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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kim Kelly

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      Kim KellyVerified account @GrimKim
      Who Pays Writers? is such an essential and also deeply depressing resource for freelance writers. It's pretty shocking how low the rates are; even big-name publications pay literal pennies per word. This has never been sustainable and is only getting worse http://bit.ly/2kPBS7H 
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kim Kelly

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      Kim KellyVerified account @GrimKim
      I check it every time I think about pitching a new outlet, and every time, find myself thinking, "How is this okay?"—and then send the pitch anyway because I have medical bills and rent to pay
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kim Kelly

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      Kim KellyVerified account @GrimKim
      We are worth more than 10 cents a word.
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

      4/ Thoughts: As a human, I - like all of us - are of infinite worth in God's eyes. As a software engineer I am worth X. As a farmer I am worth Y (Y is close to $0, fwiw). As a writer I am worth Z. What do X, Y, and Z have in common? Each is "what the market will pay"

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          5/ To assert "I'm worth $1 per word" or "I'm worth $20/hr as a writer" is nonsense. To who? Unless someone is willing to pay me that, no, I am certainly not!

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          6/ Marx's labor theory of value is pure garbage. Merely because one sweats does not mean that one is creating value. Merely because one writes does not mean that one is creating value.

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          7/ Value depends on the particular interplay of creator, creation, and consumer. If three people in the world kinda vaguely care a tiny little bit about your "Brady Bunch, but magical, and Peter is a dragon" fanfic, then your writing is worth almost nothing.

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          8/ If a hundred million people love your universe, your characters, and identify with their struggles, your writing is worth tens of millions of dollars. My own writing - pretty darned good, writing, I think. Honed with 1 million words of practice, and won national awards >>>

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          9/ Is worth $10.83 per hour. It doesn't matter how good my story is, how much I sweated working on it, how believable the characters are, how well researched the science is. That's where supply and demand curves intersect. Bitching that I "deserve" $15/hr doesn't make it so.

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dark MAGA Inc.

          10/ I bailed out of Capital about 1/3 of they way through, because it was like the punishment book in Stepheson's Anathem. I read the use value vs exchange value bit and thought it retarded.https://twitter.com/troll_lege/status/1176617037835251712 …

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          Dark MAGA Inc. @troll_lege
          >tfw you haven't read Marx. Distinguishing between use-value and exchange-value is one of the first things he does in Capital. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1176614086605512706 …
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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

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          11/ Yes, but future value is reflected in current value. Markets adjust near instantly to the available information. If my novels are loved by billions of people in 1,000 years, the net present value of that is roughly zero! https://twitter.com/JRstract/status/1176617549028630528 …

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          12/ And even if we adjust the interest rate to near zero (so that NPV should very closely reflect that future value) the inherit uncertainty that billions will love it (says who? that seems really unlikely to me!) means that the value is still roughly zero.

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

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          13/ Yes, I agree. There are super savvy investors who can beat the market average. However, we get a bit of a Heisenberg's cat paradox: billionaire's bet on my novel is not revealed to be wise or foolish until much later ; until then - what value? https://twitter.com/JRstract/status/1176619013272739842 …

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Eddie, Son of Richard

          14/ OMG, over here we're having a debate about how to properly price the value of a novel. ...and in a parallel thread, @sonyasupposedly is debating all comers on how to properly price a toe. Advantage: Sonya!https://twitter.com/random_eddie/status/1176619193728405504 …

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          Eddie, Son of Richard @random_eddie
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          That just means you haven't figured out the right price yet
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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Sep 2019

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          15/ The versions of the novels you've read are draft 7, IIRC. The million words is made up draft 1. and draft 2. and draft 3. and draft 4. and draft 5. and draft 6. If you want to deliver good results, practice. https://twitter.com/cdrusnret/status/1176622019493937154 …

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