The Writers' Lounge

My suggestion was never intended to say that you should only consider ePublishing. What I am saying is if anyone wants to write as the main means to support oneself - and many, if not most, do want to be able to do what they love, they can never forget for one instant that this is a business. Just like filmmaking and fine art, writers, filmmakers or artists who do not pay attention to the bottom line often get screwed. This is especially true now because the transmedia landscape has gotten so integrated. I see far too many writers not think about eRights, just as I have seen far too many screenwriters or filmmakers don't think past being greenlit. The results can be really heartbreaking.

My goal is and has always been for writers, artists and all creatives to have more say and control over their intellectual property. The world has fortunately changed to a degree now, where it is the creatives who will be the ones cashing in - not the agents, publishers and distributors who don't always act ethically and they certainly all too often do not have the artist's or writer's creative of financial interests at heart. They have their own percentages that they care about. That is why those three blogs are, in my opinion, very good. They don't sell get rich quick b.s. to anyone. All three are about the business and the creativity.