Rant VIII: The Reckoning
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Basically because they are part of Amazon, the killer of brick-n-mortar bookstores.
They're considered a vanity publisher, and since it's basically free, aren't held in very high esteem by the book community.
My advice, it's free so you get what ya paid for, try expanding your writing arena. Dill is a very specific Noir audience, try working on some things (or thing) that is different. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Adventure (can cover a variety of time periods), or even what you know best, a character that struggles with depression issues.
You've got talent, heck you can probably write circles around me while you're doing your DDP stuff, so don't give up, expand. Someone that I've seen give some decent advice about writing is Mark Evanier ( http://www.newsfromme.com/ ), he talks about a variety of things on his blog there, but has a recurring advice to writers entry that may be of help, or not.
bookstores require novels be returnable. Createspace's generally aren't. Booksellers generally want a 40% discount, which createspace doesn't give, either. Many indie bookstores see Amazon (and by extension, Createspace) as the enemy, and won't stock Createspace-printed books, even if the author himself brings them in on a consignment basis.
http://indiereader.com/2012/10/createspace-unwelcome-at-bookstores/
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After getting up to pee for the third time the other night, I said, "This is getting old."
Then it struck me. Peeing three times a night literally is getting old.
Then it struck me. Peeing three times a night literally is getting old.
Dave
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I hardly ever have to get up to pee. And no, I neither wet the bed nor wear Depends.
GasBandit
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You might want to schedule a prostate exam, if you haven't recently.
You just pee on the cat.
B
BErt
...so what's this Ventrilo thing? there's not ever anyone here.
You need to check in later
B
BErt
you're not my real dad, don't tell me what to do
GasBandit
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Yeah, like after 8 or 9 central.
Though, usually, it'll just be me sitting in there alone.
Terrik and I abandoned you to go off on our quest to pair up people to produce amazing offspring to die horribly in battle.
B
BErt
...i have apparently subscribed too late
I'm sorry I stole your man, but if I sat at my computer while playing Fire Emblem to get on vent, all I'd say for hours is some variation of the word fuck.
It wouldn't necessarily be our fault?And that would be different how?
GasBandit
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Ok, fair.
Isn't that what work is for? I guess you mean from me, but my sarcasm goes over your head 3 out of 4 times already.Hrm, yeah, I've kinda had to go awhile without my RDA of sarcastic mockery. That's probably not good for me.
Yep, pretty much. They're a computational biology company but are expanding and claimed to want to bring somebody with a more bio-focused background onboard. I'm currently learning computer programming and trying to learn bioinformatics, but made no secret of the fact (and explicitly stated multiple times) that I had kludged things together multiple times in R and Unix but was NOT a programmer. Following the final interview (of three) I was told that my skills weren't what they were looking for because they needed someone who could employ their screening methods (e.g. computational bio).
