Yup… now that I’m seriously looking into it, I’m starting to see this. And I’m STILL interested. (What it wrong with me ah well this is my broken self who wants to publish a book)
I am continually baffled by how much I am paid to write marketing copy to sell products that truly don't matter, vs how little I am offered when I write something actually useful, beautiful or worthwhile.
Anyway, I have been a fan of your work for a while. I'm hopeful to hear about your next project that might be able to push back against this system in some way. ✌️
Wonderfully written with no punches pulled, love it.
Illustrators and all other artists are in the same boat. Value is indeed bogus (as if a dumb Chanel bag made by Chinese slaves in a locked warehouse in Italy just so it can wear the ‘made in Italy’ tag is really worth 300,000$) and the world at large doesn’t really care about the existence or demise of any one of our individual creative endeavors.
I just got my very first email comment from a subscriber and it was to tell me how much I suck for putting a ‘buy me a coffee’ banner under my texts and how entitled I am to ‘prattle on about myself and then ask people for money.’ This person is subscribed to my newsletter. I do not comprehend how people think the content they like consuming is supposed to get made. I don’t even paywall anything.
It’s extra weird because he was like ‘you don’t even ask any questions you just talk about yourself’ so I wrote back going oh, well, feel free to tell me how YOU feel about how society measures success these days? Since that was what the newsletter was about, and then of course he didn’t write back. Like, I thought you wanted to be included? Go on then!
Aaaaaah! Why do I want to be published? This is all horrible and I'm a total bootlicker.
It’s still worth doing! just super frustrating.
Yup… now that I’m seriously looking into it, I’m starting to see this. And I’m STILL interested. (What it wrong with me ah well this is my broken self who wants to publish a book)
🩵 I will buy your book. The market is broken.
I am continually baffled by how much I am paid to write marketing copy to sell products that truly don't matter, vs how little I am offered when I write something actually useful, beautiful or worthwhile.
Anyway, I have been a fan of your work for a while. I'm hopeful to hear about your next project that might be able to push back against this system in some way. ✌️
hey lyta -- congrats on the book! thanks for the shout, and solidarity!
Wonderfully written with no punches pulled, love it.
Illustrators and all other artists are in the same boat. Value is indeed bogus (as if a dumb Chanel bag made by Chinese slaves in a locked warehouse in Italy just so it can wear the ‘made in Italy’ tag is really worth 300,000$) and the world at large doesn’t really care about the existence or demise of any one of our individual creative endeavors.
I just got my very first email comment from a subscriber and it was to tell me how much I suck for putting a ‘buy me a coffee’ banner under my texts and how entitled I am to ‘prattle on about myself and then ask people for money.’ This person is subscribed to my newsletter. I do not comprehend how people think the content they like consuming is supposed to get made. I don’t even paywall anything.
Wow, that is unbelievably rude!
It’s extra weird because he was like ‘you don’t even ask any questions you just talk about yourself’ so I wrote back going oh, well, feel free to tell me how YOU feel about how society measures success these days? Since that was what the newsletter was about, and then of course he didn’t write back. Like, I thought you wanted to be included? Go on then!
Thank you for your candor! Bitterly refreshing.
I have your book pre-ordered Lyta!!!
It is the same in every creative industry. It’s the artist exploitation industrial complex.
Self pub is a lot so. much. work. but more worth it to have total control