tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post5643340911636043977..comments2024-03-29T07:52:08.269-04:00Comments on PT Dilloway: Writing Wednesday: Grey and Go Set a Watchman Show the Worst of the Publishing IndustryPT Dillowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-21225004981981656892015-07-20T07:16:23.758-04:002015-07-20T07:16:23.758-04:00A little late coming to this post, but yes, I plan...A little late coming to this post, but yes, I plan to avoid Go Set a Watchman because I think Ms. Lee is being exploited and Grey because I don't enjoy that type of book anyway. I'm not sure which blogger you're referring to, but I personally wouldn't go with a BPH at this point in my career. I enjoy having control over my books. Sandra Ulbrich Almazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365908651235829765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-12974553564172040072015-07-16T21:14:54.487-04:002015-07-16T21:14:54.487-04:00While you make a good point that the publishing bu...While you make a good point that the publishing business focuses more on the business sometimes what Cindy said hits me. The woman wrote a wonderful book and when she's too old to really understand what's happening their selling a first draft to a classic novel. It feels exploitative. Not that it's not a good book. I don't know. But the whole thing makes me uncomfortable.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-1288280892566879712015-07-15T16:11:13.492-04:002015-07-15T16:11:13.492-04:00Why is it trash if it makes money? I guess I'm...Why is it trash if it makes money? I guess I'm not understanding where you're coming from. Look, I agree with you that art and effort should get rewarded. However, I didn't make the rules and neither did you. I think the difference between us here is that I'm willing to play by the rules no matter how I hate them and just suffer in silence where as you seem to think that the rules can be changed. I just don't have the energy in me to fight the system so the system wins. That's just how it is, man.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-82042036258600397372015-07-15T12:54:35.057-04:002015-07-15T12:54:35.057-04:00I don't like any of this either. It seems like...I don't like any of this either. It seems like Harper Lee is being exploited. She's very old now and in a nursing home..probably senile. I understand people having to get paid, and I get what Mike's saying, but to do this to a classic is low. If only people would wise up. The price is also crazy. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922596724107742478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-47357955373401936412015-07-15T12:39:30.266-04:002015-07-15T12:39:30.266-04:00It's not about fairness. It's about credi...It's not about fairness. It's about credibility. They can't act like they're superior to you or me when they are literally publishing an author's trash.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-57813957311379845242015-07-15T12:20:53.763-04:002015-07-15T12:20:53.763-04:00I think I will still read Go Set A Watchman very s...I think I will still read Go Set A Watchman very soon and review it on my blog. It's just too big and too buzzy right now to ignore. I want to be part of the global conversation and be able to speak about it from a perspective of having read it. As far as "Grey" goes? I really enjoyed the movie and can't wait for the others to come out. Jamie Dornan is hot. However, I gotta ask, "Is all of your outrage warranted?" The fact that "Go Set A Watchman" is selling out in book stores nationwide and the fact that it destroys a beloved (fictional) character or that E.L. James is ringing the cash register yet again does not affect you in any way. There will always be people that make millions of dollars off of ideas you have contempt for. Look at snapchat...the C.E.O. is a frat boy barely in his twenties that's been handed billions of dollars in venture capital. He parties all the time, writes shameless tweets about all the women he gets drunk and bones, and inspired the gawker blog post "Fuck Bitches and Get Leid." It's only in fiction that life is fair. In real life, undeserving people get rewarded all the time. That's just the way life is.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com