tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post5582506793649347312..comments2024-03-15T12:42:11.939-04:00Comments on Noblemania: You make a living at that?Marc Tyler Noblemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-13687949877431057442011-01-15T15:28:49.582-05:002011-01-15T15:28:49.582-05:00I suspect it's because so many people imagine ...I suspect it's because so many people imagine themselves to be writers, just on the edge of creating that bestseller locked in their head, that the entire profession is devalued.<br /><br />After all, when any schmuck can churn out page after painful page of wretched, vomit-inducing fanfic where the only tolerable elements are those stolen from the original source, and then get lauded for this by other fanfic writers, those of us who do it for money are seen as greedy, impure, corporate toadies.<br /><br />The very notion that they wouldn't have anything to fanfic-ize in the first place without said corporate toadies does not seem to occur to them. They, of course, all do it for the Love Of The Craft.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973405888540293627noreply@blogger.com