"I think enough of us (authors, that is) fall into that basket that this creates a general problem"
Really? Jokes about "varieties of auctorial insanity" aside, I don't actually think that authors-as-a-class include more pathological cases than, say, legal secretaries or electricians.
"it's imprudent to turn a new author loose on the public until you've discreetly confirmed that it's safe to do so"
Wait, when did this become a discussion of setting anyone "loose on the public"? The issue as you framed it was authors interacting with the other medicine lodges of publishing -- sales, marketing, publicity, production, etc. You asserted that there's a broadly-shared belief in the industry that this should be avoided. I said that, FWIW, I'm unaware of this being a broadly-shared belief.
I can't help but think that someone is losing their place in the script in this exchange, and I don't think it's me.
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Date: 11 Jan 2009 01:09 pm (UTC)Really? Jokes about "varieties of auctorial insanity" aside, I don't actually think that authors-as-a-class include more pathological cases than, say, legal secretaries or electricians.
"it's imprudent to turn a new author loose on the public until you've discreetly confirmed that it's safe to do so"
Wait, when did this become a discussion of setting anyone "loose on the public"? The issue as you framed it was authors interacting with the other medicine lodges of publishing -- sales, marketing, publicity, production, etc. You asserted that there's a broadly-shared belief in the industry that this should be avoided. I said that, FWIW, I'm unaware of this being a broadly-shared belief.
I can't help but think that someone is losing their place in the script in this exchange, and I don't think it's me.