July 9, 2010
I’ve decided that the quickest way to get your book published is to first be famous – then you can write any old thing and they’ll slap your photo on the cover and print it. Heck, you’ll even get a tour of Good Morning America and The Today show to boot!
Since when did being famous mean that one had a talent for writing? (And by famous I mean playing a professional sport, being an “actor”, or doing something seriously questionable but acquiring fame via internet.)
It seems to me that many publishers are interested solely in making money rather than looking for quality writing and unique ideas and storylines. Didn’t there used to be a time when the ART of writing was simply that: an art? Somehow it seems like a “lost art” when I see every actor and athlete putting out books while serious authors who have studied the craft and spent YEARS on it can’t even get an agent to request partials.
Or perhaps, I’m just grumpy today…