Yes, I’m going to talk about how books are sold, the money part. I think it worth saying that as with sausage, if you like it, you might not want to watch it being made.
Reality is Not Reality TV
Just because I have the passionate commitment about writing to put a story on the page doesn’t mean I have a right to the passionate commitment of others, let alone their money and time. I have to earn it and work to keep it.
Who’s Serving Who?
In a well-crafted novel, every character and every scene has to serve the master players: plot, theme or setting. Best if they serve more than one.
Ellipse. . . How I Loved. . . Thee. . .
You would think I would have learned after book four, when I mentioned with admiration a celebrity who turned out to be a double murderer, that pop culture references are usually not essential to my kind of storytelling.
It’s About Passion
The reason these two stories work so well together is that they are both about the pursuit of joy through passion.