tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post6600256261777202174..comments2024-02-23T03:44:40.820-05:00Comments on Cyganeria: Out of my League: discussing practicalityMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-23707798839233315042012-08-13T02:04:34.460-04:002012-08-13T02:04:34.460-04:00Great, and difficult, questions. btanaka and Chris...Great, and difficult, questions. <b>btanaka</b> and <b>Christie,</b> I appreciate your thoughts, too. Wound up referencing both of your comments in my response post. :)<br /><br />I wish I carved out time specifically for this aspect, but haven't been that organized yet. After about three years of reading publishing industry blogs, I have reasonable general ideas of what to do and what not to do, but it's hard to put into practice, and I overthink it terribly.<br /><br />Right now, I'm enjoying the fact that revisions have forced me to hold off on submissions a bit longer. But I won't be able to keep waiting... should probably plan my attack now. :)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-80234027865135556642012-08-10T23:06:27.442-04:002012-08-10T23:06:27.442-04:00Thanks for the plug!
As I've started to resea...Thanks for the plug!<br /><br />As I've started to research and look more and more into what it takes to make a living as a writer, I've been disheartened to find that the writing lifestyle is as much about marketing, accounting, and small business skill as it is about putting beautiful and meaningful words on paper. What happened to the good old days when all a writer had to do was be creative? <br /><br />At the risk of sounding like a literary elitist, I guess we've come so far from when Milton composed verses in memory to now when every Jack and Jill owns a lap top. And perhaps that means publishers have to spend a lot more time filtering through what's good and what's not?<br /><br />@ BTanaka -- that's something I often wonder myself. It's interesting to hear C.S. Lewis's take on it (and I remember someone else's quote saying a story wasn't complete without a reader), and then, by contrast, we have Tolkien, who created his entire world and mythos for his own private pleasure.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-3821427897064352552012-08-09T07:29:42.964-04:002012-08-09T07:29:42.964-04:00At the moment I'm pretty much just writing for...At the moment I'm pretty much just writing for myself and my own amusement, though I admit that I have rather 'commercial' tastes (i.e. I actually like the kinds of stories that are a little more sellable). <br /><br />That said, I remember a very useful C.S. Lewis quote on the subject: <br /><br />"When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing taste, interests, and capacity of his audience. These, no less than the language, the marble, or the paint, are part of his raw material; to be used, tamed, sublimated, not ignored or nor defied. "<br /><br />It makes me wonder; is art better, more 'pure' for the fact that it isn't written for the sake of anyone but the author, or is the so-called practical side actually an element in artistic creation? <br /><br />Hope that doesn't sound like criticism: I honestly would like to hear your opinion.BTanakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247800533467244131noreply@blogger.com