http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog Information on web commerce, publishing and writing. Some of it useful, some of it not. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-24736 Robert Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:04:47 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-24736 In a related theme, all your ides for future books are worthless until you write the books. Since I have self-published two books, I have had a few people tell me they had an ides for a book, and they asked if I could help them. I said, "Sure, what's your idea?" They answered that they were reluctant to tell me that because they were worried somebody might steal their idea. They looked quite crestfallen when I informed them that authors get paid to write, not be inspired by great ideas, and their idea, in and of itself, was of no value at all to anyone other than themselves. It is the implementation and/or expression of the idea that imparts and carries value. That value, imparted by the labor of writing, in the case of written material, or the labor of building something, in the case of physical inventions, is what someone else might be willing to pay for or praise. It is also the basis for things like copyright and intellectual property rights. In a related theme, all your ides for future books are worthless until you write the books. Since I have self-published two books, I have had a few people tell me they had an ides for a book, and they asked if I could help them. I said, “Sure, what’s your idea?” They answered that they were reluctant to tell me that because they were worried somebody might steal their idea. They looked quite crestfallen when I informed them that authors get paid to write, not be inspired by great ideas, and their idea, in and of itself, was of no value at all to anyone other than themselves. It is the implementation and/or expression of the idea that imparts and carries value. That value, imparted by the labor of writing, in the case of written material, or the labor of building something, in the case of physical inventions, is what someone else might be willing to pay for or praise. It is also the basis for things like copyright and intellectual property rights.

]]> http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-21049 Shawna Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:54:55 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-21049 Lord, please help me to be a turd. Lord, please help me to be a turd.

]]> http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 The SLUSHPILE Blog » Blog Archive » Moving from being a Literary Genius with a Book in the Closet to a Good Story-teller with a Book in the Readers’ Hands. Fri, 02 May 2008 13:20:35 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-2095 [...] Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door [...] [...] Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door [...]

]]> http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-347 The SLUSHPILE Blog » Blog Archive » Writing 2 - Part 2: Dialogue Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:36:13 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-347 [...] Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door [...] [...] Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door [...]

]]> http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Tarab Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:45:22 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-94 Hello webmaster...Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Thursday Hello webmaster…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Thursday

]]> http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Eric Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:17:34 +0000 http://hummingbirdworldmedia.com/blog/rebeccas-rules-for-writing/rule-1-leave-your-author-ego-at-the-door/#comment-86 This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door. Thanks for informative article This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Rule 1: Leave your author ego at the door. Thanks for informative article

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