tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post2149413045316515609..comments2024-01-04T03:21:53.195-05:00Comments on Fear in Writing: 2 days, 1 PattersonJournoMichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-60956386016351539182011-01-10T12:28:15.987-05:002011-01-10T12:28:15.987-05:00I haven't read Patterson in a long time. Latel...I haven't read Patterson in a long time. Lately I've been catching up on Harlan Coben and trying to read a few newer authors. So many book...Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-72925083123798897062011-01-06T18:21:50.335-05:002011-01-06T18:21:50.335-05:00Yep, it is nuts! I also think it is crazy that a p...Yep, it is nuts! I also think it is crazy that a publishing company gave Yann Martell 3 million (yes million)in advance for Beatrice & Virgil - here's what the Guardian has to say -<br /><br />But under the clean, confident surface of this short novel there is something murky and, in my view, dimly appalling. (...) Beatrice and Virgil seems, despite its evidently large ambitions, strangely trivial and narcissistic: a book that ends up thinking about neither Jews nor animals, but using the extermination of both to think about, of all things, writer's block." - James Lasdun, The Guardian<br /><br />and<br />"As you read through its 13-page paraphrase (intercut with lengthy quotation) of a story by Flaubert, its disquisitions on authorship or book design, and its interminable-seeming inventories of stuffed animals and embalming techniques, you can’t help feeling that the taxidermist isn’t the only person here padding out flaccid material." - Peter Kemp, Sunday Times <br /><br />When bad or mediocre books get that kind of money what chance does a new author have? The publishing companies will stake a lot of dough on either a big airport seller like Patterson or a one hit wonder like Martell.<br /><br />geesh.Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-11005102357817930572011-01-06T18:08:46.028-05:002011-01-06T18:08:46.028-05:00I don't read Patterson but my daughters devour...I don't read Patterson but my daughters devour his work. <br />I don' know how much credit I would give him. I'm sure he can check demographics with his stable of authors/writers.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-87406901981804344712011-01-06T16:38:28.679-05:002011-01-06T16:38:28.679-05:00My short range goal is to make 80k in a year, isn&...My short range goal is to make 80k in a year, isn't yours?<br /><br />Good post, very informative.Elizabeth McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769477449767726442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-58962952413216503322011-01-06T14:09:30.354-05:002011-01-06T14:09:30.354-05:00Michele - You make a really interesting point abou...Michele - You make a really interesting point about getting into the head of someone who's quite different. I have admiration for authors whose protagonists are from different age/gender/ethnic/whatever groups. I think that takes extra effort, and I respect that effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-25664750355682033672011-01-06T13:14:06.444-05:002011-01-06T13:14:06.444-05:00I've never read Patterson, but my mother in la...I've never read Patterson, but my mother in law devours his books.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.com