Berserk volumes download

What other job would lower your salary after getting such great performance reviews? But no one tells you your numbers, so I really had no idea where I stood. Never mind that the book was critically praised and had made some of those nice lists. It is a business, after all. Which is fair… to a point. In reality, they were paying me less than half the salary of a local public-school teacher. I do more marketing than most marketing professionals, including loads of promotional work such as interviews, guest posts, and podcast appearances.

My publishers have never made so much as a bookmark for me though twice they agreed to design them if I paid for the printing. If I wanted to go to a book festival or important industry conference out of town, I had to pay, unless the festival organizer covered the costs, which they rarely do. I have a book coming out next year that is getting more marketing attention already, but I know better than to get my hopes up.

None of the people in the room so to speak warned that the next time around the advance might be lower. At the end of the day, I decided that this book deal was better than no book deal. We signed the papers, and made a wish. In retrospect, I should have taken that two-book deal. The smaller the advances got, the more strain I began to experience. While no amount of mentorship could have determined the outcome of my book sales, it would have helped me make more informed decisions about the books I did sell, and how I spent the money I earned.

Added to the financial despair was shame, depression, and fear. All I could think was that I had wasted the one opportunity the universe had given me to write my way out. This, as an author published by Big Five publishers, with multiple books out, still more under contract, a PEN award, and critical acclaim.

I pivoted, creating new projects that challenged me to no end and were way outside my comfort zone. While I was genuinely excited by them, I was also fighting with everything in me to stay in the game, to not let my dream of being a lifelong professional writer slip through my grasp after a brief flirtation with the big time. Of course, I also needed to keep money coming in while trying very hard to write things I cared about, and improve my craft with each project.

Perhaps I put on too good a face. So prolific! So productive! The level of work was the same regardless of the advance, maybe even higher. The expectation placed on me — and that I placed on myself — to write these books well soared, but I had the sinking suspicion I was on the verge of being an acquisitions pariah, a financial liability.

While I still have four books under contract and am hopeful they will do well, my sense of vocation has expanded. Now, much of my passion is invested in helping other writers avoid the mistakes I made; writing pieces like this, that shed light on the issues, toxicity, and dangers of the publishing industry. We need more writers who are willing to mentor debut authors like the one I once was, as well as aspiring writers.

There is such a strong focus on how to break into the industry, yet very little guidance once a writer finds herself walking past those gatekeepers.

You do yourself no favors when you apologize for yourself. You have a seat at the table. Chapter Chapter : Triumph at dawn. Chapter : Jotunn Part One.

Chapter : Beneath Sun-Dappled Trees. Chapter : The Final Fragment. Chapter : The Cause. Chapter : Memory Fragments. Chapter : Passage of Dreams. Chapter : Gloomy Wastes. Chapter : Flowerstorm King. Chapter : Archmage. Chapter : Blazing Puppet. Chapter : Elf Island and Onwards! Chapter : Soaring Flight. Chapter : Struggle in the Dark.

Chapter : Moonlit Capital. Chapter : Death Visits at Dusk. Chapter : Bridge of Parting. Chapter : Pandaemonium. Chapter : Divine Right. Chapter : City of Men. Chapter : Elf Island Caravan. Chapter : Shooting Star. Chapter : Sirens. Chapter : Merrow 2. The inspiration for three anime feature films and two TV. New Berserk anime TV series to air in But the glittering towers of Falconiacast the darkest of shadows, and a legion of demonic monstrosities dwell in the darkness!

From creator Kentaro Miuracomes Berserk, a sprawling adult fantasy epic of fierce imagination One of the most popular long-running adult mangaseries ever published. The inspiration for three anime feature films and two TVseries.

But the glittering towers of Falconia cast the darkest of shadows, and a legion of demonic monstrosities dwell in the darkness! From creator Kentaro Miura comes Berserk, a sprawling adult fantasy epic of fierce imagination One of the most popular long-running adult manga series ever published. The inspiration for three anime feature films and two TV series.

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