Author: Lancelot Schaubert

  • Neurotic Pleasure and Religious Pain

    Resentment is bittersweet. If we did not cherish it, we would let it go. What sort of rewards do we get from our resentment? Why do we keep score? First, it makes us feel superior to the person we resent. Also, it gives us an excuse for indulging in exquisite plots for revenge such as…

  • 10000 hours rule : is it false?

    10000 hours rule : is it false?

    10000 hours rule from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers was scientifically proven to be false people say and then they point to a study that actually bolsters all of the chapters of Outliers that surround the 10000 hours rule. I’ve seen links to four articles just this week that did just that: tried to prove Gladwell wrong…

  • Succeeding for Others

    Succeeding for Others

    Chapter twelve in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  If you want to succeed as a writer, you must take the path that’s…

  • Author Earnings in 2016

    Author Earnings in 2016

    Chapter twelve in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  In Any Money Makes a Pro, I took an example of brokenness — Faulkner’s…

  • Publishing Contracts of the Draconian Variety

    Publishing Contracts of the Draconian Variety

    Chapter eleven in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.    We find out in On Writing that Stephen King signed a contract he…

  • Kinfolk and Advocates or “How to Build a Platform”

    Kinfolk and Advocates or “How to Build a Platform”

    Chapter ten in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  Imagine with me a whirlpool. You know, Charybdis from the Odyssey. Whitecaps, blue water,…

  • Making Good Money… in a Shadow Career

    Making Good Money… in a Shadow Career

    Chapter nine in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  Once you’ve read The Writer’s Market and come to terms with the good sides…

  • Regular Writing Assignments — The Dark and The Light

    Regular Writing Assignments — The Dark and The Light

    Chapter eight in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  Once the rejections slow down and you’ve found a bit of success (or, possibly,…

  • Feeling Rejected: Slips

    Feeling Rejected: Slips

    Chapter six in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  I grew fascinated in this time with rejection slips — with feeling rejected and…

  • From Daydreams to Written Dreams

    From Daydreams to Written Dreams

    Chapter five in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  I have a hard time with conversations. Anyone who has spent any amount of…

  • Where and How to Sell What You Write

    Where and How to Sell What You Write

    Chapter four in a series on Book and Art Business 101 wherein I show how the solid logic of art business sold me on self-publishing. If you’re too busy for the whole series, download your copy of my Cheat Sheet for Book and Art Business 101.  When I went to college, I found myself loaded down with logic and rhetoric…