The wild card of his generation …

… Bryan Appleyard — The Once and Future Tee-Mo. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

[Mo] came to loathe and mistrust the industry, even believing royalty payments were fiddled. So he went rogue and decided to self-publish. It was a move that inspired derision. “What surprised me was that people took the side of the publishers against me. There was a flood of venom about me in the papers. I was really startled. I thought people wouldn’t be interested or would take my side.”