I had a post. It turned into a rant. Joomla then ate it, which is probably for the best. Must as I'm annoyed. But foremost: Kristine Kathryn Rusch has a great post about fear, and how it makes writers make terrible mistakes, like signing awful contracts. You should go read. I'll wait.

Second, there's a new publishing business in town called PubSlush, which promise wonderful things. They're basically Kickstarter for books - if enough people pledge to buy your book, PubSlush gives you a bonus and publishes it. But they're asking for a lot more than they're giving, and they're telling you even less - see the Writer's Beware posts on them. You hand a lot of stuff over to PubSlush just by submitting a book

Personally, I think you're better off staying in control of your own business. They're not doing anything you can't do yourself without a little learning and work. 

And that was really the point of my rant: that writing is a business, and it always has been. And business really isn't that hard. People running hotdog stands can manage it. The best part about this business is, it's not high finance. There aren't millions at stake. If you make a mistake, you can almost always correct it, and if you can't - you can learn for the next book. Fear of something being too hard to learn or do is just procrastination wearing a silly hat.