tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post6501780922367312141..comments2023-10-12T05:32:56.675-04:00Comments on Manuscripts Burn: Deserve's Got Nothing to Do With ItStephen Kozeniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-40546389054412498642016-05-14T15:38:59.559-04:002016-05-14T15:38:59.559-04:00Watch out!
Watch out! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218251717735510831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-21633209473925910562016-05-14T14:43:42.320-04:002016-05-14T14:43:42.320-04:00Ooh, floodgates are opening!Ooh, floodgates are opening!Stephen Kozeniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-51081625003444555112016-05-14T14:43:24.275-04:002016-05-14T14:43:24.275-04:00Thanks for the comment, Stillphoenix! People are ...Thanks for the comment, Stillphoenix! People are very fierce about not degrading the value of art - not putting it in the dollar bin, as you say. But I've never felt that pricing your art to the point where only your friends and family will buy it is the solution. I mean, I don't like being poor and unknown but I can at least accept that my work only has the value people are willing to pay for it. Otherwise they'll just buy something else. It's not like there aren't options. So why make a fuss about people who will pay $5 for a cup of coffee but not for your book? They wanted the cup of coffee and they didn't want your book. All one man's opinion, anyway.Stephen Kozeniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-48421213136476166402016-05-14T11:18:21.319-04:002016-05-14T11:18:21.319-04:00I bought "Braineater Jones" for $5.99 to...I bought "Braineater Jones" for $5.99 to give to a friend, so the BIG bucks are coming this year. ;) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218251717735510831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-49622851177878662062016-05-14T11:17:06.660-04:002016-05-14T11:17:06.660-04:00I agree. Libraries, too, are incredible exposure, ...I agree. Libraries, too, are incredible exposure, and what indie wouldn't wish to be in a library catalogue, whether they give their books away or are bought for an infinitesimal price? <br /><br />And with this I agree wholeheartedly: "I'm very happy to be a poor-ish unknown, making art I like and using my art as a means to become a better human."<br /><br />Virtues versus millions. Ha! Yes. You can't take it with you, but it seems one should rather leave behind the former than the latter. I've seen people fight over monetary inheritance, never virtues. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218251717735510831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-3682228336359779012016-05-14T08:09:02.146-04:002016-05-14T08:09:02.146-04:00*extol* darn trifocals! 🤓*extol* darn trifocals! 🤓Stillphoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626792076360277265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-76675670972856426342016-05-14T08:07:08.039-04:002016-05-14T08:07:08.039-04:00I'm happy to read this if for no other reason ...I'm happy to read this if for no other reason than a blog post I read recently by a publisher denigrating putting your books in the 'dollar bin'. I disagreed with it at the time, but wondered if it was a personal bias. <br /><br />I am a huge proponent of making books available through libraries, which obviously gets you paid once with the hope of exposure, and I'm all for it. <br /><br /> It's a tricky field to be in if your goal is to get rich. But then again, if that were my goal, I would most likely be in a job that left little time or energy for ANYTHING other than getting rich. I'm very happy to be a poor-ish unknown, making art I like and using my art as a means to become a better human.<br /><br />Besides, that way they can extoll my virtues when I die, rather than fighting over my millions. 😃Stillphoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626792076360277265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-54481833066586711522016-05-14T00:17:20.458-04:002016-05-14T00:17:20.458-04:00So true. Although I didn't make $10 last year...So true. Although I didn't make $10 last year. But it's aspirational. :DStephen Kozeniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-48658625062236875642016-05-14T00:11:10.376-04:002016-05-14T00:11:10.376-04:00I like this piece. I honestly don't get the co...I like this piece. I honestly don't get the complaints about not getting paid for your writing, or those who take issue with giving away free books. Traditionally published writers do it all the time. Why wouldn't indie writers? I met Arthur Golden at a promo party for the film of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and I told him how much I loved his book and wished I had brought my copy for him to sign. Within an hour, he had found me again and handed me a lovely hardcover with a personal note inside. Class act, right? Free books equate to exposure, and how can exposure not have financial value? Especially in the Internet age? I like this from Ray Bradbury: "The first year I made nothing, the second year I made nothing, the third year I made 10 dollars, the fourth year I made 40 dollars. I remember these. I got these indelibly stamped in there. The fifth year I made 80. The sixth year I made 200. The seventh year I made 800. Eighth year, 1,200. Ninth year, 2,000. Tenth year, 4,000. Eleventh year, 8,000 …" Hence, it takes time. Write because you can't not write.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218251717735510831noreply@blogger.com