 1) You take advice, and courses, and read books on how to write a 'good book'. 2) You hone your craft and polish your 'good book'. 3) An agent says that's a 'good book'. 4) The agent helps you further improve your 'good book'. 5) The editor makes your 'good book' even better. 6) The publisher unleashes, your better, improved, 'good book' onto the public. 7) The 7 billion residents of planet earth buy 171 copies between them. Can you blame the writer? He/she wrote the 'good book' as instructed. Can you blame the public? They don't know a great deal about books - they just know what they like. Why do I rant? The Daily Mail first novel competition 2008 - (2009 never happened). The winner, Venn Diagrams, renamed, Half-truths and lies, is currently ranked at around #100,000 on Amazon.co.uk. Backed by the Daily Mail, financed by Transworld Publishing, judged by writerly types and the 'industry'. Give me (or anybody) the £30,000 advance + the associated budget and press - How could you do worse? The writers are writing for the gatekeepers, the gatekeepers haven't got a clue. Just sayin'. Comments02/01/2010 03:57
So you thought you'd start off the new year by providing a concise summary of everything I deduced about you in the last two months? Nicely done, and all probably too true. I'm still trying my hand at the silly game that is publishing, but I'll comfort myself knowing I've largely avoided Step 1. 15/03/2012 13:07
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