tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post7152482072468360817..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: An angry screed about agents and publishersTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-54524942262778196052013-02-08T10:38:02.759-05:002013-02-08T10:38:02.759-05:00Ah. I dashed over the intro to see the "rule...Ah. I dashed over the intro to see the "rules". Will go back and re-read.Janet Lingel Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633969913976791146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-5065603111667909902013-02-08T10:00:25.118-05:002013-02-08T10:00:25.118-05:00Going from "I don't see any mainstream bo...Going from <i>"I don't see any mainstream books with <b>X</b>"</i> to <i>"I wish writers would do <b>X</b>"</i> is deeply flawed.<br /><br />Writers do <b>X</b> all the time. They also do cool and interesting things like <b>Y</b>, <b>Z</b>, <b>aleph</b>, <b>zed</b>, and <b>sigma</b>.<br /><br />The article should have said, <i>"I don't see any mainstream books with <b>X</b>. I wish agents and publishers would be open to those authors doing <b>X</b>."</i>Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-19742014248443480342013-02-08T09:54:09.335-05:002013-02-08T09:54:09.335-05:00That it is. That it most certainly is.That it is. That it most certainly is.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-11083191783719319542013-02-08T09:53:27.199-05:002013-02-08T09:53:27.199-05:00It was therapeutic, but there's no point in po...It was therapeutic, but there's no point in posting it.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-66949550717192180472013-02-08T09:28:25.624-05:002013-02-08T09:28:25.624-05:00I'm curious. I didn't see anything grossl...I'm curious. I didn't see anything grossly angrifying (I made that up my very own self :)) about the article you linked to. What provoked the unpublished screed?Janet Lingel Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633969913976791146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-82520973430784880952013-02-07T14:54:55.761-05:002013-02-07T14:54:55.761-05:00I'm halfway through writing my own. It's, ...I'm halfway through writing my own. It's, well, a thing.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-38824302087461139982013-02-07T11:23:31.518-05:002013-02-07T11:23:31.518-05:00LOL. Dang, I was hoping you posted it anyway. LOL....LOL. Dang, I was hoping you posted it anyway. LOL.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.com