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Originally Posted by ApK
You can fold in the face of a wrong.
You can withstand the wrong and preserver.
...but you can also look for ways to right the wrong.
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I'm all for looking for ways to right the wrong. I don't think that the measures that Steven has put forth are sustainable but I agree that looking for ways to improve his situation is better than quiting.
Unless the joy of writing (or whatever is your passion) is gone, I never think that quiting is the answer.
My husband gets disappointed year after year with his business. He still works full time (plus the additional hours at home and THEN his business). Over the course of years (and he's been at this for more than 5 years) he's slowly noticed that his profit is increasing. The revenue he's bringing in is overcoming his expenditures. It happens. It's slow, but it happens. But only if you don't quit. Making money is HARD. If it were easy, everyone would do it.
Once you quit I can tell you what your results are: $0.00
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Originally Posted by ApK
Your customer can choose never to sail in that direction. He could also sail in that direction with a band of mercenaries and some .50 cal machine guns.
Not that I'm encouraging that (but it is a story idea...).
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Now THAT would be a great action story!
I'm laughing so hard because I can see my customer standing on the prow with semi-auto shot gun and gun belt - surrounded by his minions and their machine guns - facing down pirates.
Too funny! He'd do it, too. You should have heard him the day it happened! Blistered my ears off.
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Originally Posted by ApK
Unless his books suck. I don't know, I haven't read them.
Anyone got the torrent file?
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Never read any either...but I bought one for my mom. She enjoyed it a lot. Which goes back to...he'd just created a new customer for himself...my mother wants the rest of the books. But since he's no longer writing...I guess she doesn't matter.