tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post115616268107160216..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Back ClimbersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156516394685715882006-08-25T10:33:00.000-04:002006-08-25T10:33:00.000-04:00The Bestest Best. Where can I get that one? :-)I h...The Bestest Best. Where can I get that one? :-)<BR/><BR/>I hate the whole hack-vs-"real writer" debate. All writing has worth; it all comes from a living, breathing human being who wants to tell a story.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm a hack (not a chick-lit hack, though. I'm more a garden variety hack).s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156425623157710412006-08-24T09:20:00.000-04:002006-08-24T09:20:00.000-04:00Karma, that's all I gotta say about the whole thin...Karma, that's all I gotta say about the whole thing... KarmaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274178330113713370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156363776183897092006-08-23T16:09:00.000-04:002006-08-23T16:09:00.000-04:00Love the post and more, the comments. Great readin...Love the post and more, the comments. Great reading, I never fell asleep once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156356350975619512006-08-23T14:05:00.000-04:002006-08-23T14:05:00.000-04:00Bashing others comes across to me as if they have ...Bashing others comes across to me as if they have nothing positive to say about their own work. Kind of like political ads (well, Bob, you've got those Mafia connections and your kid is a dope fiend, so you better attack your opponent's stance on abortion to keep the focus off).<BR/><BR/>Certainly doesn't make me wanna buy the book.Beautiful Food Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795472519706304749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156353753056387072006-08-23T13:22:00.000-04:002006-08-23T13:22:00.000-04:00lit fiction bores that hell out of me.and I can't ...lit fiction bores that hell out of me.<BR/><BR/>and I can't say that about many genres. <BR/><BR/>but lit fiction bores me. westerns bore me...unless it's by one of a very very authors. non fiction bores~usually. a few funny ones made me laugh. but lit fiction? ugh.... it bores me.<BR/><BR/>this gang-up-on-other-writers-because-they-don't-write-just-like-me crap is so tired and old. I don't care if it IS an effective way of getting people to at least know you exist. The erotic vs non-erotic romance wars have really turned me off any of the 'bashing' type promo.<BR/><BR/>So nope... not interested in it. I'd rather stand on my own merit than somebody else's back.Shiloh Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785046046157000126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156353619817092942006-08-23T13:20:00.000-04:002006-08-23T13:20:00.000-04:00Does back-climbing work? Maybe. Probably. It proba...Does back-climbing work? Maybe. Probably. It probably works both ways, too, with people reading the stuff that was climbed upon just because the name was thrown out there. Or for the same reason they slow down to watch a car-wreck. (Not that I'm saying that the climbed-upons <I>are</I> car wrecks, just that they're being called them.)<BR/><BR/>Regardless. I can't picture myself ever doing it. I don't want to be published so that I can be the next best thing. I don't want people to read my work because I have made a Name for myself. I want people to read my stuff because it's good. (I'd prefer <I>damn good</I>, but as I'm not published yet, I won't be picky.)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415819230337026236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156348795769905882006-08-23T11:59:00.000-04:002006-08-23T11:59:00.000-04:00I'm with others on the karma idea, although it's a...I'm with others on the karma idea, although it's a private comeuppance that won't necessarily satisfy... Negative PR grabs headlines, sure - and it's memorable among fan-bases too. I think that positive PR, done right, can rival this - and these days, a positive PR story about, say, writers supporting each others' works by publishing an anthology of short stories with fellow writers' crits of the works immediately after each one - wow. That would be a stand-out news story since among so much negative, positive would, well, stand out. And I'm imagining the crits would encourage reviewers to have a public discussion of where the quality writing has gone etc etc. Isn't the point to get people to read more books? To keep being interested in reading? But I'm just a reader. Could this really happen in real writing life? I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156347857941723162006-08-23T11:44:00.000-04:002006-08-23T11:44:00.000-04:00I write both.You could ignore yourself at RWA meet...<I>I write both.</I><BR/><BR/>You could ignore yourself at RWA meetings if you still went there.