This is why I went indie. I may not make much money, but at least I got some books in the hands of some people who like some of it. That feedback process has fueled and guided me to write better over these last 4 years. Continually running into a brick wall isn't progress, it's self-harm.
"Continually running into a brick wall isn't progress, it's self-harm."
Well fucking said.
Traditional publishing runs on the same principle as the lottery—the what-if, and the FOMO. But the lottery is honest about the odds (they're published) whereas TP has everyone believing they're one query letter away from a major book deal... then beats the shit out of them until they're willing to accept $5,000 and no promotion, LOL.
What pisses me off is not that it's hard to get published—of course it's hard; it should be, because few people write that well—but that, unless you can tap into a favor network, you won't even be _read_. The query system is just there to sell false hope—it's total bullshit, and thanks to my J16 study, it's now proven.
Unfortunately, I don't know what the fuck to do now. Traditional publishing takes up most of the oxygen, and the percentage of people who have the resources to properly self-publish is not high.
This is why I went indie. I may not make much money, but at least I got some books in the hands of some people who like some of it. That feedback process has fueled and guided me to write better over these last 4 years. Continually running into a brick wall isn't progress, it's self-harm.
"Continually running into a brick wall isn't progress, it's self-harm."
Well fucking said.
Traditional publishing runs on the same principle as the lottery—the what-if, and the FOMO. But the lottery is honest about the odds (they're published) whereas TP has everyone believing they're one query letter away from a major book deal... then beats the shit out of them until they're willing to accept $5,000 and no promotion, LOL.
What pisses me off is not that it's hard to get published—of course it's hard; it should be, because few people write that well—but that, unless you can tap into a favor network, you won't even be _read_. The query system is just there to sell false hope—it's total bullshit, and thanks to my J16 study, it's now proven.
Unfortunately, I don't know what the fuck to do now. Traditional publishing takes up most of the oxygen, and the percentage of people who have the resources to properly self-publish is not high.