Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yog's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yo-g's law
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A maxim about publishing which states that "money flows toward the writer"; that is, an author should never pay to have their work published.

Example Sentences

"One more thing ... and you can quote me ... To avoid being scammed, remember Yog's Law: "Money flows _toward_ the writer.""
"That radicalized me. Since then I've seen it as my duty to warn naive writers of the dangers of the fee-charging agents and the pay-to-play vanity presses. But how to do it? What simple meme could spread out in the new-writer community to serve as a tripwire? Answer: Yog's Law. ¶ Money flows toward the writer."
"[Harry] Connolly is correct that the rise of digital self-publishing puts a new wrinkle on things. I disagree, however, that it means Yog's Law no longer generally holds."

Etymology

Coined by American author and critic James D. Macdonald, known online by his nickname "Yog Sysop", in or before 2000 (see quotations below). The nickname is a reference to the fictional deity Yog-Sothoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.

Questions

What does yog's law mean?: A maxim about publishing which states that "money flows toward the writer"; that is, an author should never pay to have their work published.
Where does yog's law come from?: Coined by American author and critic James D. Macdonald, known online by his nickname "Yog Sysop", in or before 2000 (see quotations below). The nickname is a reference to the fictional deity Yog-Sothoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.

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