RE: 50-Word Writing Challenge for $5 SBD
Oddly enough, just today my friend Carol Kean messaged me about how perfect the username "blunderbabe" would have been for her, but it was already taken! LOL So I had a slight heads up that you exist. I didn't know you're a fellow writer, though, so that makes it all the better.
I have a drive in me, too, to succeed for the same reasons you just mentioned. I didn't make it through Shades of Grey, either. I have a long blacklist of "bestsellers" that just confound me, because they're so poorly written they seem more like first drafts than published novels.
At the same time, I lose my mind over some of the self-published crap that's out there, too. I think that may be why I don't bow up in offense at the stigma against self-published writers. Uncomfortable as it is, for a large part, it the bias has merit. I think the best folks like us can hope for is to either win the agent/publisher lottery, or keep working at it until our efforts tip the scales. At least it's something we can have hella fun doing until we get that break. :-)
Haha that's soooo funny and random. That was before I commented on here?
yes, I've left a blunderbabe trail over the years, though I didn't really mean to lol. I didn't realize back then that the internet is forever. I was so PISSED when I saw a book called "Blunderbabe" published a few years ago. But, life goes on lol.
I believe the stigma of self publishing will change due to high quality content pushing the crap down, down, down where it belongs. And perhaps - a handful - or even one brave established author - will leave behind his/her big box publisher for more freedom in self publishing - and the self pub revolution will begin :-)
Yes, completely random. And it was before you commented here. LOL!
You've voiced what is my exact hope for self-publishing. The system is a lot like the system here at Steemit, and we're already seeing a trend toward higher quality getting rewarded here. Still a lot of "Fifty Shades" type of quality on the trending lists, but give it time. I think it'll all get sorted, just like the publishing market.