tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post5447761258577773105..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: But What About Readers and Reviewers?Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-23188274054576860922013-11-22T16:10:24.716-08:002013-11-22T16:10:24.716-08:00Suzan -- yeah, it's depressing how many people...Suzan -- yeah, it's depressing how many people who should know better believe that stuff. :/<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-90406243285895874352013-11-22T12:30:47.659-08:002013-11-22T12:30:47.659-08:00LOL It's gotten to the point where I don't...LOL It's gotten to the point where I don't get outside opinions on what I write anymore. I started writing becuse I got tired of the same tropes over and over again. But then I'll have experienced writers tell me if you don't write X trope Y way, your story won't sell. They are wrong. So very wrong...Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-23997375621738772452013-11-21T06:47:02.356-08:002013-11-21T06:47:02.356-08:00Charles -- the reprint over on Bookview Cafe? I s...Charles -- the reprint over on Bookview Cafe? I saw that too. [nod] I think it was on her blog back when, or maybe she printed it as an editorial in one of the <i>Sword and Sorceress</i> volumes? I know I read it before somewhere. Good basics. [nod]<br /><br />She wrote that way before the rise of indie publishing, and I don't know whether she was right back then (so far as I know, the last time it was possible for a reasonably good writer to make a living at short fiction was during the heyday of the pulps; I wish we could ask her what she meant by that in the... 80s? whenever she wrote the article.<br /><br />But times have changed and she's right again. Dean Wesley Smith <a href="http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9457" rel="nofollow">did the math on making a living on short fiction</a> a few months ago. It takes dedication for some number of years to get to that level, depending on how many words you write in an hour and how many hours you have to spendat it, but you can rework the math to suit your own pace and schedule. Good stuff -- give it a look.<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-8878311651041056532013-11-21T05:52:51.494-08:002013-11-21T05:52:51.494-08:00I'm always a bit curious about readers who are...I'm always a bit curious about readers who are very rigid in their particular demands. I've never been that way myself but I know readers who are like that. And either I will match their wants or not. I'm reading an article by Marion Zimmer Bradley where she says if you master the basics of giving the reader what they want you can make a comfortable living from writing short stories. She's way off base about the comfortable living, but right on the basics.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com