Publish your art yourself, and rejoice in the printed word - regardless of whether you paid someone else to be judgemental at you or not.
I don't disagree that self-publishing can be a really positive thing to do, but there's one really valuable thing that a publisher will give you, and that's an editor. Every published author I know says they really need an experienced, professional second opinion on everything they write.
Of course, it's more than possible to hire the services of an experienced editor before you self-publish, but that would eat up all the profits of most self-published books and more. So it's only really an option for those who don't mind making a loss, and those who are really very good at both writing and marketing.
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Date: 2009-04-21 07:03 pm (UTC)I don't disagree that self-publishing can be a really positive thing to do, but there's one really valuable thing that a publisher will give you, and that's an editor. Every published author I know says they really need an experienced, professional second opinion on everything they write.
Of course, it's more than possible to hire the services of an experienced editor before you self-publish, but that would eat up all the profits of most self-published books and more. So it's only really an option for those who don't mind making a loss, and those who are really very good at both writing and marketing.