I read DWS's "Think Like a Publisher" series back when I was in the final stages of my first draft. I haven't read any of Konrath's writing, but I'm given to understand that he's even more militantly anti-traditional than Smith. If I'm honest, I sipped the Kool-Aid, and I confess that it was tasty.
My affinity for self-publishing is really more a result of laziness than principle. The process of writing is so labored for me that I cringe when I think that all of the time I spent writing a novel is only a fraction of the total amount of work I have to do to see it fully realized. The hard truth may be simply that the challenge of finding a good, trustworthy agent and letting that agent negotiate with publishers and waiting for a book to hit the shelf is all part of the arduous journey of being a writer. That skipping steps to achieve instant gratification is really just a cheat.
I don't know. But I genuinely do appreciate your ability to sober me up when I start getting too high on the idea of self-publishing. You seem to have a greater knowledge of the subject than I do, and I take your opinion on that matter seriously.
My affinity for self-publishing is really more a result of laziness than principle. The process of writing is so labored for me that I cringe when I think that all of the time I spent writing a novel is only a fraction of the total amount of work I have to do to see it fully realized. The hard truth may be simply that the challenge of finding a good, trustworthy agent and letting that agent negotiate with publishers and waiting for a book to hit the shelf is all part of the arduous journey of being a writer. That skipping steps to achieve instant gratification is really just a cheat.
I don't know. But I genuinely do appreciate your ability to sober me up when I start getting too high on the idea of self-publishing. You seem to have a greater knowledge of the subject than I do, and I take your opinion on that matter seriously.
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