A new chapter in Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing is coming soon. I’ve almost managed to pound it into shape. It’s about the myth everyone hears so often that only 200 people make a living writing fiction.
Why isn’t it out now? Because I make my living writing fiction and have a really fun book I’m just finishing up, plus I just got hired to work on an fantastic book as a ghost. Both projects have me excited and willing to spend more time at my writing computer than at this internet computer. And that’s a good thing.
So, I will rope this myth to the ground in a few days, or maybe by Monday. It’s a fun one, actually.
And on a side agent note: If you haven’t gone back and read some of the comments on the very first agent post titled just Agents Sell Books, do so. The conversation has gone on there off and on as people find this book, and there is a horror story from a writer calling herself Writer Girl in a comment you all should read. (Next to the last comment.) Some of you might be in the middle of the same horror or thinking the same way this writer thought. You can find that first post either at the top of the page under the title of the book Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing or just click Here.
Back soon.
Cheers, Dean
Waaa! I want to read the post now
Tease!
Glad that you’ve got projects to be excited about, though. I suppose that’s a good thing, even if us blog monkeys have to wait.
That agent comment is pretty scary. I hope she finds better fortune in the future.
Seeing as I desperately want to make my living as a writer, I sure as heck hope that “200 people” thing is a myth. Looking forward to it.
Oh, it is a myth, most definitely. Dean’s written briefly about that before, quite comically in fact.
It should be another great chapter.