Comments on: Burning Down the House: True Story http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/ loudpoet.com: Blogging it like it is since 2003 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:47:48 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2874 Publishing is a too stressful and low-margin business to not be truly passionate about it. As Maria noted, books aren't widgets or doughnuts, though it sure does seem that way sometimes when you browse the newest releases.<br><br>Honestly, there's times when my passion for publishing feels like a smokescreen for my lack of self-discipline for consistent writing. It was the same way in my poetry days, when curating and hosting the series took priority over my own writing. :-(<br><br>I've convinced myself that the time will come, though, even if it's after my kids have grown up, that I'll be able to dedicate a couple of hours/day to writing fiction and finally finish a novel or three! Publishing is a too stressful and low-margin business to not be truly passionate about it. As Maria noted, books aren't widgets or doughnuts, though it sure does seem that way sometimes when you browse the newest releases.

Honestly, there's times when my passion for publishing feels like a smokescreen for my lack of self-discipline for consistent writing. It was the same way in my poetry days, when curating and hosting the series took priority over my own writing. :-(

I've convinced myself that the time will come, though, even if it's after my kids have grown up, that I'll be able to dedicate a couple of hours/day to writing fiction and finally finish a novel or three!

]]> By: Dan Holloway http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Dan Holloway Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:55:07 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2870 I love your invocation to publishers at the end, Guy. I absolutely wish they would be idea advocates as well as (instead of is too much) businesses (and that they wouldn't pretend to be such when actually they are just businesses). I think that's what collectives CAN do (I'm still inspired by a TV drama i saw based on the founding of the Virago Press) - they can have that energy and passion for one or two key ideals - and then push that towrdas bringing books that embody those ideals into being. They can also be breeding grounds for exciting ideas that ferment into books.<br><br>Sometimes I wish I didn't enjoy writing so much because I agree absolutely - I would love to be a publisher - and the excitement I feel finding new excitnig writers, and bringing their books into being through Year Zero is - especially at teh moment - utterly exhilarating. I love your invocation to publishers at the end, Guy. I absolutely wish they would be idea advocates as well as (instead of is too much) businesses (and that they wouldn't pretend to be such when actually they are just businesses). I think that's what collectives CAN do (I'm still inspired by a TV drama i saw based on the founding of the Virago Press) – they can have that energy and passion for one or two key ideals – and then push that towrdas bringing books that embody those ideals into being. They can also be breeding grounds for exciting ideas that ferment into books.

Sometimes I wish I didn't enjoy writing so much because I agree absolutely – I would love to be a publisher – and the excitement I feel finding new excitnig writers, and bringing their books into being through Year Zero is – especially at teh moment – utterly exhilarating.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 uberVU - social comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:05:51 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2869 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by glecharles: True Story:"I was absolutely enamored with the idea of being a publisher, and with the act of publishing itself." http://bit.ly/3ZffQO... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:52:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2868 That's the best feeling! Have you ever read Matt Ruff's Fool on the Hill? One of my all-time favorite books, and it's all about power of making stuff up. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, especially for writers. That's the best feeling! Have you ever read Matt Ruff's Fool on the Hill? One of my all-time favorite books, and it's all about power of making stuff up. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, especially for writers.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 Mike Cane Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:29:52 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2867 Crap. Nothing but crap. Was also writing in grade school. But the HS realization happened when I made up a story around an argument I heard on the subway and I wound up with a grade of 110%(!!) for it. I think my use of the semi-colon helped there too. Anyway, that's when it hit me: Holy damn. I. Can. Make. Stuff. Up. Crap. Nothing but crap. Was also writing in grade school. But the HS realization happened when I made up a story around an argument I heard on the subway and I wound up with a grade of 110%(!!) for it. I think my use of the semi-colon helped there too. Anyway, that's when it hit me: Holy damn. I. Can. Make. Stuff. Up.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2866 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:24:28 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2866 I would love to see what you were writing in High School. I can only imagine what the young Mike Cane was like! I would love to see what you were writing in High School. I can only imagine what the young Mike Cane was like!

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:20:01 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2865 I'd be happy following in Nash's footsteps and sidestepping the industry completely! Til then, it's "be the change you want to see" mode from the inside. ;-)<br><br>PS: Thanks again for the Mashable nod! I'd be happy following in Nash's footsteps and sidestepping the industry completely! Til then, it's “be the change you want to see” mode from the inside. ;-)

PS: Thanks again for the Mashable nod!

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2864 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:17:20 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2864 That's the cup-half-full view of things! I like it. :-) That's the cup-half-full view of things! I like it. :-)

]]> By: Mike Cane http://loudpoet.com/2009/10/22/burning-down-the-house-true-story/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 Mike Cane Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:32:14 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3268#comment-2863 >>>’ve been “a writer” since the 5th grade, when the combination of praise I received for a plagiarized homework assignment and fear of getting caught,<br><br>LMAO!! My first writing was really first grade. My realization that I was a writer came in high school.<br><br>>>>steal-from-Kinkos<br><br>Damn. Another thing I could have had in my post today. >>>’ve been “a writer” since the 5th grade, when the combination of praise I received for a plagiarized homework assignment and fear of getting caught,

LMAO!! My first writing was really first grade. My realization that I was a writer came in high school.

>>>steal-from-Kinkos

Damn. Another thing I could have had in my post today.

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