Hello and welcome to Kill Your Darlings! My aim here is to celebrate the work of writers, media colleagues, and soldiers in the army of trade publishing. Writers because writing is hard work and deserves celebration; media colleagues because I need them to return my phone calls; and army pals because trade publishing risks being bludgeoned into conglomerate dullness (all this work used to be fun!)
Thank you for this thoughtful post. So much of it rings true for me personally. And yes, I've seen so many of my publishing friends die. Some by suicide. It's so hard to explain to younger people that there is still value in what we do every day, in bringing stories to people, in helping discover new voices. I still love book publishing. But so much of the time, I feel it has never loved me.
Wow, this is incredible. Thank you for being open about all of this!
Paul, I learned how to make it fun from you :) keep it up
Thank you for this thoughtful post. So much of it rings true for me personally. And yes, I've seen so many of my publishing friends die. Some by suicide. It's so hard to explain to younger people that there is still value in what we do every day, in bringing stories to people, in helping discover new voices. I still love book publishing. But so much of the time, I feel it has never loved me.
Reinvent your methods of sharing about your darlings.
Yay
This is great stuff, Paul. Preach!
So dope. Thanks so much for writing and sharing it!
I love this, Paul. Thank you! This is exactly what all of us - booksellers included - need right now. Keep at it. Abrazos, Cristina