Not exact matches
This has nothing whatsoever to do with this particular post, but I have to say this (long - winded though it is)... I currently have about 16 hours
of documentaries recorded and
waiting for me, 2 - 3 loads
of laundry to wash, a
pile of un-read
books, baking
of my own to do AND a beef & Guinness stew that needs making for my boyfriend's birthday dinner, and I just spent 3 hours straight reading your blog.
It wasn't that I was lazy, or had poor time management; or that I didn't have an abundance
of books piling up on the bedside table
waiting to be read.
I have a TBR
pile of nearly 500 titles, I can
wait until a
book price drops — and I never ever buy
books with cliffhangers and the follow - ups haven't already been published.
Usually I have a
pile of books on my night table
waiting their turn to be read.
Sure, if you go trad you'll get a big fat check so you'll be able to quit your day job and spend some quality time with the ol' muse... oh,
wait, no; if you win Slush
Pile Lotto, your prize is one third
of a pretty mediocre check that may pay a month or two
of rent during the six months before the
book is done and you get the second third
of said check.
They use machine learning to sell massive
piles of books, and that engine is just
waiting for you to tap into it.
This fast delivery means your
book will be fresh on their mind and likely at the top
of their «
pile» instead
of waiting days to get the
book in hand.
I have a
pile of books next to my bedside table that are queued up,
waiting for me to read them.
If you're a would - be traditionally published author and have not yet been published (you're «in the slush
pile»
waiting for the Angel
of the Lord to show your
book to the right literary agent), you will not be asked how much you're making from your
books — you are making nothing, you have not yet been published.