Why do people who hardly read books think they can be authors?

[SheilaT]

36. Here's another problem with the world of on-line publication.

There are sites out there where you can put up what you've written, and gather a following and if you get enough likes your stuff rises to the top of the heap.

From what I can tell, there's still the problem of the readers of those sites not being all that able to read critically, or provide the kind of useful feedback a budding writer needs.

Then there's the meme about the handful or writers who first self-published and wound up having their novel taken on by a big publisher and being very, very successful. Listen up. While this happens, it is so rare as to make being hit by a meteor common. If you are writing, and you want to do the self-publishing route, then go for it. Just be very, very aware of the limitations of your chosen venue.