Comments on: The Lies that Bind: What Do We Really Believe?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:51:33 +0000

All good stuff. All of it I needed to hear. I’m too good at being the pushover and self-doubter. Thanks for the dose of reality!

By: Patricia Caviglia

Patricia Caviglia — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:07:47 +0000

Here! Here! Years ago, I told a friend I wanted to write for the Huffington Post. About a year later, people were congratulating me for being published on the site. I thought they’d made a mistake until I checked it out. HP re-published one of my blog posts without a word to me. Let’s just say I crossed off that goal with a bitter taste in my mouth. They lost my admiration and respect with their betrayal. There’s no coming back from that.

By: Aurora Jean Alexander

Aurora Jean Alexander — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:04:34 +0000

There’s definitely something to learn in each one of the posts. Thanks for teaching us!

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:09:18 +0000

I never fail to be amazed by the number of people who think that a cup of fancy coffee at Starbucks, which took the barista three minutes to make, is worth over $4.00, but a book that took an author a year to write should be $.99 or free. You’re right: People will pay for your work when you say that your work is worth being paid for. Just like all products and services either have a price or tease someone with a free item to gain their loyalty as a customer. Welcome to Life, right? Thanks for another great post, Kristen!

By: Writing Links 1/22/18 – Where Genres Collide

Writing Links 1/22/18 – Where Genres Collide — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:03:06 +0000

[…] https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/01/liesthatbind/ “Today we’re going to have a talk about LIES. Deception, half-truths, misinformation, and twisted realities. In my post about the success paradoxwe discussed how thoughts impact us in very real and tangible ways.” Food for thought. […]

By: Lynn Kelley

Lynn Kelley — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 23:35:50 +0000

You go, Kristen! I love how you figured out what was happening and how you’ve exposed these mega sites for taking advantage of writers. I say no more! Keep going. You’re on a roll!

By: Maggie Lynch

Maggie Lynch — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:13:19 +0000

Keep those sassy pants handy and well pressed, you will be needing them a lot. Great post and loved the “Truth Bomb” header.

By: sarah jane foster

sarah jane foster — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:33:54 +0000

Love this post. It’s funny isn’t it (or maybe not.) How we tell ourselves were just doing it for the love. I can really relate to this. I’m not out to write a novel but I would like to make my blog a full time business at some point in the future. Yet, I agonised for the last two days over whether to post a disclaimer about the affiliate links I was posting in my blog as it was my first time using them. In the end I decided that my readers are grown ups! They can handle the fact that I would like to make some money from what I do in my spare time, that I eventually would like to turn into a career and possibly not have to spend 40 hours and upwards hours a week with people who make me tired, angry and sad! Rigorous honesty and gratitude. I hate advertisements so affiliates are my only hope… If someone wants my copy (please, please, please let someone want my copy!) they can damn well pay for it.

By: Pamela Kopfler

Pamela Kopfler — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:45:31 +0000

Excellent post! I say free the author!

By: Rachel C. Thompson

Rachel C. Thompson — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:32:31 +0000

What do I believe? Very little. I need evidence, facts, logic, reason. Believing is for fools. Knowing is the only thing that gets you anywhere. I have found that in practice,every business is the same, it is always money before humanity, it’s always psychopathic. But are we not a believer nation; be it religion or ideology people rather believe than know and will reject facts that upsets belief. Faith and belief it’s self is the worst overriding human psychological problem. Authoritarians and profiteers take advantage of one’s faith at every turn. (vanity and predatory presses) Ubiquitous faith socialization leads one to believe you can’t be in the club when the facts say otherwise. facts are dangerous and perhaps that’s why we can’t face them. Most of us can’t be honest with ourselves, we don’t want to know personnel truths or what is true and what is not in the world. We can’t admit things like, maybe we can’t write well. Self lies are both damaging and protective. Raw reality is hard to take, but facing the facts is the first step of progress.