A series of questions

Today, instead of waking up with answers, or advice for members of the literary community, I awoke with a series of questions. I've wrestled throughout the day, wondering if a set of questions were worthy of posting and have decided to share them with you. Hopefully, these questions spur debate.

1/ If Last Exit to Brooklyn was a manuscript by a first-time author, would any Canadian publishers accept it?

2/ What about, A Brief History of Seven Killings, or Trainspotting?

3/ If any of the above did find a Canadian publisher, as an author's first work, what size press would pick it up?

4/ Are Canadian presses censoring authors to protect funding? Are presses too safe in their choices?

5/ Can a press claim to be multi-cultural, or diverse if they only promote their books from diverse authors through traditional literary media?

6/ Is there an actual Canadian Literature cannon? If so, where do it's authors of color fit?

7/ How can an author strive for greatness when conforming is awarded?

8/ Who was the last author that made you think, “I'm not good enough.”

9/ Shouldn't more Canadian presses have a better grasp of social media by now?

10/ Where are the apps for literary presses?

11/ Why do you write? Is it for the same reasons that you had when you started? If not, why have you wavered?

12/ Why did you stop writing?