It’s the Treatment, Not the Rejection

Back in November, I discussed some of my reasons for choosing to self-publish. More recently, I linked to a post by Judith Tarr (Escaping Stockholm) with my own added comment, “Some years ago, I decided I didn’t want to work under the constraints and conceits of traditional publishing because what such work would require wasn’t the sort of thing I wanted in my life.”

Today, Tarr revisits the topic to discuss predators, prey, and learned helplessness.

“Being civil. Accepting what they’re told th...