tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post5944134905385630142..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Be Positive TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-38094963655218519362012-07-17T20:24:30.189-05:002012-07-17T20:24:30.189-05:00Brilliant. Seriously. I know it's hard to sa...Brilliant. Seriously. I know it's hard to say that on the Internet without being sarcastic. But seriously. Right on.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-56019921055999483382012-07-17T13:58:07.066-05:002012-07-17T13:58:07.066-05:00People shit on Fifty Shades because they're je...People shit on Fifty Shades because they're jealous.<br /><br />There's nothing wrong with the book. Millions of people love it. But people who THINK they can write want to shit on it. And people who got book deals but only sold some tiny amount like 20,000 are bitching, blaming reader tastes.Nickhttp://google.com/profile/user/NickATnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-56563620693975131692012-07-17T11:28:54.531-05:002012-07-17T11:28:54.531-05:00I think there are few, if any, writers who set out...I think there are few, if any, writers who set out to write a bad book. The vast majority of us are trying to write the best books we can. <br /><br />I haven't read 50 Shades because its premise is not anything I have any interest in, but obviously the writer felt real passion for it and that passion has rung a bell with a lot of people.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-80514198176058136572012-07-17T11:17:49.678-05:002012-07-17T11:17:49.678-05:00You want positive stuff about the publishing indus...You want positive stuff about the publishing industry? Here: There are so many books on my TBR list that I have not yet read Gone Girl, though I desperately want to get to it. I simply can't keep up with all the books that keep coming out. I don't know much about the "industry," but I do know that there is never a shortage of good stuff to read. <br /><br />Incidentally, I've read about 150 pages or so of the fanfic that Fifty came from. It's not great, not even close, but it's not as terrible as the snark would have you believe.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031133781825477034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-90439173024901844942012-07-17T11:05:33.920-05:002012-07-17T11:05:33.920-05:00fuck you ill be negative if i wantfuck you ill be negative if i wantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-84995934615359786742012-07-17T09:41:18.528-05:002012-07-17T09:41:18.528-05:00What I thought was interesting was that, while the...What I thought was interesting was that, while the general reading bloggers were bashing 50 SHADES, the literati were once again going after Stephen King. Same thing. "All the great writers that weren't published or publicized because this crap took it all."<br /><br />Although I won't say it with his panache, I agree with Nick. Instead of hating, write your own thing and infuse it with your own passion.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-40180372468372441732012-07-17T09:35:27.239-05:002012-07-17T09:35:27.239-05:00A good occasion to sing this song:
http://www.you...A good occasion to sing this song:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI<br /><br />(Thank you for encouraging positivity, Dave.)Alisonhttp://www.alisonedits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-58795286474970838362012-07-17T09:33:03.792-05:002012-07-17T09:33:03.792-05:00We have GONE GIRL on audio for a trip later this s...We have GONE GIRL on audio for a trip later this summer. Looking forward to it.<br /><br />I've never heard of the 50 Shades book you mentioned, but I'll check it out.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-45133828919714144532012-07-17T09:29:14.026-05:002012-07-17T09:29:14.026-05:00*be*beDave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-52713048645819998432012-07-17T09:28:52.742-05:002012-07-17T09:28:52.742-05:00Crap. Now I just did it. See how easy it is to e...Crap. Now I just did it. See how easy it is to e negative?Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-12257608276742833162012-07-17T09:27:14.805-05:002012-07-17T09:27:14.805-05:00Well, that was nice and positive. Not snarky at a...Well, that was nice and positive. Not snarky at all.Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-9229805498307153492012-07-17T09:13:47.123-05:002012-07-17T09:13:47.123-05:00I think most of the people who gripe about Fifty S...I think most of the people who gripe about Fifty Shades didn't read it. They complain because they think, "Oh, I could write this."<br />Well, why didn't you?<br />Instead, you sit around bitching about what other people do.<br />Fact is, you're probably a shitty writer who writes shit that no one gives a shit about, you shit.<br />People care about Fifty Shades. They love it.<br />Do they love Gone Girl? Yes.<br />That's good, too. Good for Flynn. Good for James.<br /><br />But people need to stop bitching about other people's success.<br />You want success? You're not going to get it from bitching about someone else's book.<br />Write your own. And make it something people want to read, you dumb fucks.Nickhttp://google.com/profile/user/NickATnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-52095335294365336442012-07-17T09:09:29.670-05:002012-07-17T09:09:29.670-05:00I liked it very much indeed.I liked it very much indeed.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-76134699139888539022012-07-17T08:41:22.104-05:002012-07-17T08:41:22.104-05:00Ouch.
I'm with Dave. Maybe it's because w...Ouch.<br /><br />I'm with Dave. Maybe it's because we're both alcoholics- I mean "craft beer aficionados," but I'm tired of the 50 Shades of Gray nonsense. Want to do something more useful? Go picket McDonald's. It's also crap, and people LOVE IT. How can you even breathe knowing this?<br /><br />I paid $13 for an e-book of Gone Girl. (So y'all better be correct about it kicking ass) I'll read it as soon as I finish Feast Day of Fools, which didn't get half the praise it deserves.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-13506025079509307852012-07-17T08:24:48.395-05:002012-07-17T08:24:48.395-05:00Come on. You can't be setting me up THIS easil...Come on. You can't be setting me up THIS easily? Okay. Well I've got to do it.<br /><br />The most positive thing in publishing right now is that there are no more Jackson Donne novels coming out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com