A writing buddy
is trying to get out of
her publishing contract.
She claims the Korean publisher
is cheating her.
The issue is…
she has made this claim
with so many other publishers,
she has a reputation
in the industry.
North American publishers
will no longer deal with her.
The first time
this happened,
I looked at her publisher
with suspicion.
Now, I assign
the situation fully to
my writing buddy.
Either she’s a bad judge
of partners
or
she has serious trust or other issues.
If a bad situation happens to me
again and again,
it is likely caused by me,
by something I’m doing
or some skill I don’t have.
It is a me problem.
If I don’t want it to happen again,
I have to figure out a way
to fix it.