tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post116154108560302521..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: The Only Good WriterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161788451847839602006-10-25T11:00:00.000-04:002006-10-25T11:00:00.000-04:00I hereby make it my life's goal to fail like Louis...I hereby make it my life's goal to fail like Louis L'Amour.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023986850397045322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161783574688544392006-10-25T09:39:00.000-04:002006-10-25T09:39:00.000-04:00Hey girlie, why so cranky? You're usually the very...Hey girlie, why so cranky? You're usually the very soul of reason but you must have read the Failure piece in a hurry. I couldn't find a single place where Julia M. Klein suggested that Louis L’Amour was a failure. <BR/><BR/>The editor or editors must have decided the writer qualified for a profile only because he got 200 rejections before his first story was published and because critics, as the story notes, didn't like him.<BR/><BR/>I'm serious, go reread the piece. It's interesting, professional work, not fawning and not insulting. You can't blame Klein for calling L'Amour a failure since she never does. It's likely someone else wrote the somewhat snarky headline (FOR LOUIS L'AMOUR DEATH WAS A GREAT CAREER MOVE), which may have been an editor's desperate attempt to make the profile seem like a good fit for Failure despite L'Amour's amazing success.<BR/><BR/>So rant all you want about any editor lame enough to equate L'Amour with failure but please don't trash Klein. Like you, me and Louis, she's just another working writer. Not the book kind, but don't journalists deserve any respect? <BR/><BR/>Nevermind, that's a rhetorical question. We all know journalists suck. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161748615554017812006-10-24T23:56:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:56:00.000-04:00Louis L'Amour's books kept me company while my hus...Louis L'Amour's books kept me company while my husband was on two separate NATO peacemaking tours of duty. For me, his books always had an underlying sense of hope and reading them got me through many a long, lonely night when I needed such stories of hope and triumph over life's circumstances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161745997832374562006-10-24T23:13:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:13:00.000-04:00I'm not into westerns, but I've heard about Louis ...I'm not into westerns, but I've heard about Louis L'Amour's writing ability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161741585931746862006-10-24T21:59:00.000-04:002006-10-24T21:59:00.000-04:00FAILURE MAGAZINE?!And to think they'd sound all gl...FAILURE MAGAZINE?!<BR/><BR/>And to think they'd sound all gloom and doom about one of the brightest genre writer careers in history. Blows my mind.Diana Peterfreundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681841474717604660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161739033461263952006-10-24T21:17:00.000-04:002006-10-24T21:17:00.000-04:00Well said. My grandfather read the covers off Lou...Well said. My grandfather read the covers off Louis L'Amour.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161724247547230012006-10-24T17:10:00.000-04:002006-10-24T17:10:00.000-04:00Plus, of course, given the fact that he was rich f...Plus, of course, given the fact that he was rich from his books, so it's not as if he was penniless or in want. I met his son, Beau, once at a dinner party. I suspect growing up in Beverly Hills didn't hurt them much.<BR/><BR/>Poor, poor failures. I hope I never fail that much! (well, I might as well hope for things that will never come to pass.)<BR/><BR/>This is like saying, "Poor Danielle Steel, poor Stephen King, poor Dean Koontz, poor Nora Roberts...their estates will probably bring in a ton of money after their deaths..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161719484296948502006-10-24T15:51:00.000-04:002006-10-24T15:51:00.000-04:00Hmmm, it's interesting that she'd make that kind o...Hmmm, it's interesting that she'd make that kind of comparison..ie a chunk of his sales didn't happen until after he died and therefore that makes him a failure.<BR/><BR/>Aren't there several authors who weren't famous during their time ie...best sellers, and it wasn't until after they died that the brilliance of their work was discovered? <BR/><BR/>It's the timelessness of one's work(that continues to sell even after one's death) that is a wonderful tribute to an author's true success in my mind.Patrice Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061901112336162568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161717548534113172006-10-24T15:19:00.000-04:002006-10-24T15:19:00.000-04:00*ggg* Well said. :) People are funny. It would nev...