Ah, the return of Chancery Stone. I wonder if she actually does have some kind of psychological issue? Is she that delusional? Or does she realize on some level that she's hugely uh... having the exact opposite of massive success? As much as one can make fun of self-important authors like Anne Rice or egregiously mediocre ones like Stephenie Meyer, they succeeded at the hard task of getting published and appealing to numerous readers.

This reminds me of that post where people were all wondering Does Sociability Aid in Marketing In (Fanfic) Fandom? And my mental response was 'in what field, all things being equal, does it NOT help?' Seriously, it's called networking, and in both amateur and pro publishing, where attention is a commodity in short supply, the effects are especially potent. That's why in the publishing world... it is kind of important to not be an ass, even if you aren't Ms. Congeniality.