Scenario: You have been writing your book for some time, and it is finally completed. After all of the work and effort you put into it, you are genuinely proud of your creation. People may frequently look down on you because you are an author (and authors are supposed to be broke and unsuccessful), but you don’t ever let them get to you. You did it. You wrote a book. Now you get the courage built up and decide to get it published, whether traditionally or through self publishing. You are a success. You are accomplished. The pessimism from everyone surrounding you stops now, right?
Now you are introduced to the Publishing Trolls. These guys aren’t exactly the cute, pocket sized trolls with the crazy neon colored hair. These are the people who will rip your book to pieces in every stage of the game from the edit to the cover proof. For some reason, Publishing Trolls find pleasure in tearing apart your dream bit by bit, and they begin their job when you begin your journey toward getting it published.
Fortunately, there are ways to defend yourself from the power of the Publishing Troll. For one, you can find a publisher/publishing company who are not so Troll-like. In the case that you can’t and are stuck with the Publishing Trolls remember that they are simply critics. They are found everywhere and live to fill you with insecurities and doubt about the creative masterpiece you have crafted. Don’t let them win. Remain proud of your work and accomplishment. By doing that much you have already done more they ever have or likely ever will. Seth Godin provides a defense against Trolls in his blog entry aptly titled “Trolls.”
He writes,
“Here’s the thing(s):
1. trolls will always be trolling
2. critics rarely create
3. they live in a tiny echo chamber, ignored by everyone except the trolled and the other trolls
4. professionals (that’s you) get paid to ignore them. It’s part of your job.“Can’t please everyone,” isn’t just an aphorism, it’s the secret of being remarkable.”
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I agree, its getting to the stage where I think sod it, everything seems so complicated to get published, and if i contact a company (which I did) they never leave you alone in as much I had to put a block on my phone .But only because they want vast amounts of money off you. But I am sure I will find a self publisher that will print the book how ‘I’ want it printed.