Comments on: Blogs About Publishing: Life on Avenue Z http://tstcpublishing.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/blog-about-publishing-life-on-avenue-z/ a nuts & bolts view of the daily operations of a small college textbook publisher Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anne Wayman http://tstcpublishing.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/blog-about-publishing-life-on-avenue-z/#comment-11106 Anne Wayman Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:05:18 +0000 http://tstcpublishing.wordpress.com/?p=688#comment-11106 lol, particularly love your last 'graph. I'm a writer (also in San Diego) who makes a pretty good living. What is hard for some to understand is that I really love writing. It's not exactly play, but it sure isn't like any regular job I had - there I was so dependent on other people, waiting, trying to please, and bound by hours and location. Of course I'm beholden to clients, but somehow it's totally different than being beholden to a boss. So working lots is also part of play for me... not play like the kayaking I do or playing with grandkids, but a stint of good writing is, ultimately, more refreshing than Friday. Thanks, Anne Wayman, now blogging at www.aboutfreelancewriting.com lol, particularly love your last ‘graph. I’m a writer (also in San Diego) who makes a pretty good living. What is hard for some to understand is that I really love writing. It’s not exactly play, but it sure isn’t like any regular job I had – there I was so dependent on other people, waiting, trying to please, and bound by hours and location.

Of course I’m beholden to clients, but somehow it’s totally different than being beholden to a boss. So working lots is also part of play for me… not play like the kayaking I do or playing with grandkids, but a stint of good writing is, ultimately, more refreshing than Friday.

Thanks,

Anne Wayman, now blogging at http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com

]]> By: Beth from Avenue Z http://tstcpublishing.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/blog-about-publishing-life-on-avenue-z/#comment-11103 Beth from Avenue Z Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:34:35 +0000 http://tstcpublishing.wordpress.com/?p=688#comment-11103 MARK -- Oh my gosh. You're making me blush here. Really. And if I can return the favor, I want you and TSTC know that you've provided insightful insight (and I mean that just as I said it) in to the world of publishing. By publishing the day-to-day activities and decisions that a publisher faces, you give writers like me insight (yeah, I'm using it again) into how your world works. Neither side could exist without the other, and yet frequently both publisher and writer fail to understand each other. By you doing what you do and by doing what I do, I think we both make it easier for the two sides to communicate. And wow but I owe you a cupcake. My cheeks are still red. MARK — Oh my gosh. You’re making me blush here. Really.

And if I can return the favor, I want you and TSTC know that you’ve provided insightful insight (and I mean that just as I said it) in to the world of publishing. By publishing the day-to-day activities and decisions that a publisher faces, you give writers like me insight (yeah, I’m using it again) into how your world works. Neither side could exist without the other, and yet frequently both publisher and writer fail to understand each other. By you doing what you do and by doing what I do, I think we both make it easier for the two sides to communicate.

And wow but I owe you a cupcake. My cheeks are still red.

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