Tuesday's Thoughts
1. If you've written a novel, why stick "A Novel" after the title? It's really annoying. The fact that the book is likely listed as fiction or on the shelves with the fiction should be the reader's first clue, shouldn't it? I mean -are the majority of readers so stupid that we need to be told it's a novel? Just asking...
2. If you have comprehension problems you shouldn't be allowed to call yourself a literary writer. It always amazes me how many alleged writers have a hard time comprehending the written word. This is often demonstrated by the inability to follow clearly written instructions and the inability to read something and take it at face value instead of throwing one's own supposition and assumption into the mix.
3. Stop acting like the only "quality" writing can be found in "literary" fiction. Just because you own a thesaurus doesn't mean you have to constantly use it, nor does use of words like loquacious or misanthropic make you literary. Oh - and same thing with all the pretty metaphors that go nowhere.
4. Don't knock "genre fiction" and exalt "literary fiction". It only makes it obvious that you've never studied literature. For if you had you'd realize a lot of the great literary classics would be considered "genre fiction" by today's standards.
5. Don't get all huffy and say "me, me me!" in your response to something I've said, then when I say it wasn't about you, try to tell me you never thought it was about you. Did you not understand the definition of "me" when you used it ten times in your one paragraph post?
6. Don't use words like "Dear" and "Sweetie" when addressing the person you're responding to, then pretend like you weren't trying to be dismissive, chiding, or superior.
7. Making pot-shots at genre authors, using the excuse that the only reason they're popular is due to advertising dollars, only proves that you're an obscure literary novelist who no one wants to read and who is jealous of the writers who actually have an audience and actually make a living writing.
Umm, yeah - that's about it. Have a great Tuesday!
2. If you have comprehension problems you shouldn't be allowed to call yourself a literary writer. It always amazes me how many alleged writers have a hard time comprehending the written word. This is often demonstrated by the inability to follow clearly written instructions and the inability to read something and take it at face value instead of throwing one's own supposition and assumption into the mix.
3. Stop acting like the only "quality" writing can be found in "literary" fiction. Just because you own a thesaurus doesn't mean you have to constantly use it, nor does use of words like loquacious or misanthropic make you literary. Oh - and same thing with all the pretty metaphors that go nowhere.
4. Don't knock "genre fiction" and exalt "literary fiction". It only makes it obvious that you've never studied literature. For if you had you'd realize a lot of the great literary classics would be considered "genre fiction" by today's standards.
5. Don't get all huffy and say "me, me me!" in your response to something I've said, then when I say it wasn't about you, try to tell me you never thought it was about you. Did you not understand the definition of "me" when you used it ten times in your one paragraph post?
6. Don't use words like "Dear" and "Sweetie" when addressing the person you're responding to, then pretend like you weren't trying to be dismissive, chiding, or superior.
7. Making pot-shots at genre authors, using the excuse that the only reason they're popular is due to advertising dollars, only proves that you're an obscure literary novelist who no one wants to read and who is jealous of the writers who actually have an audience and actually make a living writing.
Umm, yeah - that's about it. Have a great Tuesday!
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