I tried that link, but it keeps bringing me back to this page.
And, I wanted you to know that I decided to boost your Canadian sales and bought your book there. Cashier even commented that a friend of hers had bought the book and enjoyed it.
I did the cut and paste thing (figured it out just before Bentley gave me the advice). But I checked and the fixed link works for me, too.
And you're more than welcome. I've been wanting to get it for awhile, but just hadn't, then realized it was a good thing to put it with other books and get the tax back in Canada. :-)
Huh... I'd heard enough of it between Clarion and panels at conventions that none of it was terribly surprising to me, just vaguely depressing (and I love to depress myself about the publishing industry before breakfast if I can).
Filed this one under: Things They Don't Tell You In Writer School
They tell you stuff like that in acting school, and I always figured the entertainment industry was the entertainment industry. Rule #1: Nothing happens till it happens. Rule #2: You're only as good as your last gig. Rule #3: Nobody gives a damn about your career but you.
Even Stephen King has to deal with shit and string beans.
And knowing Steve like I do, I'm sure that's what he's say too.
And I guess that's the difference between pro-writers and the rest: they know it's business, not always fair--and how do you define "fair" anyway? And amateurs, and wannabes do not.
Once you accept the "rules" (especially as you outlined them) the "business" makes a lot more sense--even if you don't like it.
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Date: 2004-09-09 07:57 am (UTC)And, I wanted you to know that I decided to boost your Canadian sales and bought your book there. Cashier even commented that a friend of hers had bought the book and enjoyed it.
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Date: 2004-09-09 08:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-09 08:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-09 08:08 am (UTC)And you're more than welcome. I've been wanting to get it for awhile, but just hadn't, then realized it was a good thing to put it with other books and get the tax back in Canada. :-)
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Date: 2004-09-09 08:53 am (UTC)But, I do remember them saying, "Writing is not for the faint of heart." Or something like that.
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Date: 2004-09-09 09:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-10 08:17 am (UTC)They tell you stuff like that in acting school, and I always figured the entertainment industry was the entertainment industry. Rule #1: Nothing happens till it happens. Rule #2: You're only as good as your last gig. Rule #3: Nobody gives a damn about your career but you.
Even Stephen King has to deal with shit and string beans.
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Date: 2004-09-10 10:04 am (UTC)Oh, yeah.
"It's not personal, it's business."
And knowing Steve like I do, I'm sure that's what he's say too.
And I guess that's the difference between pro-writers and the rest: they know it's business, not always fair--and how do you define "fair" anyway? And amateurs, and wannabes do not.
Once you accept the "rules" (especially as you outlined them) the "business" makes a lot more sense--even if you don't like it.
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Date: 2004-09-10 05:35 pm (UTC)