Akje Majdanek

Something on my mind lately: when Mozart composed symphonies, did anyone edit them? Tell him to remove measures or change chord progessions? When artists paint pictures, does anyone tell them to remove brush strokes or "add something more over here" ? Did anyone tell Jackson Pollock he should change color palettes or group his splatters more effectively? Why is it that writing alone among all the arts requires others to tell the artist how to do it?

Not sure why writing has to be a group activity, but I'm pretty sure Scott Joplin composed music all on his own...

The Age of Scorpius keeps coming up in my feeds again...

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Does an author really need a website today? HuffPo and Jane Friedman think so. All I know is it really annoys the crap out of me when my favorite authors don't have one. Yes, Donna Tartt, Ottessa Moshfegh and Susanna Clarke, I'm looking at you. Here's mine.

A website is a place to bring everything relevant about your work together in one place instead of scattered across social networks, enabling readers to find what they're looking for quickly and easily. It's where current readers and future fans will come to find out more about your work. In short, your site's a great way to brand yourself and get people interested in your books. And unlike social networks, it's something you control.

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