Revisiting the Wherefore
About three years ago, my first novel came out.
No, wait. That’s not right. Let’s try…
About three years ago, I released my first novel.
Each sentence is nine words long. The end result — readers can buy my story — is the same. But the implied process was very different.
Back then, I told a writerly friend I expected it’d take five or so years for the trade-versus-indie bluster to fade. If one knows the industry solely from popular online discussions, that estimate sounds wildly optimistic....
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