I think most people did! Then folks went, "Wait, but what about the billion books we sell every year? And why would they try to sell that joint for $2.2 billion if it loses money?"
That was almost my exact thought. 😂😂 I read and followed the suggestion article too. There is no such thing as too much information in my opinion so thanks for that.
Love this. When I saw the source, I didn't even bother to read it because I had read enough of said author's ill-informed opinions about publishing. I'm appalled at the degree to which certain circles have taken it to be the whole truth. Especially given...oh, I'm not gonna get started on this.
I also hear that Trump was the greatest president since Lincoln, actually won his re-election bid (only to have it unjustly stolen from him by those scheming Dems), is completely innocent of all the made up legal charges against him, and is victim of liberal lies and attacks.
The preceding like most of your hilarious essay is a complete fabrication. (Well except the Trump as a former president, which fell squarely in the waking nightmare department).
"Becoming a full-time writer is impossible." This is very nearly true, at least for fiction. 99.9 % of writers will never produce a coherent, market-ready novel. And the tiny fraction that does will run smack into a brick wall, called the agent. The agent doesn't need you, they have plenty of writers, and any new ones are connected to the academic, publishing, social media, or entertainment industries. The idea novels are plucked from the avalanche of queries is the biggest lie in publishing.
Agree. If you want to get a deal, you will have to make friends. Getting published has little to do with your writing. You have to know the right people and be in the right circles and eventually your number will get called. Or… Get a very big social media following. That also works.
I think both can be true. Ellie wasn't saying that nobody buys books. They buy cookbooks, ghostwritten celebrity "memoirs", the same books by the same authors just with different characters. The industry makes money, most authors don't. I worked in book publishing in the 00s and in one small company, one author propped up the rest.
This is hilarious. Yes, the title was pure clickbait, so I guess the writer got what she wanted from it. But the comments beneath her post from aspiring writers saying "now I know the truth! I will never try to publish a book the old-fashioned way!" were sad. She was completely misleading, and so many of these aspiring writers just took what she was saying as truth. Her conclusion that all a traditional publisher offers is "a tiny advance and a few dozen readers" is completely false.
Loved everything about this, and I'm embarrassed to say but I did believe this article...then I did my own research. Thanks Gabino!
I think most people did! Then folks went, "Wait, but what about the billion books we sell every year? And why would they try to sell that joint for $2.2 billion if it loses money?"
That was almost my exact thought. 😂😂 I read and followed the suggestion article too. There is no such thing as too much information in my opinion so thanks for that.
Hysterical
Ah, yes, don't write, just die!
Well worth the read for we (wee) writers.
Haha, too funny. Great post!
You’re the best!
I knew it! The Illuminati are not to be trusted!
omg I am dead. Love this and your writing! hahahahaha
Supercuts did a great job on your hair though, so it’s worth it!
The bit about the editors.....I hear that from sooooo many young folks who are just throwing their books up without an edit. It's tragic.
Every. Single. Week.
This is so good!!! 😂 😂 😂 Thank you!
Love this. When I saw the source, I didn't even bother to read it because I had read enough of said author's ill-informed opinions about publishing. I'm appalled at the degree to which certain circles have taken it to be the whole truth. Especially given...oh, I'm not gonna get started on this.
Yup! Haha.
I also hear that Trump was the greatest president since Lincoln, actually won his re-election bid (only to have it unjustly stolen from him by those scheming Dems), is completely innocent of all the made up legal charges against him, and is victim of liberal lies and attacks.
The preceding like most of your hilarious essay is a complete fabrication. (Well except the Trump as a former president, which fell squarely in the waking nightmare department).
Hah!
"Becoming a full-time writer is impossible." This is very nearly true, at least for fiction. 99.9 % of writers will never produce a coherent, market-ready novel. And the tiny fraction that does will run smack into a brick wall, called the agent. The agent doesn't need you, they have plenty of writers, and any new ones are connected to the academic, publishing, social media, or entertainment industries. The idea novels are plucked from the avalanche of queries is the biggest lie in publishing.
Agree. If you want to get a deal, you will have to make friends. Getting published has little to do with your writing. You have to know the right people and be in the right circles and eventually your number will get called. Or… Get a very big social media following. That also works.
Aaaahh!! Finally someone who sees thru the smoke!
I think both can be true. Ellie wasn't saying that nobody buys books. They buy cookbooks, ghostwritten celebrity "memoirs", the same books by the same authors just with different characters. The industry makes money, most authors don't. I worked in book publishing in the 00s and in one small company, one author propped up the rest.
This is hilarious. Yes, the title was pure clickbait, so I guess the writer got what she wanted from it. But the comments beneath her post from aspiring writers saying "now I know the truth! I will never try to publish a book the old-fashioned way!" were sad. She was completely misleading, and so many of these aspiring writers just took what she was saying as truth. Her conclusion that all a traditional publisher offers is "a tiny advance and a few dozen readers" is completely false.