What an author does and doesn't control

Cherie Priest has an excellent post on what an author does and doesn't control.  Very lucid and helpful.

I found the link and reference on John Scalzi's Whatever blog, which is one that I highly recommend reading. I love his voice (a bit snarky and yet balanced, lol) and he touches upon both important current events and issues regarding writing.  I rarely find an article that hasn't got something interesting. 

Comments

[charles gramlich]

Thanks for the links.

[Angie]

Good link. [nod] It's amazing what some readers out there think the writer is responsible for. Not many, really, but even a few are enough to do the blood pressure thing. :/

I've deliberately refrained from adding Scalzi to my RSS feeds. He's great, I love his stuff, and I go over and read whenever I come across a link in another blog, but he posts way too much, way too often; the Whatever is a huge timesink and I can't afford to let myself get addicted to it. :(

Angie