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I've been sitting here for two days trying to figure out if I'm just a sell out or what. I've written two memoirs, and one of them is magnificent in my opinion. The problem with it is that, though it has generated some interest, it came close as you can get and was rejected because of the economy.
The other project is just a flashy gangster book that will sell quickly and has the eye of two major agents, but it doesn't give the reader any idea of who I am or what I want to say. I wrote it in less than a month, and I think it's good, but it's just a salable book is all. I got into writing with my first book, and I wanted to be a writer, not Brittany Spears. The wife says "Sell the first and the second will sell on its coat tails" but I just received a request for the first from a reputable agency and it requires some work to get ready, but I haven't done any of it. I feel like my back was broken when ECW Press said no.
I'm also not proud of the things I did when I was young. The content is brutal, and maybe I'm being overly dramatic here, but I never intended to do anything but make money from it. I feel like I'm selling out, and even the promise of being published and making a ton of money doesn't make me feel any better about that.
I don't even know if I'm asking for advice. I just don't know what to do. Maybe I just needed to vent.
The other project is just a flashy gangster book that will sell quickly and has the eye of two major agents, but it doesn't give the reader any idea of who I am or what I want to say. I wrote it in less than a month, and I think it's good, but it's just a salable book is all. I got into writing with my first book, and I wanted to be a writer, not Brittany Spears. The wife says "Sell the first and the second will sell on its coat tails" but I just received a request for the first from a reputable agency and it requires some work to get ready, but I haven't done any of it. I feel like my back was broken when ECW Press said no.
I'm also not proud of the things I did when I was young. The content is brutal, and maybe I'm being overly dramatic here, but I never intended to do anything but make money from it. I feel like I'm selling out, and even the promise of being published and making a ton of money doesn't make me feel any better about that.
I don't even know if I'm asking for advice. I just don't know what to do. Maybe I just needed to vent.