I wrote yesterday’s story a little bit over a year ago, in early September of 2022, in preparation for the Ink At The Abby writing retreat. The people I workshopped it with thoroughly enjoyed it. Elizabeth Hand, in a focused one-on-one critique, said there was nothing she could suggest to improve it, suggested we discuss my next professional writing goals as a better use of our time, and said she’d be surprised if it didn’t find a publisher.
Really feel this post. This is why, as I work on writing a (non-fiction) book, I'm publishing chapters as blog posts as I go. Not exactly first drafts, but not quite finished product. Once I get to a finished state who knows how long it might take to get into print, and maybe that would be too late, so better to get something out there than nothing as I see it. I'm not writing a book to make money, but to spread ideas, so whatever makes that possible is what is important.
I hope you keep at it! I just went to the (free!) Brooklyn Book festival and there was a really great energy there. Lots of small publishers, author booths, and speaker panels. A lot of money was being spent and it didn't feel like walking through a dying industry.
Really feel this post. This is why, as I work on writing a (non-fiction) book, I'm publishing chapters as blog posts as I go. Not exactly first drafts, but not quite finished product. Once I get to a finished state who knows how long it might take to get into print, and maybe that would be too late, so better to get something out there than nothing as I see it. I'm not writing a book to make money, but to spread ideas, so whatever makes that possible is what is important.
Well if you're gonna tease us like that the least you could do is post a link to the blog :)
oh, haha, yes: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/HMs2yT9D6LjYR5jQT
I hope you keep at it! I just went to the (free!) Brooklyn Book festival and there was a really great energy there. Lots of small publishers, author booths, and speaker panels. A lot of money was being spent and it didn't feel like walking through a dying industry.