I write because I have a story to tell. Its not the
most concise story and its not the best edited story in the world, but its a
story nonetheless. This offends people. It offends traditional publishers
because it is a threat to their way of doing business. It signifies that I no
longer need them and their antiquated business practices to find my audience.
It proves to them that in fact, I don't need them anymore. I can create my own
online presence. I can create my own paperbacks and distribute them. I've, in
essence, taken the power that they have held over traditional publishing and
proved that it is now obsolete. I can kick down my own doors and place my books
firmly in the hands of people that desire them without the need of Big Six
approval.
It also offends the elitist of indie authors as well.
How dare I attempt to sell something that is nowhere near the perfection of
their fully vetted, professionally edited manuscripts? To them, my poorly
written, continuity error filled novel, with it's homemade cover design and
dated pop culture references and lackluster editing even attempt to try and
carve out a little niche for myself? I need to do it their way or not at all.
More importantly, since it's not of "professional grade quality", I
need to crawl back into whatever hovel I came from and not show my face until
it meets their merit of perfection. To them, I am a threat to everything they
stand for. I am going to ruin indie publishing. I'm going to turn off their
readers with my incoherent ramblings that I pass off as a novel.
I also write about Vampires. This offends people. People are sick of Vampires! They suck,
pardon the pun. It's not a real book. I'm just flooding the market place with
my Vampire crap, stopping readers from finding their masterpiece. Nobody wants
to read it anyway. Your destroying indie publishing with that nonsense, go
write a real book!
I never imagined that by sitting at the keyboard and
typing, I would offend so many people. But do you want to know a secret?
I don't care.
I'm not writing my books to gain the attention of the
Big Six and I sure as heck don't write to gain the approval of other indie
authors. I write because I have a story to tell, plain and simple. I'm just a
guy, with a keyboard and an idea. I never claimed I was anything other then
that. I'm not here to give you that great, all American novel. I'm not trying
to create something that will go down in history as one of the greatest things
written since Tolkien sat down at a typewriter. I'm just here to tell you about
a girl named Madison Amber Rose who is destined to open one of the Boxes of
Pandora. Vampires want her dead, Werewolves are hounding her every step and
ancient Gods have suddenly reappeared in our dimension with plans on destroying
reality itself.
Who am I?
I'm just a guy with an idea, a little bit of writing
skills and the ability to get that idea on your Ebook device. I'm not here to
give you that perfect masterpiece you've been waiting on, but I'm trying. I get
better ever day. Right now, I'm not that author that I always dreamed of being,
but practice makes perfect. The funny thing is, if they think I'm a threat now,
they oh boy, I've got a surprise coming for them in the future.
Fledgling (Vampire Manifesto Book Two):
http://www.amazon.com/Fledgling-The-Vampire-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B007WRXE48/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335199934&sr=1-9
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