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In light of today's revelations/reminders about plagiarism, cheapjack ghostwriters pumping out substandard novels, KU click farms, genderswapping ripoffs, and all the other scammy, lazy $$-grubbing stuff, real writers may well right now be thinking "Why do I bother?"
I don't know why we bother. Let's go to the pub.
No, wait, that wasn't what I meant to say.
No, wait, that wasn't what I meant to say.
We bother because good books matter. And they matter all the more in a rising tide of substandard processed pink slime. People will see it, they will know your name, and they will appreciate that you cared. That you worked. That you did your best.
Maybe not as many people as you deserve will see it, certainly not as many people as you would like. But in the end, you'll have something to be proud of, and if you wrote truth and love and hope well, you'll have made an impact.
Plus you'll never have a morning waking up to the whole paramilitary wing of Romance Twitter descending on you like armoured pterodactyls, and that's got to be worth something. #CopyPasteCris
