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Gareth Southwell's avatar

I'm one of those rare people who has heard of Mark Dawson, having come across him through my own adventures in self-publishing over the last few years, where he is a big name. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out! I'm a bit shocked, to be honest.

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Finrod's avatar

I do wonder why people make artistic, creative work into a "business"? There are much more lucrative and less soul crushing ways of chasing wealth and business.

Art is probably the most difficult and unrewarding field to try to make into a business. Of course it can be done, but firstly the odds of success are bad, and secondly you destroy the point of the thing the process by making money the goal.

Why not start an actual business if you're business-minded? Why grift with art?

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