I apologize to all of you who actually bother to read these posts. As many of you have found out, I have the attention span of a lemur. I will eventually write & post part three of what acting has taught me about writing. I expect it to be completed in four parts.
The fact of the matter is I'd rather being taking a quiz on which classic rock band I am (The Clash) than writing a blog.
I did want to take a moment and give a reality check to some authors. I know, had a blog titled that already. I think the cold, hard truth is more effective.
I happened to get a royalty statement for my work put in from August to December of last year: One of my authors sold 5 copies of her story. Another sold 6. The runaway success sold 90. I assure you I put in at least 100 hours of work helping these authors perfect their stories. So, for my efforts, I earned $9.26. The decimal is in the right place. One of my friends sincerely earned $0.45. Really. Another got a royalty check for one penny. BTW, I've left that publishing house and once my contract is officially up at the end of the month, I'm going back to freelancing. I don't think I'm going to bother to collect my paycheck . . .
Ask yourselves again why you write. And remember that the hard part of writing is selling the story, not writing it.
Was that a little negative? If Emun Elliott makes you happy (he makes me happy), think of him. If you're more of a Johnny Depp or Ian Somerhalder fan, think of one of them. Or chocolate. Chocolate makes the world go round.
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