I voiced my opinions on the TC Boyle message board. Needless to say, I’m probably too aggressive in my stance. But a guy over there said: “(easy,chewable,harmless pages) shouldn’t be the goal of any writer with even the tiniest self-respect.” Here’s my response. —- I don’t know any of these successful authors who don’t have
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T.C. Boyle is one of my favorite writers. He saved me in my undergraduate program. I was buying the The Best American Short Story, Pushcart, and O’Henry anthologies. I was reading for my coursework. And so much of it bored me to death. And then one day I began reading “The Ape Lady in Retirement” and
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For many years people have been predicting the death of literature because the stats on the reading public show fewer and fewer books are being sold because fewer people are reading. For an author it’s a bit depressing. However, you might find this article provides some hope: http://www.newsweek.com/id/136961. Generation R (R Is for Reader) The
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So to save on taxes I’ve incorporated. The name of the LLC will be Blacksword Enterprises. I’m happy with it. And probably nobody but me will ever see it. I was going to go with Billy Bob’s Story Shack, but felt it was too high brow.
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