Online Discussions About Indie Publishing I Now Avoid

 
In an effort to retain my sanity and not lose precious writing time to pointless discussions, I do hereby resolve to avoid the following topics of discussion in all online forums:

Indie publishing vs Traditional publishing (My choice: Indie)
Writers born vs Writers made (My choice: Made)
Ebook pricing (My choice: see my book prices)
Last month's sales (AKA "wienie-wagging") (My choice: )
Editing your own work (My choice: Yes you can.)

 
I expect I'll add to this list over time. The latest addition was made last night.
 
I've made my own decisions about these topics based on what I think are valid reasons. If asked, and if I haven't already blogged the topic to death, I will gladly elucidate on any topic.
 
I am open to changing my mind (I always reserve the right to change my mind), but if I do, it will because I've learned something from my own experience or from the experience of someone I know. I won't change my mind based on what I read in an online forum.
 
And I must accept that I won't change anyone else's mind about something contentious either. Even if I'm right, and my rightness is simultaneously self-evident and blindingly obvious.
 
Every writer, every artist, works differently. What works for me might not work for anyone else. And vice versa. I am willing to share what I do and what I learn, though, in case it does prove useful to another writer.
 
I just get tired of having to defend hard won, experience-based knowledge and insight from people who are more interested in dogmatic adherence to a point of view.
 
I am willing to learn (from my mistakes and yours). But after growing up in an evangelical, fundamentalist household and attending Christian schools and more churches than I care to count, I'm no longer willing to be preached at.
 
Down with dogma.
 
-David