Compassion, loyalty…and crime
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about who has the power in publishing. Most people agree that publisher’s hold the lion’s share. After all, they write the contracts, they are responsible for editing and art, distribution, marketing (although authors have to do a lot themselves these days). All (cough) the author does is write (cough, cough) the book.
But this post isn’t about that. Continue reading “Power to the People”
By Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
Boy, there’s been a lot of drama in the writing world recently.
Last week, there was this post in The Huffington Post, which essentially asked J.K. Rowling to stop writing, adult fiction at least, to give other less successful writers a chance.
Before that, it was this interview with Isabelle Allende, in which she referred to writing a mystery as a “joke.” (Full disclosure: Allende has since apologized for her comments; since she’s not a native-English speaker, I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.)
And none of it went down well. Continue reading “Aren’t there enough readers for all of us?”