A goddamned industry
I just witnessed something very interesting while killing part of my lunch hour at the local Borders. Stephen King's latest book Lisey's Story has just been released (I'd have a copy now, except I'm pretty sure my girl will give it to me as a gift) and I saw a guy go and take one off the shelf as if it were nothing more than a loaf of bread. He didn't read the blurb, he didn't even look at the cover.
One of SK's critics once referred to him as a 'goddamned industry' and seeing what I saw today, I'd have to agree - in essence, if not in principle. I don't think the implied insult in the critic's description is fair (jealous, more like it), but it's hard to imagine anyone being so blase about a $15 purchase for anything else. Whether high art or an opiate of the masses, King's books are a production-line commodity, an inedible (unless you're speaking figuratively) grocery item. If I was him, I think I could live with that.
Speaking of me, me, me, the first 30 pages of Loaded are done, done, done. That's right, as good as I can get them, ready for Allen & Unwin's pleasure. I'm going to make a final check of all my materials tomorrow morning, then print it out and send it off - tomorrow afternoon if I have an Express Post envelope, Monday if I don't.
As a result of the above, only 1,000 words of Commune will get done today. Oh, and yet another Andromeda update and still 'Other Intelligent Life' languishes in round 1. Waaaaah!
One of SK's critics once referred to him as a 'goddamned industry' and seeing what I saw today, I'd have to agree - in essence, if not in principle. I don't think the implied insult in the critic's description is fair (jealous, more like it), but it's hard to imagine anyone being so blase about a $15 purchase for anything else. Whether high art or an opiate of the masses, King's books are a production-line commodity, an inedible (unless you're speaking figuratively) grocery item. If I was him, I think I could live with that.
Speaking of me, me, me, the first 30 pages of Loaded are done, done, done. That's right, as good as I can get them, ready for Allen & Unwin's pleasure. I'm going to make a final check of all my materials tomorrow morning, then print it out and send it off - tomorrow afternoon if I have an Express Post envelope, Monday if I don't.
As a result of the above, only 1,000 words of Commune will get done today. Oh, and yet another Andromeda update and still 'Other Intelligent Life' languishes in round 1. Waaaaah!
posted by The Fearless Writer at 9:43 PM
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