tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post863899520395925261..comments2023-08-13T07:13:45.326-05:00Comments on LK Hunsaker, Thoughts and Sketches: Independence: Have we forgotten the meaning?LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-63809006147863052712011-05-02T15:41:28.069-05:002011-05-02T15:41:28.069-05:00Thank you. :-)Thank you. :-)LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-50011219270579940302011-05-02T11:41:48.246-05:002011-05-02T11:41:48.246-05:00"..I’m not afraid of hard work. I’m not askin..."..I’m not afraid of hard work. I’m not asking for help or handouts. I’m a qualified DAR who still believes in the independent spirit of standing on your own two feet and working for what you want instead of asking for it. <br />I see nothing wrong with that. Give me liberty.. <br />and don’t stand in my way. "<br /><br />I LOVE this!Dorothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-85098685488895291152011-04-12T09:27:34.459-05:002011-04-12T09:27:34.459-05:00Maggie, thank you!
Mona and Liana, I do think wri...Maggie, thank you!<br /><br />Mona and Liana, I do think writers are more particular about the "how" of books than many readers who just want the story, and I know I can be a hard reviewer. I ran into a girl in her early twenties who was picking up D. Steele books and talking to someone else about them. She said she used to not be able to read them because sometimes they were so graphicLK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-17399506780637448942011-04-10T11:55:05.482-05:002011-04-10T11:55:05.482-05:00I had to stop reading Danielle Steele's books ...I had to stop reading Danielle Steele's books when I started writing, because she did everything all the writing workshops told us NOT to do, and it got quite confusing. Readers love them, though.Liana Laverentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541637851147603199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-48100770741632410082011-04-09T18:50:19.888-05:002011-04-09T18:50:19.888-05:00Loraine, thank you for explaining how indie author...Loraine, thank you for explaining how indie authors publish their books. As for Danielle S. I read one of her books and couldn't read another, although my mother adored her books.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-73153611359436310732011-04-09T13:49:03.026-05:002011-04-09T13:49:03.026-05:00Some people just don't get it. The industry is...Some people just don't get it. The industry is changing so quickly.<br /><br />You rock, Loraine!<br /><br />MaggieMaggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-53375988312720933522011-04-09T13:23:51.265-05:002011-04-09T13:23:51.265-05:00Yes and no. I started saying indie instead of self...Yes and no. I started saying indie instead of self-published because "experts" say if you use a formatting/distribution company and don't own your ISBN, you are not self-published. They say actual self-publishing is buying your ISBNs and taking your book to a printer and distributing it yourself to each different place.<br /><br />I think at this point, that's a rather LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-82462207634498710512011-04-08T22:10:00.390-05:002011-04-08T22:10:00.390-05:00I read a comment a little while back (it was in re...I read a comment a little while back (it was in regards to the Jacqueline Howett fiasco) where someone said that an indie and self-published isn't the same thing. Aren't they? I didn't know what to make of that remark.Kara Hartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036587106896735695noreply@blogger.com