Now that I stuck that neat little ear-worm in your mind…
I read a blog just recently that touched on that very subject, though. (Thanks Ashley Barron. http://bit.ly/HN4BzU )
It seems one of our failings as self/indie published authors is that people perceive us as not having any leadership or defined standards, and that’s why we’re not taken very seriously. We’re sort of the Wild West of the publishing world. I’m okay with that but I would both argue the point, and beg to differ. True, there are a large number of Indie writers for whom proper English, spelling and grammar are somewhat alien. There is a valid argument to be made there in many cases. If there was any benefit to traditional publishing it was that – it filtered out the thousands of wannabe writers who simply didn’t want to do the work. (Yes, it’s okay to break the rules. First know what the rules are.) Continue reading “Who’s got the power…!”