{"quotes":[{"text":"Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now, half of them are outselling Jackie Collins writing porn about the pool boy.The other half are writing reviews of. ","author":"Pete Morin","tags":["criticism","publishing","reviewers","reviewing","self-publishing","spas"],"id":2094,"author_id":"Pete+Morin"},{"text":"I knew when I got into self-publishing I would have to compete with other authors' words. I did not, however, know that I was going to have to compete with so many sculpted abs!","author":"Matthew Culberson","tags":["abs","covers","fiction","kdp","self-publishing"],"id":4209,"author_id":"Matthew+Culberson"},{"text":"The internet is killing the art of writing. 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There is, however, a huge difference in how everyone else perceives the writer. And there’s a huge difference between all of us – the writers, the musicians, the composers, the chefs, the dance choreographers and to a certain extent the tradesmen - and the rest of society in that no one understands us. It’s a wretched dream to hope that our creativity gets recognised while our family thinks we’re wasting our time when the lawn needs mowing, the deck needs painting and the bedroom needs decorating. It’s acceptable to go into the garage to tinker about with a motorbike, but it’s a waste of a good Sunday afternoon if you go into the garage and practice your guitar, or sit in your study attempting to capture words that have been floating around your brain forever.","author":"Karl Wiggins","tags":["indie-","indie-","indie-","indie-publishing","indie-writing","self-publishing","self-publishing","writing","writing-life","writing-philosophy","writing"],"id":118606,"author_id":"Karl+Wiggins"},{"text":"It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage have heard of a group from the neighbourhood who got signed by a recording company? Or how many artists who love to paint, but are not really getting anywhere with it hear of someone they went to art school with being offered an exhibition in a gallery? How many chefs who love to get creative around food hear of someone else who’s just landed a job with Marco Pierre White? There’s no difference between us and them. There is, however, a huge difference in how everyone else perceives the writer. And there’s a huge difference between all of us – the writers, the musicians, the composers, the chefs, the dance choreographers and to a certain extent the tradesmen - and the rest of society in that no one understands us. It’s a wretched dream to hope that our creativity gets recognised while our family thinks we’re wasting our time when the lawn needs mowing, the deck needs painting and the bedroom needs decorating. It’s acceptable to go into the garage to tinker about with a motorbike, but it’s a waste of a good Sunday afternoon if you go into the garage and practice your guitar, or sit in your study attempting to capture words that have been floating around your brain forever.","author":"Karl Wiggins","tags":["indie-","indie-","indie-","indie-publishing","indie-writing","self-publishing","self-publishing","writing","writing-life","writing-philosophy","writing"],"id":118606,"author_id":"Karl+Wiggins"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}