I read that Pgrundy is leaving HP?

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   Quilligrapherposted 15 years ago

   This is a sad day in Hubbersville. Pam is one of the few who set the quality bar for us wannabes.  Her talent as a writer made her rise above the multitude of keyword merchants who work here.  Those of us looking to learn all that we can about our craft have lost a sterling example to follow.  Although money may not always be the only reason we write, it is still the best way to measure our progress and success.  I have no doubt that her progress and success will continue in the future. I hope that her financial rewards are based more upon her language skills and less upon her knowledge of keywords and backlink strategies.
   Q.

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      earnestshubposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, very well put Q. Pam had said several times that keywording and seo were not her forte. She simply wrote interesting well written hubs.

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         agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Earnestshub, I agree completely with what you are saying and to me that is precisley the reason I believe that Pam should have at least left her Hubs published here on HubPages.
         On HubPages she needed no knowledge whatsoever of Keywording and SEO. If she is trying to go it alone I hope she has the backing of a Site that has a Page Rank at least equivalent to Hubpages

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            earnestshubposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Good point ag, I guess you are right, it is easier here to get it right.

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   lynnechandlerposted 15 years ago

   I really wanted to bookmark where she was still pubbed but she took the last hub too.

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      Quilligrapherposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I sent you the links that Pam included in her last hub.
      Q.

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         lynnechandlerposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Q: I got your email and really appreciate it. I was saddened last night to find the account totally closed. Yesterday I thought I had a few days to at least get the links so I could follow her onward upward move.

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   Writer Riderposted 15 years ago

   Shame. I enjoyed reading her hubs.

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   Susana Sposted 15 years ago

   I will certianly miss Pam. She was one of the first hubbers I read and fanned and a real inspiration to me. As a newbie writer, I aspired to be as good at the craft as her and still do.
   
   I'm saddened to read some of the comments here judging Pam as "petulant" etc. As someone else said (starwitness?) Pam's writing is so good that she should be paid to write what she wants and I think her decision to leave HP reflects a realisation of this. I'm sure that she will find (or has already found) somewhere that is a much better forum for her writing talent and where she will be paid what she deserves.
   
   I wish her the best of luck and every success and I look forward to reading her first novel! I will buy it for sure.
   
   If someone could direct me to where I can find Pam's writing now I'd be very grateful....

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   bgamallposted 15 years ago

   She is just so smart. I mean her writing ability is off the charts. Maybe she will let us know what her new adventure will be.

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   wrenfrost56posted 15 years ago

   I have just read this thread all the way through and it is always interesting to hear other peoples views on HP and how it works.
   More importantly though I like many others will miss Pam, she is a great writer and I hope she is happier in her new writing homes.

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   gracenotesposted 15 years ago

   I, too, will miss Pam.  I really looked forward to seeing her latest hub in my inbox.  However, just from her statements, I think she fulfilled her purpose for being here, and now she must move on to other writing pursuits.
   
   I never put much effort into attempts to market my work to print publications.  The truth is, there was so much to writing a "query letter" that it seemed almost not worth trying.  I wonder now if writers instead send "query emails".  If so, emails are so easy for a publisher to ignore -- just press the "delete" button.
   
   Just for the sheer joy of it, I once read through an entire correspondence between two writers, a friendship which encompassed quite a few years.  You wouldn't recognize their names.  The female writer, like most novelists, so wanted to see her work in print and get paid for it, too.  After many years of rejection, she finally, out of desperation, self-published her novel and offered it to a few large public libraries.  A couple of them took her up on her offer, and catalogued her book and put it on their shelves.  No guarantees that it would stay on their shelves forever, though.  It is so VERY difficult to get a novel published.  I don't believe she ever managed to interest an agent in her book, and this woman probably never knew, really, why her book was rejected. In her letters, she made it crystal clear that fiction is a very difficult nut to crack. And she had to be content with seeing her poetry published in small literary magazines.
   
   My point is, the way of the print publication was never easy, never quantifiable.  If you even have a slightly analytical bent, you can study Google Analytics and learn a lot from the metrics.  You have immediate feedback on what works.  Is that easy?  NO!  But it has a logic about it that I believe is easier than learning about the print market.
   
   Therefore, I applaud some of the authors here who have learned to write for the online market.  If I'm not as successful, at least I'm adaptable.

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