< P > O u r c u l t u r e h a s a l w a y s h a d a c u r i o u s l y a m b i g u o u s a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s i t s a r t i s t s , w h o a r e a l t e r n a t e l y r e v i l e d o r e l s e e l e v a t e d t o n e a r l y g o d - l i k e s t a t u s . T h e y s e e m t o b e p e r c e i v e d a s o t h e r - t h a n - h u m a n , a b l e t o d i s p e n s e w i t h l e i s u r e , c o m f o r t a n d n o r m a l s e c u r i t y a n d h a p p i n e s s i n o r d e r t o f u n c t i o n w i t h i n s o c i e t y A N D b e s t o w t h e g i f t o f t h e i r i n s i g h t s u p o n e v e r y d a y f o l k s . P e o p l e d o n t g e n e r a l l y a s k t h e i r p l u m b e r s w h e t h e r t h e y v e p a i n t e d a n y w o n d r o u s c a n v a s s e s l a t e l y , o r a s k t h e i r t a x c o n s u l t a n t s i f t h e y v e b e e n i n s p i r e d w i t h m y s t i c a l p o e t r y . Y e t m o d e r n - d a y a r t i s t s a r e e x p e c t e d t o m a g i c a l l y f u l f i l l t h e i r c r e a t i v e v i s i o n A N D b e s h r e w d , p r a c t i c a l l y - m i n d e d a n d b u s i n e s s - s a v v y . < / P > < P > L e t s c o n s i d e r t h i s t w o - f o l d d e m a n d w i t h i n t h e r e a l m o f t h e w r i t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g w o r l d . I t t a k e s a v e r y d i f f e r e n t f a c u l t y o f t h e m i n d t o c o n c e i v e o f a n d r e a l i z e a f i c t i o n a l n o v e l o r s h o r t - s t o r y t h a n t o d r a f t a q u e r y l e t t e r o r b o o k p r o p o s a l . W r i t e r s o f g e n i u s m i g h t f l o u n d e r i n o b s c u r i t y b e c a u s e t h e y c a n t g r a s p t h e i n t r i c a c i e s o f t h e p u b l i s h i n g g a m e , w h i l e w r i t e r s o f l e s s e r t a l e n t t h r i v e b e c a u s e t h e y r e b u s i n e s s - m i n d e d a n d k n o w h o w t o p r o d u c e s l e e k p r e s s r e l e a s e s ; o r b e c a u s e t h e y r e s o c i a l b u t t e r f l i e s a t w r i t e r s r e t r e a t s o r b u i l d u p a c o t e r i e o f i n f l u e n t i a l c o n t a c t s i n N e w Y o r k . < / P > < P > W h e n p e o p l e w r i t e w i t h o n e e y e o n t h e m a r k e t , t h e i r b o o k s a r e r o b b e d o f s o m e t h i n g e s s e n t i a l . T h e r e s u l t i n g w o r k f i n d s i t s n i c h e i t b e c o m e s p o p u l a r b e c a u s e i t a p p e a l s t o a r e a d y - m a d e a u d i e n c e b u t i t s a l r e a d y l o s t i t s s o u l . < / P > < P > W r i t e r s w h o r e f u s e t o c o m p r o m i s e t h e i r a r t i s t i c v i s i o n w i l l o f t e n t i m e s b e o b l i g e d t o p r o m o t e t h e i r w o r k a t a g r a s s - r o o t s l e v e l . T h i s t a k e s t i m e ; n o t o n l y f o r p e o p l e t o b e c o m e a w a r e o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f t h e s e b o o k s , b u t a l s o t o o p e n t h e i r m i n d s t o s o m e t h i n g t h e y v e n o t b e e n e x p o s e d t o b e f o r e . < / P > < P > W h a t s s e l d o m p o i n t e d o u t , t h o u g h , i s t h a t e v e r y g e n r e t h a t e x i s t s t o d a y b e g a n w i t h a g r o u n d b r e a k i n g b o o k o r s t o r y t h a t n o o n e k n e w h o w t o c a t e g o r i z e . J . R . R . T o l k i e n s p u b l i s h e r