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>>8691271
Very little of the decision making involved in selecting a new author to publish has to do with the actual content of your work. Its all to do with how you position yourself and your work to make it appear marketable so that is the question that you have to ask yourself.
How do you sell yourself as part of the next new thing, how do you fit into what has come before and are you expected to follow that?

Its all about establishing that balance between following a legacy of what works and not just being more of the same, what are you in the dialectic of what your work is expressing?

>>8691280
Marketing-wise I've focused on selling it as upmarket fiction that's pop enough and done in the same style as GoT to appeal to entry-level, younger audiences, but still solidly and definitively literary, so that it appeals to core audiences as well.

It's far too late to actually change the content, since this is how it was actually written; and in practicality, it's either going to be adopted by intellectuals or lose any core credibility in mass appeal, a la LOTR. Should I drop the upmarket sell and focus on presenting it as solely a pop fiction work, or even trying to sell it as exclusive litfic? God, I wish self-publishing was halfway viable.

>>8691285
you're not an artist

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>>8691047
>a gourmet guide to lovemaking
lmao

>>8691050
Back when it was made people used "the joy of" in the same way we currently use "Zen and the art of "

>>8691047
bump

>>8690946
a thread died for this

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Me too

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>>8690946
he looks like the hypster version of sean lock

>>8690931
delicious girl stinks can drive a man wild

>>8690931
Probably just a smart alcoholic.

>>8690931
Literally zero schizoid traits.

In my country the general COA is to get an English /lit/ degree first. Once you have a degree, it takes an additional year to get a teachers degree. From there it's pretty easy to find a job, and the floodgate to teen pussy opens.

>>8690873
Not in anglosphere but I can tell you that the pay is shit in general and there's shitloads of work to do.

The pro is working like 7 hours at school, in some cases not even giving lessons, and you're free to do what you want afterwards as long as you meet your deadlines. Planning your lessons, revising tests, grading them etc. It's also nice to have your job focus on something you like, in this case literature and language.

If you have a plan B, I'd say go for it. It didn't work out for me because I have a lifestyle that's incompatible with being a teacher, and I couldn't sustain it by teaching anyways. I met some teachers who had other jobs on the side just so they can meet ends meet. Teaching is truly for those who are passionate about their job. Not just about their chosen subjects, but teaching as a whole, with everything that comes with that. You'll have students who don't give a fuck about your lessons, you'll have students you don't like ask you for advice etc.

>>8690873
I'm an English professor, which means I have a great deal more liberty to do my job than a public school teacher. I never deal with parents, I set my own readings and assignments with almost no oversight, and most of my students want to be there and are at least 18. I'm not expected to police their fucking clothes, hair, or anything else. Teaching high school English is a much bloodier and more frustrating experience, according to friends in the public system. You're extremely vulnerable and answerable to your school's administration, parents, students, etc. Also, remember that the number of young English teachers looking for work outnumbers all other subjects put together: you are a dime a dozen, and getting a permanent position may take years and end you up in a terrible school. Everybody wants to teach English.

>>8690769
1. You haven't read it
2. You didn't like it.

it made you see flame in the eyes of all around you

Murdering Arabs is a fun activity

>>8690574

This is one unexpected and paradoxical side effect of the growth of the Internet and the proliferation of content on it
It's no longer as pressing to coexist with others of different viewpoints since one can live all of life in discussion with like-minded people
The best way to avoid lockin is awareness of the issue and active pursuit of a diversity of viewpoints
Being locked in to an echo chamber is not beneficial. It's comforting, but it stifles true understanding and growth

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Read Stirner desu

>>8690574
>why does it seem everyone is locked into an echo chamber?
You're right, everyone is locked in an echo chamber.

Fart, pooping, and diarrhea.

Compulsory and mandatory are the same, as in necessary. Obligatory comes from the base word "oblige" so it's less forceful; should.

>>8690474
Compulsory - you are compelled to do it
Mandatory - you are mandated to do it
Obligatory - you are obligated to do it
Hope this helps!

He meant memes were dank

It's almost as if Hitler was some sort of politician or something.

Is Jung frustrated because Hitler was acting like someone else? Like chill out, Hitler, whatcha yellin' for? Lay back it's all been done before...I like you the way you are... When we're drivin' in your car...

>>8690657
Was Avril Lavigne about Hitler?

also faggot is a better word than op

fucking america.

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Cosmo in STEMese implies a larger scale than what astronauts do, desu

stole everything from newton

He read my diary tb h

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>>8690286

Because he was a Conehead. Don't let the wig fool you.

it might be because you haven't accomplished anything

>>8690216
To save Western Civilization from the plebianic hordes

>>8690225
I've accomplished plenty, I just have no idea what the fuck I'm doing and I know a few people on here have been to grad school. Thanks.

it's impossible to have an intelligent conversation with someone who has only read 5 books

it doesnt work like that friendo
check the wiki for recommendation charts

>>8690192
Edith Hamilton's Mythology
Lattimore's Iliad and Odyssey
Dubliners
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ulysses

>>8690187
Why are there so many threads on Nietzsche?

>>8690213
He was charismatic, at least through his books

>>8690187
>pantheist
lol

>Arthur Miller

What did you expect?

>>8690104
My diary tb h

>>8690464
is he hated on /lit/