I love this post. It articulates the situation in publishing so well—so much hinges on access to information that isn’t available to everyone but rather depends on who you know. Your using the example of athletics and grad school really clarified it for me.
Thanks so much for this column, this group. “Part of the reason I started this community was to mitigate that unfairness. I want everyone who might benefit from this knowledge to have access to it. I don’t want you to be poor, or to sacrifice things you didn’t need to sacrifice, to give up on writing, or to shelve important writing projects because you didn’t know about something that could have saved you.” I left several wonderful offers along the road because I didn’t have the secret words. At this point in my career and life, I don’t want that to happen again.
I love this post. It articulates the situation in publishing so well—so much hinges on access to information that isn’t available to everyone but rather depends on who you know. Your using the example of athletics and grad school really clarified it for me.
Thanks so much for this column, this group. “Part of the reason I started this community was to mitigate that unfairness. I want everyone who might benefit from this knowledge to have access to it. I don’t want you to be poor, or to sacrifice things you didn’t need to sacrifice, to give up on writing, or to shelve important writing projects because you didn’t know about something that could have saved you.” I left several wonderful offers along the road because I didn’t have the secret words. At this point in my career and life, I don’t want that to happen again.