tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post9068135068269931715..comments2024-03-26T16:31:13.865-07:00Comments on Mark Lawrence: The first book you write will be rubbish.Mark Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-55223151950225495722018-04-08T10:01:25.774-07:002018-04-08T10:01:25.774-07:00I'd be very interested to hear the concept of ...I'd be very interested to hear the concept of the first book you ever wrote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-5566737269911918122018-03-28T15:34:48.966-07:002018-03-28T15:34:48.966-07:00Seems to me that most authors would consider their...Seems to me that most authors would consider their first book rubbish. Unless it is a fluke, most get better as they hone their style.Who Careshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441213151896404601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-28012280022548782522018-03-22T10:14:14.483-07:002018-03-22T10:14:14.483-07:00Ooh I was 10 when I finished my first and am 37 no...Ooh I was 10 when I finished my first and am 37 now so you're showing me hope. Well done with that perserverance :)DRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-24587306981336294492018-03-16T07:29:35.947-07:002018-03-16T07:29:35.947-07:00My fifth complete manuscript was my first sold. T...My fifth complete manuscript was my first sold. The aphorism held true for me -- my first was rubbish, my second more so. Manuscripts 3 and 4 were good and I hope That they will see daylight someday, but they were in difficult genres to sell...Constantine Singerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322361896222589816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-77897303863745548982018-03-15T15:49:53.562-07:002018-03-15T15:49:53.562-07:00I finished 8 before publication. Mind you, I was 1...I finished 8 before publication. Mind you, I was 12 when I finished the first and in my 50s when I was published. I'm now a multiple award winner with 13 epic fantasy novels published and translated into a multiple languages, but it was a long hard road.Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-50909397432856750292018-03-15T09:22:33.464-07:002018-03-15T09:22:33.464-07:00"mildly successful writers" :)"mildly successful writers" :)Djerri Nuijenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218155956885079542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-28707194831009674302018-03-15T09:16:20.006-07:002018-03-15T09:16:20.006-07:00"Your first book will be rubbish" seems ..."Your first book will be rubbish" seems a fairly pointless thing to say to someone who will never be published, and interrogating it seems similarly pointless.Mark Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-47754788429628866282018-03-15T09:04:04.522-07:002018-03-15T09:04:04.522-07:00Isn't this selection bias though? This maybe ...Isn't this selection bias though? This maybe for "published authors", and I'd argue this data is "published and successful authors", but certainly not all authors trying to get published, or possibly even just published authors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08671570488547936926noreply@blogger.com