June 2nd, 2010 / 10:12 am
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47 Comments

  1. Adam Robinson

      This is good:

      “Still, Mr. Cronin said he believed the distinction between literary and commercial fiction was slightly overblown.

      “It looks like a bigger change than it is,” Mr. Cronin said. “I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells. I did not undertake the writing of this book thinking that it was one thing or the other, or even that books in general have to be one thing or the other. Those are descriptions of what happens to a book after it’s written.” “

  2. Adam Robinson

      This is good:

      “Still, Mr. Cronin said he believed the distinction between literary and commercial fiction was slightly overblown.

      “It looks like a bigger change than it is,” Mr. Cronin said. “I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells. I did not undertake the writing of this book thinking that it was one thing or the other, or even that books in general have to be one thing or the other. Those are descriptions of what happens to a book after it’s written.” “

  3. Adam Robinson

      This is good:

      “Still, Mr. Cronin said he believed the distinction between literary and commercial fiction was slightly overblown.

      “It looks like a bigger change than it is,” Mr. Cronin said. “I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells. I did not undertake the writing of this book thinking that it was one thing or the other, or even that books in general have to be one thing or the other. Those are descriptions of what happens to a book after it’s written.” “

  4. Schylur Prinz

      This is why I still hold out hope for my CYOA novel about an Iranian Weapon of Mass Inversion.

  5. Schylur Prinz

      This is why I still hold out hope for my CYOA novel about an Iranian Weapon of Mass Inversion.

  6. Schylur Prinz

      This is why I still hold out hope for my CYOA novel about an Iranian Weapon of Mass Inversion.

  7. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Like that he gives props to Dark Shadows.

  8. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Like that he gives props to Dark Shadows.

  9. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Like that he gives props to Dark Shadows.

  10. zusya

      They have bought a piano, a black Yamaha upright, and a horse for their daughter.

      hah!

  11. zusya
  12. mimi

      Channeling Borat?

  13. mimi

      Channeling Borat?

  14. mimi

      Channeling Borat?

  15. zusya

      heh.

  16. davidk

      The ” military experiment gone awry” smacks of a good Dean Koontz storyline. I don’t say that condescendingly.

  17. davidk

      The ” military experiment gone awry” smacks of a good Dean Koontz storyline. I don’t say that condescendingly.

  18. davidk

      The ” military experiment gone awry” smacks of a good Dean Koontz storyline. I don’t say that condescendingly.

  19. Nick Antosca

      Yeah, I liked that too.

  20. Nick Antosca

      Yeah, I liked that too.

  21. Nick Antosca

      Yeah, I liked that too.

  22. Nick Antosca

      Or a good Stephen King storyline. Or a good Robert McCammon storyline. It’s all in the execution. I actually am very curious about this book. I ordered it after reading the article.

  23. Nick Antosca

      Or a good Stephen King storyline. Or a good Robert McCammon storyline. It’s all in the execution. I actually am very curious about this book. I ordered it after reading the article.

  24. Nick Antosca

      Or a good Stephen King storyline. Or a good Robert McCammon storyline. It’s all in the execution. I actually am very curious about this book. I ordered it after reading the article.

  25. Amber

      I have been promising myself, through lean times and less lean, that should I ever be really, really successful I will buy myself a Steinway baby grand.

  26. Amber

      I have been promising myself, through lean times and less lean, that should I ever be really, really successful I will buy myself a Steinway baby grand.

  27. Amber

      I have been promising myself, through lean times and less lean, that should I ever be really, really successful I will buy myself a Steinway baby grand.

  28. Amber

      Me, too. I was like, oh, okay then, when I read that part. This guy is allowed to write about vampires. I bet his vampires don’t sparkle.

  29. Amber

      Me, too. I was like, oh, okay then, when I read that part. This guy is allowed to write about vampires. I bet his vampires don’t sparkle.

  30. Amber

      Me, too. I was like, oh, okay then, when I read that part. This guy is allowed to write about vampires. I bet his vampires don’t sparkle.

  31. Adam Robinson

      This is good:

      “Still, Mr. Cronin said he believed the distinction between literary and commercial fiction was slightly overblown.

      “It looks like a bigger change than it is,” Mr. Cronin said. “I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells. I did not undertake the writing of this book thinking that it was one thing or the other, or even that books in general have to be one thing or the other. Those are descriptions of what happens to a book after it’s written.” “

  32. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Feel like if your vampires are going to sparkle, at least one of them should be a fag. Maybe if the wolf were fucking the vampire, I might be more interested in those books. And I feel like some of the teenage girls would actually be into that.

  33. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Feel like if your vampires are going to sparkle, at least one of them should be a fag. Maybe if the wolf were fucking the vampire, I might be more interested in those books. And I feel like some of the teenage girls would actually be into that.

  34. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Feel like if your vampires are going to sparkle, at least one of them should be a fag. Maybe if the wolf were fucking the vampire, I might be more interested in those books. And I feel like some of the teenage girls would actually be into that.

  35. Amber

      LOL. Yes and yes. Maybe some of the moms, too.

  36. Amber

      LOL. Yes and yes. Maybe some of the moms, too.

  37. Amber

      LOL. Yes and yes. Maybe some of the moms, too.

  38. Schylur Prinz

      This is why I still hold out hope for my CYOA novel about an Iranian Weapon of Mass Inversion.

  39. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Like that he gives props to Dark Shadows.

  40. mimi

      Channeling Borat?

  41. davidk

      The ” military experiment gone awry” smacks of a good Dean Koontz storyline. I don’t say that condescendingly.

  42. Nick Antosca

      Yeah, I liked that too.

  43. Nick Antosca

      Or a good Stephen King storyline. Or a good Robert McCammon storyline. It’s all in the execution. I actually am very curious about this book. I ordered it after reading the article.

  44. Amber

      I have been promising myself, through lean times and less lean, that should I ever be really, really successful I will buy myself a Steinway baby grand.

  45. Amber

      Me, too. I was like, oh, okay then, when I read that part. This guy is allowed to write about vampires. I bet his vampires don’t sparkle.

  46. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Feel like if your vampires are going to sparkle, at least one of them should be a fag. Maybe if the wolf were fucking the vampire, I might be more interested in those books. And I feel like some of the teenage girls would actually be into that.

  47. Amber

      LOL. Yes and yes. Maybe some of the moms, too.