I gotta agree with the general commentary here. Ross Douthat should have been able to place his fantasy novel. I’ll also say this: Ross is also a hell of a lot better off just publishing the damned thing himself. It’ll never happen, but I doubt at this point I’d even take a multi-book contract, assuming anybody was insane enough to offer me one. Traditional publishing is not designed with the well-being of its authors in mind.
Seeing a NYT columnist turn to Substack to get his story out feels like a tipping point moment. And possibly the tipping point is for the trad publishers who rejected that book. https://t.co/KCTy8SAb5I
— Karl K. Gallagher (@KarlKGallagher) October 8, 2024
Counterpoint:
Employment by the New York Time in no way implies an ability to write or conjunct effectively, it’s purely a tribal indicator.
But then again, most publishing houses are insular guardians of leftist orthodoxy as well.
Conundrum.