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Originally Posted by EWGB
I could not possibly respond to everyone personally and I do not think that is necessary. The number of you who have read and responded to this thread is indicative of the fact that it is of importance. I am not worried by the difference of opinions. To the contrary - I find it encouraging. The topic is neither social, nor political and I have no intention of pushing it in those directions regardless of the sarcastic or ironic comments about my political views. I simply pointed out some obvious facts and attempted to make sense of them. I do not expect everyone to share my opinion.
I in no way see myself as some sort of brick-maker or see my writing as a product. Literature -- whether entertaining or not -- implies the presence of talent. I am not sure, however, whether pounds or number of books sold are adequate measures of it. For me at least, quality literature should have a cleansing effect on its readers, should create new measures and systems of thinking, not overwhelm the reader with things fake or toxic. The world we have created and the relationships among us are fake and toxic enough. The publishing business, however, like any other business, does not follow such logic. For it, the determining factor is profit, not quality. As a result, morality as a categorical imperative has been pushed out of all social spheres and been replaced by the barbarism that is innate to humans. In that context, it is my personal belief that the writer should have a sense of mission.
I definitely prefer to present myself in this way rather than indiscriminately bolster my image through posting the cover of my book or its description. This is done in the same way and everywhere and, in the end, nobody is paying attention to authors stepping on each other's heads or elbowing each other. Instead of reading an author's book description, I would like to find out what is his or her way of thinking, how he or she perceives the world, what are the main points in his or her value system. The rest is more or less commonplace advertising where the apparent variety in fact conceals the total lack of imagination. Writers should be masters of imagination. Am I wrong?
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Yes, you are wrong, if your writing matches your posts here then you may have the satisfaction of a few people of like mind reading your words whilst the rest of the world happily ignore them. A writer's primary responsibility is being read... if nobody reads your words then you may as well keep 'em in your head rather than wasting the world's limited resources on more unwanted material... get over yourself, if publishers don't want your work then self-publish through one of the many sites that allow self-ePubbing... don't worry, you won't have to soil your higher ethic with money, you can give your work away and see what happens...