thank you for writing this.
the pressure to be a good writer is bad enough, but now i also have to look good and be social media savvy and be a good interview and be a "culture fit" and and and

plus add in the emotional labor of "am i being fairly compensated and treated since i'm not a slim white woman with a (an?) MFA pedigree or a famous connection to blurb my work?" it's effin' exhausting.

i can't lie. when i saw that quote, i stopped for a minute and let the discouragement sit on me. then i brushed it off and kept pushing. i'm going to do my part to change this industry. i don't know how, but it'll get done. so say we all!

love this. i found some new authors to check out.
i've been struggling to find some new historical romances, so this roundtable was right on time.
thanks and much success to all of you!