proper care and feeding of your souschef

PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR SOUSCHEF HOW TO

But where do writers get to share their needs? Well…right here. As a writer pointed out a few weeks ago, lots of agents and editors and publishers post blogs telling authors what to do and why. And the ol’ Internet has made it waaaay too easy for folks to share their blistering thoughts. Let’s face it, when your words are on the printed page, you can pretty much know someone isn’t going to like what you said or how you said it. Some of them are, to say the least, brutal. I know one group of writers that gets together once a year and gives out a prize for the worst review/reader letter. Or ask an author to share his or her reader letters with you. Just read some of the reviews on Amazon,, or Barnes&Noble. Sadly, the criticism and ignorance doesn’t end when you get published. Let’s face it, when your words are on the printed page, you can pretty much know someone isn't going to like what you said or how you said it. Sadly, the criticism and ignorance doesn't end when you get published. And then there are the lovely people who keep asking when you’re going to get a real job, or would you mind baby-sitting today since you don’t have a job, or any of a multitude of other ignorant comments that nibble at us like rabid ducks as we struggle to be creative.

PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR SOUSCHEF HOW TO

You spend months and years working on your craft, only to have everyone tell you how to do it better. As hard as agents’/editors’ jobs may be, the author’s job is pretty tough too. And I know a LOT of authors, published and not, who have hit speed-bumps -or even felt like the Editor/Publisher/Agent semi just flattened them in the middle of the publishing highway. As an author myself, I know how hard the writing gig is. This week, I’d like to take a look from the other side of the desk. I gained a great deal from reading and pondering them. Thanks so much for all your thoughtful responses last week.

Proper care and feeding of your souschef