14 days of writing tips, Day 11: Familiarize yourself with the business side of writing

11.     Spend a little time every week familiarizing yourself with some aspect of the business side.

This is one I definitely need to do more, and better. Sure, we’re artists. We like to create, in solitude, and share only when we’re ready, which might be approximately once a year. We hate the shallow, commercial, look-at-me marketing side. But, assuming we do want to be published, we need to know something about how the publishing industry works. So, just for...