I guess it depends on the definition of success. For some people, that means being able to do it for a comfortable living/changing the standards.
In my opinion as a reader, if you write a book I love beyond all reason, what you get paid or got paid for it, and how you make a living don't matter. Selfish, but true.
And I think it is just as valid a choice to write the books you love without any more regard for marketability than finding an editor who loves it and a publisher who will publish it. I don't think making a living at writing has to be your focus.
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Date: 2008-05-03 04:48 am (UTC)In my opinion as a reader, if you write a book I love beyond all reason, what you get paid or got paid for it, and how you make a living don't matter. Selfish, but true.
And I think it is just as valid a choice to write the books you love without any more regard for marketability than finding an editor who loves it and a publisher who will publish it. I don't think making a living at writing has to be your focus.