The answer I've found for myself is: be scared, and write anyway. You can't help whether you're scared or not, you DO choose whether you let it...
One thing I wish I'd learned many years sooner than I did: that fear is pretty near ubiquitous among writers. It's the rule, not the exception....
Amen! Always read the fine print.
What bothers me more than entry fees is when they have a clause saying that they have permanent right to use your work in any way they like,...
Keyvee -- Note that this holds true if you're talking about five e-books, as well. (And if they are both physical and ebooks, then you will need...
This is true of me as well, and most of what I write is fantasy :). I would argue that's not a case of "fantasy writers are more likely to be...
Have you found this to be more true of fantasy writers than other types of writers? Because my experience is that it's often true of beginning...
Well, yes, one can be original in fantasy, in other genre fiction, or in literary fiction. And one can be unoriginal in any of these as well....
Heck, I've read a LOT more than just "3" literary novels, but I don't feel qualified to make generalizations about literary fiction (or even do a...
He also, in the OP and elsewhere in the thread, makes negative generalizations about Fantasy based on just a few examples-- and then uses these...
I don't understand why people feel the need to disparage a genre they don't read. I don't read romance; it doesn't interest me. My knee-jerk...
Yeah, genres are difficult. They are broad generalizations rather than definite categories. And as you say, where do things like Science Fantasy...
A futuristic setting doesn't always mean forward-looking, and a historical setting doesn't always mean backwards-looking. I'll agree that there...
Sorry, I meant that the people claiming that all fantasy was the same were sterotyping. I was agreeing with you. :)
Human beings have a tendency to stereotype people or things that they don't understand and aren't interested in understanding.
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