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156337939028046382006-08-23T08:58:00.000-04:002006-08-23T08:58:00.000-04:00I'm voting for Karma too *shaking head*I'm voting for Karma too <BR/><BR/>*shaking head*Amie Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145328243563702260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156337853380588582006-08-23T08:57:00.000-04:002006-08-23T08:57:00.000-04:00I seriously hope that I would never reach the poin...I seriously hope that I would never reach the point where smashing people under my feet became more important than standing on my own. I mean, do these people have no integrity? No self-worth?<BR/><BR/>Whining never got me anything as a child, and I really don't expect it to get me anywhere now that I'm an adult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156336409390660322006-08-23T08:33:00.000-04:002006-08-23T08:33:00.000-04:00As long as people are reading, I really don't see ...As long as people are reading, I really don't see what the problem is. How did this argument turn into a race issue? {more coffee might enlighten me} I read the link, and found it all very silly. <BR/><BR/>~shrug~ Other people's kids. <BR/><BR/>I hope that I never become that petty, even in desperation.Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156334072130873482006-08-23T07:54:00.000-04:002006-08-23T07:54:00.000-04:00What I want to know is how they have time for this...What I want to know is how they have time for this. They get 26.2 hours in a day?<BR/><BR/>Chick lit writers should get all the cookies they want if lit chick writers get more time.charlenetegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061754720849284938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156331148759684822006-08-23T07:05:00.000-04:002006-08-23T07:05:00.000-04:00"I know I've always wanted to conspire with Jan Ka..."I know I've always wanted to conspire with Jan Karon and Doug Clegg to overthrow our literary betters. Or just have lunch somewhere nice with them."<BR/><BR/>Let's do it! Lunch, I mean.<BR/><BR/>The overthrow can happen afterward, depending on how good lunch is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156325595119738592006-08-23T05:33:00.000-04:002006-08-23T05:33:00.000-04:00Jaye - Love the AFL analogy, but the flying player...Jaye - Love the AFL analogy, but the flying players usually manage to stick their knees right into the back of the other guy's head. Us writers wouldn't be so cruel, right?Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156313922881172652006-08-23T02:18:00.000-04:002006-08-23T02:18:00.000-04:00I don't care. I caught myself re-reading If Angel...I don't care. I caught myself re-reading <I>If Angels Burn</I> on my couch tonight and promptly forgot about all squabbles! ;)Health Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988236791995040981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156311506299586652006-08-23T01:38:00.000-04:002006-08-23T01:38:00.000-04:00Good God, don't they have anything better to do? L...Good God, don't they have anything better to do? Like... oh... write, maybe?<BR/><BR/>Sheeeeesh.<BR/><BR/>I'm beginning to believe there isn't any "good" literary writing. It just exists for other superior literary people... and then sits on shelves.<BR/><BR/>If I'm going to read something (and I read 3-10 books a week) there'd better be something in it for me. Either useful information, or enjoyment. Lit tends to lack either, so why bother? (The exception being old lit, and most of those authors would probably find it hysterical that they're now considered "literary".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156309830835939362006-08-23T01:10:00.000-04:002006-08-23T01:10:00.000-04:00The Karma Fairy is going to kick some chick-lit bu...The Karma Fairy is going to kick some chick-lit butt, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of an AFL game - Simon knows what I mean - where a player uses the back and/or shoulders of another to mark the ball. Crowd goes wild at the spectacular mark, the climbed upon bloke curses at being used so.<BR/><BR/>The mark<I>er</I> will, at some stage become the mark<I>ee</I> - get climbed all over. What comes around, goes around.<BR/><BR/>Writers should be supporting each other works, but chick-lit? It's just askin' fer a cat fight.Jaye Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595648222196000153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156306249800418512006-08-23T00:10:00.000-04:002006-08-23T00:10:00.000-04:00Writers fighting. That's hilarious. The whole li...Writers fighting. That's hilarious. <BR/><BR/>The whole lit-chick-is-superior argument is laughable. Any genre has its share of shit and its share of gold.<BR/><BR/>To fued over it is ridiculous.Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156306135604405882006-08-23T00:08:00.000-04:002006-08-23T00:08:00.000-04:00Like Nalini says, "It's bad karma."Like Nalini says, "It's bad karma."Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1156305957750775302006-08-23T00:05:00.000-04:002006-08-23T00:05:00.000-04:00I believe in karma. Nuf said. :)I believe in karma. Nuf said. :)Nalini Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035379088067281196noreply@blogger.com