Have you seen the new Coen brothers film True Grit yet? The New York Times recently published an article about the author of the original novel, Charles Portis (pictured here left of John Wayne, who starred in the first film adaptation).
"Mr. Portis doesn’t use e-mail, has an unlisted phone number, declines interview requests, including one for this article, and shuns photographs with the ardor of a fugitive in the witness protection program. He hasn’t published a novel in nearly 20 years." - New York Times
How appealing does that sound? Just hole yourself up in a studio, office or cabin out in the country and crank out your masterpieces. Then send them off to your publisher and watch the royalty checks come in. For Charles Portis, it is probably a wonderful reality.
But for the rest of us it's a fantasy.
Most of us have to work hard to get our work out there, networking and selling ourselves, just to get a start and to keep our work on the minds of our audience. In other words, it's a lot of work to get discovered, in most cases. All we can do is believe in ourselves and keep feeding our passions with the art we create.
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