I don't think self-publishing is such a bad way to go at all. I mean, let's face it; there are authors out there that went to "real" publicists, and some of those novels are just crap. ;)
I agree - I think it's just got a bad name for itself (as in, it's all badly-formatted, typo-ridden, "vanity press" publishing) because there's been so many people who've used it to publish... well, dross. XD I think they forget that "real" publishing isn't exactly perfect, as it produced such things as "Twilight"... ¬_¬
I have a lot of brushing up to do. Despite writing being such a big part of who I am, I find myself weaving in and out of it. Life is one big distraction from the things you'd rather be doing, and unfortunately, that means once nicely polished skills become rusty.
*nods* I find it's also easy to say "yeah, I'll schedule in an hour of writing every day!" and then... work happens, and I just fall asleep in the evenings. D'oh.
But I definitely want to get out there with some original stuff, myself. Fanfics are always nice practice, and particularly enjoyable, when it involves a fandom. :)
I suppose the good thing about writing fanfic is that it's easier to get readers! If people already care about the characters, it's a lot easier to get them to read something about them, whereas you have to first draw people IN to original fiction... and I'm not very good at self-promotion. I always got so frustrated when it came to getting people to read my original works - getting actual readers on ff.net was so exciting. XD
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Re: Future Tense
Date: 27 Jan 2012 02:30 pm (UTC)I agree - I think it's just got a bad name for itself (as in, it's all badly-formatted, typo-ridden, "vanity press" publishing) because there's been so many people who've used it to publish... well, dross. XD I think they forget that "real" publishing isn't exactly perfect, as it produced such things as "Twilight"... ¬_¬
I have a lot of brushing up to do. Despite writing being such a big part of who I am, I find myself weaving in and out of it. Life is one big distraction from the things you'd rather be doing, and unfortunately, that means once nicely polished skills become rusty.
*nods* I find it's also easy to say "yeah, I'll schedule in an hour of writing every day!" and then... work happens, and I just fall asleep in the evenings. D'oh.
But I definitely want to get out there with some original stuff, myself. Fanfics are always nice practice, and particularly enjoyable, when it involves a fandom. :)
I suppose the good thing about writing fanfic is that it's easier to get readers! If people already care about the characters, it's a lot easier to get them to read something about them, whereas you have to first draw people IN to original fiction... and I'm not very good at self-promotion. I always got so frustrated when it came to getting people to read my original works - getting actual readers on ff.net was so exciting. XD