s h a i l e d T h e L o r d o f t h e R i n g s a s a w o r k o f g e n i u s , b u t a l s o a d m i t t e d t h a t t h e y d i d n t k n o w w h o t h e w o r k w o u l d a p p e a l t o . N o w a d a y s a l l t h e m a j o r b o o k s e l l e r s b o a s t a t l e a s t o n e r a c k d e v o t e d t o e p i c f a n t a s y , a n d a h i g h p e r c e n t a g e o f t h e b o o k s f i l l i n g t h o s e s h e l v e s a r e a n i m i t a t i o n o f t h e s e m i n a l M i d d l e - E a r t h t r i l o g y . P u l p w r i t e r s l i k e H . P . L o v e c r a f t a n d R o b e r t E . H o w a r d a l s o f o u n d a m u c h w i d e r r e a d e r s h i p a n d h o s t s o f d i s c i p l e s a f t e r t h e i r d e a t h s . < / P > < P > I t s b e e n a l o n g t i m e s i n c e I v e e v e n p u r c h a s e d a b o o k t h a t c a m e o f f t h e p r e s s o f a m a j o r p u b l i s h e r . I d o a l i t t l e m o r e f o o t w o r k , t h e s e d a y s , w h e n s e a r c h i n g f o r r e a d i n g . I b r o w s e e - z i n e s , a u t h o r w e b s i t e s , d i s c u s s i o n f o r u m s a n d b l o g s . W h a t I o f t e n f i n d a r e g r o u n d b r e a k i n g w o r k s t h a t n e v e r g o t t h e s e a l o f a p p r o v a l f r o m a b i g h o u s e b e c a u s e t h e y c o u l d n t b e e a s i l y c a t e g o r i z e d a n d l a b e l e d . T h e y w e r e n t t h e n e x t H a r r y P o t t e r . < / P > < P > P e r h a p s i t w o u l d b e p r u d e n t f o r m e t o a d v i s e y o u , f e l l o w w r i t e r , t o e d u c a t e y o u r s e l f i n a l l a s p e c t s o f t h e p u b l i s h i n g i n d u s t r y ; t o g o t o r e t r e a t s ( i f y o u c a n a f f o r d t h e m ) a n d c o n s u l t w i t h a g e n t s a n d e d i t o r s ; t o l e a r n t o p o l i s h t h a t p e r f e c t q u e r y l e t t e r a n d , l a t e r , p r e s s r e l e a s e ; t o r e s e a r c h t h e m a r k e r f o r p u b l i s h i n g t r e n d s a n d r e a d e r t a s t e s < / P > < P > B u t , a s I i n t i m a t e d e a r l i e r , t h e h a n d t h a t w i e l d s t h e p e n i s s o m e t i m e s n o t s o a d e p t a t g u i d i n g t h e p l o w . A f e r t i l e i m a g i n a t i o n m a k e s c o n f o r m i t y d i f f i c u l t , i f n o t i m p o s s i b l e ; a n d a d a p t i n g y o u r c r e a t i v e i m p u l s e t o a p o p u l a r g e n r e - o r t o a n e d i t o r o r a g e n t s i d e a o f s e l l a b l e m a t e r i a l i s c o n f o r m i t y . < / P > < P > I n s t e a d I l l o f f e r a p i e c e o f i m p r u d e n t e n c o u r a g e m e n t . I f y o u h a v e a b u r n i n g d e s i r e t o w r i t e a s t o r y , t h e n t h a t i s a s t o r y t h a t W A N T S t o b e b o r n . F o r g e t c o n s i d e r a t i o n s l i k e w h a t s e l l s ? o r w h a t d o a g e n t s / e d i t o r s l o o k f o r ? I d e a s h a v e e n e r g y a n d l i f e - f o r c e ; o n c e g i v e n b i r t h t o , t h e y t e n d t o f i n d t h e i r o w n w a y i n t h e w o r l d . Y o u r a u d i e n c e i s w a i t i n g . T h e y m i g h t n o t e v e n k n o w i t y e t , b u t t h e y a r e . Y o u r i n s p i r a t i o n h a s a r i s e n a s t h e a n s w e r t o s o m e o n e e l s e s p r a y e r . H o n o r y o u r v i s i o n . < / P >
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