Comments on: Cacoethes Scribindi http://meredithholmes.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/cacoethes-scribindi/ Meredith Holmes' blog Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Heather S. Ingemar http://meredithholmes.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/cacoethes-scribindi/#comment-3 Heather S. Ingemar Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:45 +0000 http://meredithholmes.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/cacoethes-scribindi/#comment-3 No, I don't think you're cynical. I do think a lot of established writers out there are writing for the paycheck, or because they've been contracted for X amount of books and therefore they continue to write X books when maybe the muse deserted them a while back. I think it does happen. In the online realm of fiction, ebooks, and such, I think the chances of running across someone who wrote for money is a lot harder. Since it's still such a fledgling medium, therefore, I think it is still relatively pure in that aspect. Like the Tao: "He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child," inferring that: new things are innately in tune with the natural order of things. Now, will the ebook medium change after it becomes well-established and as respected as the large print publishers? Possibly. Possibly not. I think the question is, are there those of us out there who will let it? No, I don’t think you’re cynical. I do think a lot of established writers out there are writing for the paycheck, or because they’ve been contracted for X amount of books and therefore they continue to write X books when maybe the muse deserted them a while back. I think it does happen.

In the online realm of fiction, ebooks, and such, I think the chances of running across someone who wrote for money is a lot harder. Since it’s still such a fledgling medium, therefore, I think it is still relatively pure in that aspect. Like the Tao: “He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child,” inferring that: new things are innately in tune with the natural order of things.

Now, will the ebook medium change after it becomes well-established and as respected as the large print publishers? Possibly. Possibly not.

I think the question is, are there those of us out there who will let it?

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