About me
I’m 34. I’m a writer who takes pictures. Or a photographer that writes. I like both. I use adverbs to be contrary. Mostly, I love telling stories.
I’m from Central California, but now live in Southern California. I do not surf, but do enjoy mild earthquakes on occasion. I have one son and far too many dogs. I enjoy bowling, and make Lebowski references in everyday conversation. I have a rug that really ties the room together. I also love music on a very deep, and possibly somewhat disturbing, level.
Someday, I will learn how to scuba dive.
And maybe hang-glide, but that looks like a lot of running.
I write paranormal and contemporary romance because I think love and relationships are worth writing about. I love happy endings, but I don’t believe they’re easy to attain. Probably, they shouldn’t be.
If you’re actually reading this, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you find my stories and photographs interesting.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Hey Elizabeth,
Great post.
You’re right, it’s not a competition. There’s room for everyone. And the thing is, it’s not as black and white as some people make out.
I was having a discussion with some other writers about this, and one of them made an excellent analogy. She said indie writers are like small business owners, and trade published writers are like salaried workers.
She said that this false opposition between trade publishing and self-publishing ignored all the people that work a nine to five and a trying to start their own business in the evenings and weekends.
The fact is, a lot of self-publishers have trade books out, and a lot of trade published writers self-publish short stories or reverted backlist titles.
I think this will become more common, not less common. So before anyone goes making generalizations about trade published writers or self-published writers, they should remember that there’s lots of writers with a foot in both camps.
Dave
Sorry Elizabeth – I posted that in the wrong place! Dave
Ha! No worries. Thanks for checking out my blog. I’ve really been enjoying yours, though I’m terrible about commenting.
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Go to my post http://jadedstone11.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/versatile-blogger-award/ to see how it works. Keep up the great writing