Archived Hold Back This Day (novel about the last whites on earth) - book by Ward Kendall (goodreads.com)
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Archived Hold Back This Day (novel about the last whites on earth) - book by Ward Kendall (goodreads.com)
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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's actually of surprisingly good quality. A page turner even. I remember Ward mentioning he had blonde daughters too - and I think they were very young at the time. So there's that. The guy may still have a family to support.
[–] kulturkampf 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Right on.
And you know what.. I am sure that it is almost impossible to truly pay back an artist for 1,000+ hours of work. But as it is art, we cannot think of necessarily calculating this by the hour...
Let's just say that people knew they could consistently make even just $200 from writing their hobby novels. That's a really big bump for most people -- even if you are making $3,000+ USD a month, chances are a lot of that is already tied up. Getting around $200 from this labor enables you to have a fresh set of change to treat yourself to a bottle of fine whiskey and the family to a few extra nice presents at Christmas.
If we can't all show up to buy these books & make someone else's life a tish bit better, we are failing them as a community.
No one is asking to make a full living off of writing books like this -- but a little incentive is bloody necessary. Let's at least give the guy some buys & enough money for a few things to warm his heart and encourage more of the same.
There's no shortage of groups that want your money for some temporary banner or a fund raiser to maintain some website... Those are important, too, but this is really, IMO, something that never gets enough support. If there was a cottage industry of books and products like these, it'd do very well to support us.
I will see if I can get it in hard copy so I can pass it on to someone at Church who is in the potential zone of red pilling. In a very real way, these are high impact, community sourced & funded tools that, if used correctly, can establish a literal market and new inroad for advancing & supporting us.
[–] Oswy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I like the sentiment, but couldn't help laugh at the economic aspect! I must have made five-hundred quid over the last few years from the two books I've had published. This is in no way commensurate to the work-hours invested by any calculation. People can't write to make money, unless they're massively lucky. You should just view it as something like a hobby, or personal challenge and attainment if you'd prefer a more lofty sounding term for it.