Here’s another fantastic blog post, written by Kristen Lamb. Her posts are very interesting, educational and in a simply great way humorous. There’s so much to learn from Kristen. Each of her posts is like opening the door to another part of the world. Thank you Kristen.
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We live in a wonderful age to be a writer but a terrifying one as well. It’s wonderful because there was a time when we could have gone to our graves without ever seeing our work published and holding our work physically in our hands. Now? Good news is everyone gets a chance. Bad news is everyone gets a chance.
Before self-publishing took off, I was not a fan of the whole idea. The reason? I knew the problems it was going to create. We were opening a door we could never close.
When we had gatekeepers, there was an assumed standard. To say we were “published authors” actually meant something. Now? It means next to nothing.
Great you’re a published author. So is my cat.
Johnny Cat wants to write his memoir…
With barriers to entry removed, we’ve created a…
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