*ggg* Well said. :) People are funny. It would never have occurred to me to consider Louis L'Amour a failure. Blink. Blink. Blink.Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161709643424101032006-10-24T13:07:00.000-04:002006-10-24T13:07:00.000-04:00I love Louis L'Amour. I don't read him so much no...I love Louis L'Amour. I don't read him so much now because I have read everything he ever wrote. I'll be adding "Failure Magazine" to my boycott list. Speaking of failure, why don't they add themselves.Corn Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747361708585377105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161701844850292642006-10-24T10:57:00.000-04:002006-10-24T10:57:00.000-04:00It was grand that someone came to the defense of L...It was grand that someone came to the defense of L'Amour. He has iconic stature in the Western genre and has given his readerships countless hours of entertainment.Marcailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305200432784995636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161699779731266472006-10-24T10:22:00.000-04:002006-10-24T10:22:00.000-04:00L'Amour is great. He's especially great on audio. ...L'Amour is great. He's especially great on audio. <BR/><BR/>Also, L'Amour was a storyteller first. The West just happened to be his choice of setting.<BR/><BR/>Western, with elements of romance. That's his formula, if you can call it that. Of course his way was paved by Owen Wister in the same manner that every mystery writer's way was paved by Edgar Allan Poe.Jpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956495958795742147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161681241680946732006-10-24T05:14:00.000-04:002006-10-24T05:14:00.000-04:00Almost by definition, great work outlives the auth...Almost by definition, great work outlives the author. So slagging off a dead pulpmeister for missing royalties is like winging that almost half the population is earning less than the average wage.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I bet his grandchildren didn't have to worry about money while they were at college.M Harold Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949772130509527838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161679829253288622006-10-24T04:50:00.000-04:002006-10-24T04:50:00.000-04:00Keziah, it's hard to hate Louis L'Amour. He's one...Keziah, it's hard to hate Louis L'Amour. He's one of my husband's favorites and we even named our dog "Sackett". His books covered a wide range of subjects and aren't all westerns. His books are some that both my husband and I read and both enjoyed. Although we haven't purchased any published posthumouosly.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868327419940314643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161679005498752482006-10-24T04:36:00.000-04:002006-10-24T04:36:00.000-04:00Not only do I hate westerns, but I'm not American ...Not only do I hate westerns, but I'm not American and even I've heard of Louis L'Amour!Keziah Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594349337977659150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161672710412525802006-10-24T02:51:00.000-04:002006-10-24T02:51:00.000-04:00Oh dear me...I loved a lot of his books. OH NO! Th...Oh dear me...I loved a lot of his books. OH NO! There was even some romance in them as well. Perish the thought. <BR/><BR/>I think every writer should read his work "Haunted Mesa" talk about a multi-level, complicated paranormal plot? It is probably one of my favorite books of all time. <BR/><BR/>A story is a story is a story. Whether told orally or verbally by college educated or non college educated individuals. <BR/><BR/>And if you dismiss L'Amour wouldn't you have to dismiss Zane Gray too? Hmmm...wonder what they think of "Rider's of the Purple Sage."Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041462746989275650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161662092002569642006-10-23T23:54:00.000-04:002006-10-23T23:54:00.000-04:00i'm not into westerns, but even I know Louis L'Amo...i'm not into westerns, but even I know Louis L'Amour was a writing phenom.<BR/><BR/>If you go this failure chick's requirements, wouldn't Shakespeare be a failure?Shiloh Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785046046157000126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1161660084649976922006-10-23T23:21:00.000-04:002006-10-23T23:21:00.000-04:00Oh, them's fightin' words. Louis L'Amour was my li...Oh, them's fightin' words. <BR/><BR/>Louis L'Amour was my literary best friend for years after Laura Ingalls Wilder and I came to the end of her books. He was a brilliant, deceptively simple storyteller, and his books should be on every writer's "must read at least once" list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com