Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Telling the World to Fuck Off  We all
get input when we're writing our books. We get it from friends
and family, and perfect strangers we never met. But a good
writer gives equal weight to every word that's said about his
work, whether encouraging, or harsh. Ultimately, the decision is
ours. Can't blame the friends for not saying the right things in
their critiques. Can't blame family for not rooting hard enough.
We own the story. We the writers own the story. I've added a new
beginning. A 2000 word first chapter just finished that'll make
it easier to sequence the parts I already had finished, and
it'll add a little spark to the opening. It's a perfect catalyst
for events that follow. I'd been keeping it as back story, but
the great thing about self-publishing is that I really don't
have to worry about word count. yeah, I worked hard to cut 20K
words from the WIP, but I don't feel guilty for adding 2K back,
because I don't have to convince any agent that the thing will
be commercia