Comments on: You Tell Me http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/ Reading, Writing, and Publishing Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jacquelyn Wheeler http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Jacquelyn Wheeler Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:28:14 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=329#comment-190 Great question! I'm working on a blog post on this very subject. It really comes down to clearly identifying what you want out of writing. Is it just to hold a finished book in your hands? Is it to be considered brilliant by people you respect (even if you've never met them)? Is it to achieve fame? Fortune? In my case, my goal is to tell a good story and to get it out there to people who would be interested in it, none of which requires a publishing house anymore. For some people, though, the external approval of being "accepted" by a publisher is absolutely essential to their goals, in which case self-publishing will feel like failure. I think it's very important to ask yourself this question and to examine all the reasons why you want what you want. Great question! I'm working on a blog post on this very subject. It really comes down to clearly identifying what you want out of writing. Is it just to hold a finished book in your hands? Is it to be considered brilliant by people you respect (even if you've never met them)? Is it to achieve fame? Fortune? In my case, my goal is to tell a good story and to get it out there to people who would be interested in it, none of which requires a publishing house anymore. For some people, though, the external approval of being "accepted" by a publisher is absolutely essential to their goals, in which case self-publishing will feel like failure. I think it's very important to ask yourself this question and to examine all the reasons why you want what you want.

]]> By: Michael N. Marcus http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Michael N. Marcus Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:55:31 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=329#comment-187 I write to please myself. If others buy my books and like them, that's a bonus. Michael N. Marcus author of "Become a Real Self-Publisher: Don’t be a Victim of a Vanity Press," <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0981661742" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/dp/0981661742</a> author of "Stories I'd Tell My Children (but maybe not until they're adults)," coming 4/1/10. <a href="http://silversandsbooks.com/storiesbookinfo.html" rel="nofollow">http://silversandsbooks.com/storiesbookinfo.html</a> <a href="http://BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com</a> <a href="http://www.SilverSandsBooks.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.SilverSandsBooks.com</a> I write to please myself. If others buy my books and like them, that's a bonus.

Michael N. Marcus

author of "Become a Real Self-Publisher: Don’t be a Victim of a Vanity Press," http://www.amazon.com/dp/0981661742

author of "Stories I'd Tell My Children (but maybe not until they're adults)," coming 4/1/10. http://silversandsbooks.com/storiesbookinfo.html

http://BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com
http://www.SilverSandsBooks.com

]]> By: georgia http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/comment-page-1/#comment-186 georgia Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:43:35 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=329#comment-186 I have recently considered it...especially since the cover of my current book fell off. but I love the book in hand. I have recently considered it…especially since the cover of my current book fell off. but I love the book in hand.

]]> By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Meghan Ward Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:19:45 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=329#comment-185 Georgia, That's amazing that you've kept it up that long. You are the quintessential blogger! Have you thought about moving your journal online? Georgia, That's amazing that you've kept it up that long. You are the quintessential blogger! Have you thought about moving your journal online?

]]> By: georgia http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/19/you-tell-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183 georgia Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:55:02 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=329#comment-183 I've kept a daily journal since I was 14, and I don't expect it to be published. It is supposed to be private, but I find myself hoping it's readable. I feel guilty caring about that, because it is just for me, and I think it is creepy and impure to be writing it self-consciously. I guess because I've read enough published journals, I fantasize. I've kept a daily journal since I was 14, and I don't expect it to be published. It is supposed to be private, but I find myself hoping it's readable. I feel guilty caring about that, because it is just for me, and I think it is creepy and impure to be writing it self-consciously. I guess because I've read enough published journals, I fantasize.

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