tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post114684453065326911..comments2024-03-21T01:33:09.488-06:00Comments on <center>LDS Writers Blogck</center>: Manufacturing TimeKeith N Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222131826035498684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-1146943008622078862006-05-06T13:16:00.000-06:002006-05-06T13:16:00.000-06:00Great post. I think every author who finally publi...Great post. I think every author who finally published that first novel think, "Finally I've made it. I can go stand neck deep in Walden Pond as I ponder my next masterpiece. Or I can go buy that cabin by the lake. Or I can just finally quit my job." <BR/><BR/>Then reality sets in and you realize that you might be able to pay off the sod in the backyard or clear up some credit card debt. What really stink is the first time you get a royalty statement and you owe the publisher money for returns.<BR/><BR/>I try to take two things to heart when I dream of the day I can write full time. <BR/><BR/>First, more people make a living playing professional baseball than make a living writing novels. And even those who do make a living, often spend more time marketing than they do writing. James Patterson and JA Konrath are two perfect examples of this.<BR/><BR/>Second, somebody's got to do it. The greats of today are going to be replaced by the greats of tomorrow. If I am good enough and work hard enough and am lucky enough, there is absolutely no reason it can’t be me.<BR/><BR/>I don't need a pedigree to be a top writer. I don't need to be rich. I don't need to have the right connections. I just need to do what I have to do.<BR/><BR/>Somehow that relieves me. Does that make sense?Jeff Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308834117176284991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-1146855426174249392006-05-05T12:57:00.000-06:002006-05-05T12:57:00.000-06:00Good post. I linked to it on my main blog page und...Good post. <BR/><BR/>I linked to it on my main blog page under <A HREF="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Nobody I Know Writes Full-Time</A> and also in reply to an unhappy reader in the <A HREF="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2006/04/getting-on-my-links.html" REL="nofollow">comments trail</A> of another post.LDS_Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26676840.post-1146854944616167682006-05-05T12:49:00.000-06:002006-05-05T12:49:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.LDS_Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com