Links: Publishing Edition
Publishing, not publishing, being brave enough to publish... It felt worth breaking these out into their own link roundup. I went to an indie publishing event, bought some indie published books and poetry and zines and one of the vendors asked me if I was a writer. "No," I shuffled. "I just think what you're doing is really cool." Because I do!
Larissa Pham being interviewed at Creative Independent On why we should all get over the shame of self-promotion
Part of being an artist is that you have to go into the world and share about your work. The beauty of that is that you’re not alone in that.
The mysterious posters in Oxford, and the novel behind them from Cherwell is so much fun, also The mystery of the viral book flyer by Attention Economy, via Caroline Crampton.
The Most Authentic Way to Publish Your Fantasy Stories by James D Mills:
instead of trying to play a rigged game, we indie Fantasy authors can simply opt out. We can make our own game.
Sam Hawken ponders a zine or blog for their genre in Fight!!. It feels like this sort of publishing is definitely making a comeback.
Over a year old but Johnny B Truant's We're Entering the Age of the Artisan Author is very relevant here. It's about a thousand true fans and being your own genre.
decoupling art and industry by mint city lights:
whether tradpub or selfpub, the public display of your work, in some form or other, is still the expected final outcome.
Masha Z discusses the Fanfiction Writing Style and Light Novels, Web Serials, and why people read and write them.
On the blogging front: Scholarch is proposing an April blogging challenge in the style of Inkhaven.