For the fourth year in a row, I have posted a blog on Thanksgiving. But this year is the first time I’ve decided to write a post about the holiday itself. Many of you who read this are not from the United States, which is why I have ignored the holiday (and most others like […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Careers, Critics, and Professors Kristine Kathryn Rusch I just spent forty-five minutes clicking through various websites on careers in the arts to doublecheck one of my assumptions from my past. When I graduated from high school, everyone I knew casually would have thought that I would have become a politician or a […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Quality Kristine Kathryn Rusch Last week, I finally figured out how to describe the changes going on in the publishing industry. My post, “Scarcity and Abundance,” went viral. If you haven’t read it, please do so, just so that I don’t have to redefine my terms again. As usual with a viral post, […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: R*E*S*P*E*C*T Kristine Kathryn Rusch Crank up the Aretha Franklin as you read this. Because her classic “R*E*S*P*E*C*T” is blaring as I write this. I am fed up. This is the kind of mood I get into when I tell bosses to go screw themselves, when I walk off the job, when I […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Fighting Uphill Kristine Kathryn Rusch The struggle begins when we’re young. Think of it this way: How many parents, upon hearing that their child wants to be a doctor, lawyer, firefighter, teacher, or nurse, says, No, you can’t. It’s too hard or You’ll never make money at that or You’re not good enough […]
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