It's easy to forget that the early work of every writer, no matter how gifted, is usually mediocre at best... (in the past) the publishing industry was a lot more receptive to writers who hadn't yet mastered their craft... Writers tended to stick with a single publisher as well, so an editor like Max Perkins could nurse
budding authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald through their early, less masterful works, knowing they would stick with Scribners once they hit their stride.
This is pretty inspirational for
a budding author like myself.
Not exact matches
Like so many
budding authors, I simply thought that I needed to WRITE it.
Amazon holds the faith of many
budding bestselling
authors, but just
like Google, they remain famously tight - lipped about their algorithm (complicated Internet coding that determines rankings).
from Tonynet Explorer Kathy Sierra,
author of the fantastic «Creating Passionate Users» blog just wrote a post about how out - of - context surprises
like the
bud vase in the new VW Beetle can delight users.