There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means going public. But the actual activity could scarcely be more invisible. And private.
Publishing is not my world.
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.
We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.
Everything I publish is for my readers.
In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.
That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.
Publishing can be tough. It has the ability to kill dreams.
I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.