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Writers Think In Metaphors. Editors Work In Metaphors. A Great Reader Reads In Metaphors.

When A Warrior Fights Not For Himself, But For His Brothers, When His Most Passionately Sought Goal Is Neither Glory Nor His Own Life's Preservation, But To Spend His Substance For Them, His Comrades, Not To Abandon Them, Not To Prove Unworthy Of Them, Then His Heart Truly Has Achieved Contempt For Death, And With That He Transcends Himself And His Actions Touch The Sublime. That Is Why The True Warrior Cannot Speak Of Battle Save To His Brothers Who Have Been There With Him. The Truth Is Too Holy, Too Sacred, For Words." -suicide (gates Of Fire)

That’s Why An Artist Must Be A Warrior And, Like All Warriors, Artists Over Time Acquire Modesty And Humility. They May, Some Of Them, Conduct Themselves Flamboyantly In Public. But Alone With The Work They Are Chaste And Humble. They Know They Are Not The Source Of The Creations They Bring Into Being. They Only Facilitate. They Carry. They Are The Willing And Skilled Instruments Of The Gods And Goddesses They Serve.

Traditional Publishers Will Be Dominant, And They Should Be Because They Really Do Assure Quality. But Ebooks, Which Are Huge Already, Are Going To Eclipse Everything. They Will Save Traditional Publishing The Way Dvds Saved Movie Studios (for A While) And They'll Greatly Expand The Number Of Readers.

The Essence Of Professionalism Is The Focus Upon The Work And Its Demands, While We Are Doing It, To The Exclusion Of All Else.