Comments on: On genre reading

By: Mark C Newton

Mark C Newton — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:04:04 +0000

Hi Gail. I can name at least one writer, *ahem Goodkind* who holds very strongly to that viewpoint…

Gail Z. Martin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:47:02 +0000

I can’t imagine investing the enormous amount of time necessary to create a book if you didn’t love the genre.

Mark C Newton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:10 +0000

Tom: totally agree. I think the more new writers understand that point, the better their chances of publication.

Hi Rob: I think that’s one way to deal with writers who attack the genre, certainly; making statements with your money (or not, in this case)…

Rob B — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:58 +0000

I saw this comment over at James’s blog…

I find it presumptuous for writers to make these comments about the genre and then try and get money from the people who will read “crap.”

That’s why I don’t read their books.