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Originally Posted by GeoffC
don't jest ... you don't want to lose your adoring public - do you !!!!  |
What is interesting, and I think you might appreciate this as a poet, is that (and no offence meant to the very kind people who've read what I've written) audience doesn't really matter. My own process, the evolution of my interaction with writing has gone from wanting to be published then onto wanting to be read and now I'm at the point where there is nothing truly beyond the writing. That is of the utmost concern to me, beyond that I'd like it if the words rather than the writer were appreciated.
Imagine then if all writing was without author. Where you would have to make your decision based upon the words rather than any affiliations with or knowledge of the writer. I think it's an exciting possibility that's now fully explorable with the technology at hand. What excites me even more is the idea that other people could actually benefit from what I've done. That's astounding to me, and beyond my wildest dreams. In my romantic notion I see some kid in a third world country with only limited access to the web grabbing up a copy of something I've put out there without any restrictions and the kid, being a little savvy, slaps on a cover and starts selling the work online. Okay, so maybe he doesn't make a ton of cash, but he makes something. This kid I don't know makes money of what I've done. Without even trying I've helped someone, how cool would that be? (Yes, I'm overly romantic. And yes this won't happen. But just on the off chance...)