Blowing your top, popping your cork or venting your spleen. We all get pissed off at industry (meaning the writing/publishing industry).
It's so hard sometimes to remain calm, in control and polite to those idiots who don't know a damn thing, and-isn't-this-the-best-damn-manuscript-you've-ever-read-because-it's-the-best-damn-piece-I've-written; whaddaya-mean-it-needs-more-work?-It's-perfect!
For agents, it's a similar story of ego-soothing rejected clients, making sure the manuscript is the best it can possibly be and working their rings off shopping for the best deal; while the publishers want to limit any outlay because there's no guarantee the book will make a profit.
Bottom line: everyone's trying to make a living. There are the good, the bad, the indifferent and the downright ugly in this industry, like any other.
Thanks to JA Konrath you now have a place to vent your spleen, or see other spleenectomies. The Anonymous Publishing Vent Club is up and running.
Hosted by JA, the vent club is where anyone from the industry can... vent... without naming names, or jeopardising their careers.
(You'll also note some adverts for Mr Konrath's books - I'm not sure that's appropriate, but it is his site. Then again, read Rule Number 5. I wonder if that will cause some spleening? And yes, this comment is tongue-in-cheek.)
I think the site is great and a fabulous idea, so why not promote yourself and your books? I'll be linking to it.
2 comments:
That sounds like a great idea for everyone involved. I may need to use it once I get into the industry, ha ha.
You might even want to bitch and moan about how hard it is to get into the industry!
I'm sure there'll be plenty of that.
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