That's Me In the Corner . . .
Mar. 9th, 2007 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snurriI went to a bad reading* and started a little rant about the differences between bad "literary" fiction and bad fiction from other genres. But this morning I decided I didn't care very much. There are many different ways to write badly. You could probably invent one if you tried hard enough. Not that I'm encouraging such behavior.
I have to admit, though--is it just me? Do any of the other writers reading this ever, after an experience like a bad reading or a bad book, think "And yet the same industry which publishes my work published theirs," and start worrying that perhaps you suck just as much as they** do?
Just me?
Never mind; I'll be over here, clutching at my neuroses.
*Note to self: avoid readings when you know nothing about the folks reading. Readings in general are not an easy-escape sort of activity.
**That's the general, faceless, untalented "they."
I have to admit, though--is it just me? Do any of the other writers reading this ever, after an experience like a bad reading or a bad book, think "And yet the same industry which publishes my work published theirs," and start worrying that perhaps you suck just as much as they** do?
Just me?
Never mind; I'll be over here, clutching at my neuroses.
*Note to self: avoid readings when you know nothing about the folks reading. Readings in general are not an easy-escape sort of activity.
**That's the general, faceless, untalented "they."