So, in their heads, the entire publishing world exists to connect their great work of art to its awaiting public. And for some reason they've never quite thought about the mechanism for this. They've not considered that unless an organization get a big fat grant or endowment or something, it has to sell things to people who want them.
Yes, this is absolutely true. I think in the case of this particular writer, she feels certain - as we have all done - that if our books are presented to the waiting public, they will be loved.
You don't even need to see your books as great works of art to feel this way, fwiw.
It's not true. It's what is felt. But arguing with someone's emotional reactions in a logical way when they are not in the frame of mind to parse logic... doesn't really work that well =/
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Date: 2009-04-22 03:23 am (UTC)Yes, this is absolutely true. I think in the case of this particular writer, she feels certain - as we have all done - that if our books are presented to the waiting public, they will be loved.
You don't even need to see your books as great works of art to feel this way, fwiw.
It's not true. It's what is felt. But arguing with someone's emotional reactions in a logical way when they are not in the frame of mind to parse logic... doesn't really work that well =/