Comments on: Selling or Selling Out http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/selling-or-selling-out The international organization of multi-published novelists Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rylee Andrews http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/selling-or-selling-out/comment-page-1#comment-2657 Rylee Andrews Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:35:11 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=2265#comment-2657 Your post is an interesting one, Laurie Alice! In truth, I believe romance and grace are SUBJECTS of my heart . . . so as long as I can weave them into the topics, scenarios, characters a pub wants then I've made us both happy. Love the visual image of an artistic temper tantrum. : ) So often we are guilty of that, much to our professional detriment. Your post is an interesting one, Laurie Alice! In truth, I believe romance and grace are SUBJECTS of my heart . . . so as long as I can weave them into the topics, scenarios, characters a pub wants then I’ve made us both happy.

Love the visual image of an artistic temper tantrum. : ) So often we are guilty of that, much to our professional detriment.

]]> By: Pati Nagle http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/selling-or-selling-out/comment-page-1#comment-2654 Pati Nagle Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:08:10 +0000 http://www.ninc.com/blog/?p=2265#comment-2654 Like all truisms, the "book of the heart" thing is sometimes true, sometimes not. In my case, writing a "book of the heart" rescued me from depression because of problems with another project under contract, and the "book of the heart" later sold. You're right, though, that this is a business and that the majority of successful writers are those who maintain a professional attitude. Artistic angst is something a businessperson just can't afford. Like all truisms, the “book of the heart” thing is sometimes true, sometimes not. In my case, writing a “book of the heart” rescued me from depression because of problems with another project under contract, and the “book of the heart” later sold.

You’re right, though, that this is a business and that the majority of successful writers are those who maintain a professional attitude. Artistic angst is something a businessperson just can’t afford.

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