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Originally Posted by shalym
Yes. Nothing bothers more than seeing an author say that they are "writing to the market" If you're a cozy mystery author, and all of a sudden sparkly vampires are "in" so you switch to paranormal/shifter romance, I'm going to lose all respect for you. The last time I posted on an author forum, I got berated for saying something similar because I needed to understand that this was messing with people's "business" and that I should just basically shut up about things I knew nothing about.
Too many "authors" are just in it to make a quick buck. I'm not saying that authors shouldn't make a living--of course they should! BUT...if all they are worried about is "easy money", and what the next trend is, then I don't want to read their garbage. I want to read books by people that like to write, and read. There was an author on one forum I saw who was talking about how they only read 1 or 2 books a year. Yeah...I don't want to read anything written by that person.
Shari
PS...yes, I know. Another rant. Sorry again.
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Or what about the author that reads no books but is a great writer in the style of (insert big name indie here). Note: The books in question, was 1. Not in the same genre, and 2. so full of typos and stupid errors as to be rendered unreadable.
I think I know the forum of which you speak.