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grrrm

Of the Unappreciated Writer

Jun 23, 2011 09:47

So summer vacation is finally here, and I am able to enjoy a couple of months of rest and sponging off of taxpayers, if you believe the anti-teacher rhetoric that is being bandied about these days. People wonder, "Hey Ray, why would you, a Famous Hollywood Actor, decide to also be a high school English teacher?" To questions like these, I ( Read more... )

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Seriously ... anonymous June 26 2011, 17:00:45 UTC

Get a life dude !

Your the voice the losers and the whiners.

This is the stupidest thing you've ever writen...

Re: Seriously ... grrrm July 12 2011, 12:14:53 UTC

Considering that I posted a picture of Sauron looking for a contact lens the other day, I'd say that's quite the achievement for me!

knowledgequeen June 27 2011, 19:07:27 UTC

While I don't in theory object to the idea that writers have fans and have sort of contracted to provide a service to them (especially in writing a trilogy or some such) I find it breathtakingly arrogant that anyone would attempt to dictate someone else's creative process. Writer A prefers to work in the mornings, does that mean Writer B should too? Absolutely not. I'd rather wait for a book to be complete than try to get blood from a stone. It's not my way of writing, but I can't force anyone to do anything. And it's obnoxious to try.

knowledgequeen June 28 2011, 15:38:58 UTC

I don't think anyone is trying to dictate GRRM's creative process. If he writes best in the dark of night slathered in chili con queso, who am I to judge? I just wish he'd have used whatever process he has and done some fucking work on ASOIAF once in a while in the last 6 years (11 if we forget about the Feastbortion). And no, Wildcards does not count.

I still find it way too convenient that ADWD happens to be coming out a month after the first season of the show ends.

Red Herring knowledgequeen June 29 2011, 12:21:11 UTC

I always thought the contract with the fans issue was a Red Herring argument foisted upon "detractors" by George and his mega-fans (easy to argue there is no contract and he's not your b*tch). The reality is that if someone puts out a poor product (e.g. AFFC) or fails to deliver a product in a reasonable timeframe, they likely earn their customer's derision.

George Lucas didn't earn derision because he broke a contract with the fans on Star Wars 1-3 prequels, he earned derision because the movies were poor. Likewise if he had taken 15 years to put out Return of the Jedi, I think a lot of fans would have become disgruntled and ceased to care by the time it came out. People could view that as an attack on his artistic process, but the reality is that no one cares (good or bad) about artistic process as long as the product is quality and reasonably timely.

- Wulfred

really? anonymous June 27 2011, 22:50:26 UTC

You are going to purchase A Dance with Dragons? I won't give another red cent to Tons of Fun. I am done with waiting on his fat ass. What is the definition of insanity again?

Re: really? grrrm July 12 2011, 11:22:25 UTC

No, I'm not planning on buying it. (Or I wasn't.) My librarian friend was supposed to reserve a first copy for me, but didn't. So now I'm reading one for free at a local bookstore.

Unfortunately, because of Pesci's broken foot, I am buying a copy for him to keep him occupied during the recovery.

Volume comparison - data for digestion. anonymous June 28 2011, 05:28:45 UTC

Volume is certainly not comparable to quality, but it is an indicator of production none the less ( ... )

Re: Volume comparison - data for digestion. excalibur736 July 18 2011, 10:42:45 UTC

It may be that Martin is more prolific, but quality trumps quantity every time and Tolkien work was of infinitely better quality than Martin's.

like wow ext_699340 July 6 2011, 02:06:42 UTC

Wow. I can't believe you said that about Neil Gaiman who is a wonderful man and an amazing writer and he's so brilliant and beautiful and ... he saved my life twice when I was depressed he spoke to me through his novels and he signed a copy of ALL my Neil books at a book fair three years ago. Wow, just because you have a problem with some kind of, I don't know, fantasy book about god knows what, you really have to get so nasty? I don't understand why people have to be so-mean spirited.

Neil Gaiman is correct in this. And if you knew Neil as I do, you wouldn't have wasted so much of your lives trying to I don't know... blog, or whatever this website is. Some writers are busy with other personal matters. So you are talking about working writers, not ones like Neil, who have beautiful children.

Re: like wow ext_699340 July 11 2011, 12:53:53 UTC

I love crazy chicks like you...if you can ride out the psychosis, there is usually unforgettable "I'll-do-any-unmentionable-sex-act-for-approval" highs to balance it out. Probably doubly so if dressed as Neil Gaiman, proudly proclaiming "You are *MY* bitch".

Re: like wow ext_699340 August 2 2011, 03:54:12 UTC

Nice words, "Anonymous" (ur one of 3 people who not only read this blog and take time to respond to a post he hates, but I'm not sure if I am surprised about your spinelessness with not leaving your name).

You don't love chicks like me, you just love the idea of them you created. Maybe if you had better faith in other people in the world, you would laugh more from your heart (not just the sarcastic laughter that only repels). Seriously--I'm moved by how sad you are.

Like, oh my god---Neil does NOT deserves this. He is so generous with his fans. And now, he protects a writer of dungeons and dragons books and then wow, he totally gets bashed. That's so wrong. He's an amazing person and this is so unfair. I want to be his bitch. I want to live in his closet as his sex slave. I want him to use me and then throw me away in the gutter 100 times or just once--whatever he wants. The George R R Martin, not so much. Well, maybe if he dressed like Neil Gaiman I'd give him a hand job.