Ten Things I've Learned From the Internet...

[scatteredlogic]

I was talking to whitemunin earlier this morning and remembered that I'd written this ages ago, but never posted it. It came about during the last round of the exchange when I was getting burnt out to the point of being crispy around the edges, and I wanted something to read that wasn't HP-related, so I poked around a bit in the PotC fandom. I found some

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[scatteredlogic]

Oooh, #11 is perfect, and it's so very true. I'm not sure that everything is always expressed in the nicest terms possible, but I agree that it's best to take it that way. ;)

I would also add via #3, just because you have published something does NOT give you the right to be the final authority on everyone else's writing. All these poor young (often 15 years old at most) writers being told by reviewers in their fandoms, "Well, I am a published author, and if you EVER submitted something like that to MY publisher, YOU would be laughed out of the industry...." makes me want to bang my head against the internet tubes.

Oh, good lord, yes. Considering some of the crap I've seen published, using that as some sort of final authority just doesn't cut it. ~shakes head~ And considering how twattish some published authors can be/have been, is it even possible to be laughed out of the industry. I don't think so. ;P

[dream_labyrinth]

*LOL*
Seconded.
When I was looking for a career, I was also looking into publishing and decided not to because a Nora Robets or Rosamunde Pilcher would never have made it past my desk to a printing press, so I would have been extremely badly suited to work in a business that makes money from crap.
If a published author tells a writer that their stories would never make it, the immediate reaction should be "thank goodness, considering the stuff your publisher does accept" - though this comes perilously close to personal insults...

[scatteredlogic]

If a published author tells a writer that their stories would never make it, the immediate reaction should be "thank goodness, considering the stuff your publisher does accept" - though this comes perilously close to personal insults...

~falls over laughing~ Oh, that's priceless. I'll have to remember that one. It does come close to a personal insult, but, ~points to #9~ sometimes you just have to do it. ;)

[dream_labyrinth]

:-D
I personally would just have to do it. But then I like to tell people early on that I am honest to the point of being rude, at least as long as I can think of a scathing remark quickly enough.

[whitemunin]

I would also add via #3, just because you have published something does NOT give you the right to be the final authority on everyone else's writing. All these poor young (often 15 years old at most) writers being told by reviewers in their fandoms, "Well, I am a published author, and if you EVER submitted something like that to MY publisher, YOU would be laughed out of the industry...." makes me want to bang my head against the internet tubes.

I haven't seen this one yet and glad I haven't. I'd probably have a meltdown. Usually pissant authors like these have almost been drummed out of the industry themselves with the dreck they write, and they don't have the excuse of youth on their side. Besides, that's so much bullshit. We've all seen the crap that gets agented and published these days. Editors touting some work's brilliance and readers sounding off with "WTF?!"