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| Along the way, you’ve become a voice — a north star, even — for many of your fellow independent authors. Was this intentional, or did you find that it came hand-in-hand with Wool’s breakout? I don’t like to think of myself as the voice for anyone other than myself, much less the voice of a movement. I get uncomfortable when people refer to me as a poster boy. The way I look at it, I’m just damn fortunate to have been writing when I was writing. Ten years ago, and I would have queried until my soul snapped. Ten years from now, and I wouldn’t be able to compete with the massive talents that will pursue writing by going straight to self-publishing. I just happened to be here at the right time. People are paying attention to the changes in publishing, so I’m fielding a ton of questions about my journey and my choices. The two roles that I do take seriously are these: I’ve always promoted both reading and writing, and so that hasn’t changed. I guess more people are listening, now. The other thing that I try to do, since people seem interested in the choices I’ve made, is to be as open and transparent as possible. Because I saw a lot of bad advice out there as I started my journey, and I was lucky to have escaped the pull of that bad advice. I do feel beholden to aspiring writers to speak my mind and share my anecdotal experiences. And then I urge them to go poll twenty other people before making up their mind. |
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