{"id":8898,"date":"2015-01-10T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2015-01-09T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T23:25:59","slug":"publication-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"Publication Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Re-blogged from Anneli’s Place<\/a> (with permission).<\/p>\n

Publication Mania<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the saddest things I see among beginning writers is their burning need to publish before their work is ready. For many writers in\u00a0the early days of their career, publication at this stage often comes at the expense of their reputation as a good author.<\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 groups, for all their many good deeds, are sometimes gathering places for pompous snobs. I want to be clear that I am not down on writing groups. Far from it. The writing group I belonged to for several years involved a wonderful collection of writers who brought a variety of skills and experience, and who wrote in many different\u00a0genres. The majority of the members were down-to-earth and extremely helpful to new writers. \u00a0However, my\u00a0writing group also happened to have several authors whose\u00a0agenda included basking in the prestige of \u201cbeing published\u201d rather than first concentrating on producing their best work or helping their colleagues.<\/p>\n

You can read the entire post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Re-blogged from Anneli’s Place (with permission). Publication Mania One of the saddest things I see among beginning writers is their burning need to publish before their work is ready. For many writers in\u00a0the early days of their career, publication at this stage often comes at the expense of their reputation as a good author. 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