Comments on: Making It (Yourself)

By: Shira Richman

Shira Richman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:48 +0000

Ah, yes. Who could deny that THAT is making it.

By: Pete Sheehy

Pete Sheehy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:26:15 +0000

No, it involves people I don’t know paying money to have naked women read my work to them.

By: bark » The fine line between Oh and Crap

bark » The fine line between Oh and Crap — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:56 +0000

[...] a Bark discussion about perceived success in writing, several people wrote that “making it” involved being [...]

By: Shira Richman

Shira Richman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:32 +0000

Yes! Viva la indie! Thanks, Amy, for showing us your website. I’m excited to explore the books indiereader.com is promoting.

By: Shira Richman

Shira Richman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:55:52 +0000

Which I imagine (not too vividly) involves being read to by naked women.

By: Amy Edelman

Amy Edelman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:25:21 +0000

Things are changing. Self-pubbing has had such a bad rep for so long it may just take a bit longer than we’d all like. The irony is that hardly anyone knows who pubs their favorite books…but if they’re self pubbed then they must be bad. Don’t buy it. We don’t. In fact we created a website (www.indiereader.com) just to sell and promote indie books. In the end…it’s the READER who counts…and an indie author can reach them these days just as well…or maybe better, than trad publishers can. Vive la indie!

By: Pete Sheehy

Pete Sheehy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:55:51 +0000

I’m glad I could be of help. And now, thanks to you and that article, I have a much clearer definition of what “making it” as a writer would look like for me.

By: shira richman

shira richman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:18:29 +0000

Thanks, Pete. I just opened this in the office I share with about ten other adjuncts at the community college. You do keep life interesting. And delightfully so.

By: Pete Sheehy

Pete Sheehy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:48:01 +0000

Here is an important link if you are concerned with “making it,” in the world of literature…
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/fleshing-out-the-narrative/Content?oid=3581659

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:38 +0000

This is a great topic, Shira.
There’s something about the music comparison that is a little off, though – I toured with bands many times through the ’90s and I can tell you that every musician I knew would have been more than happy to foresake the DIY approach for an advance from a record label, preferably a big one.
“Making it,” for me would mean someone reputable publishing me. Beyond that, I’m not sure what it would mean. Ultimately it would be awesome to not have to work, but that is not realistic.