http://www.edrants.com/the-novelist-as-used-car-salesman/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/the-novelist-as-used-car-salesman/comment-page-1/#comment-254525 Jeff VanderMeer Tue, 05 May 2009 12:58:32 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11229#comment-254525 Ed--yeah, users suck. I think that's what you're saying. 'Cause these days if you're midlist and you don't put any effort into PR or whatever, you die. It's that simple. The question is more one of balance and sincerity--something I talk about in my forthcoming Booklife book. Ed–yeah, users suck. I think that’s what you’re saying. ‘Cause these days if you’re midlist and you don’t put any effort into PR or whatever, you die. It’s that simple. The question is more one of balance and sincerity–something I talk about in my forthcoming Booklife book.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/the-novelist-as-used-car-salesman/comment-page-1/#comment-254433 Arts + Letters Links for Sunday, May 3, 2009 | Veritrope Sun, 03 May 2009 18:14:05 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11229#comment-254433 [...] The Novelist as Used Car SalesmanEd says: “There is a type of novelist who saddens me: the kind of novelist who prefers the status of having written instead of the consistent joys of writing, the type of author who only communicates to people if he wants something instead of being curious in other viewpoints. This novelist’s primary subject of interest is likely to be himself, but he’s capable of cloaking this solipsism by suggesting to others that they are just as much a part of his process. The novelist, in cues straight out of the Dale Carnegie playbook, will remember one specific detail about the other person that nobody else has and thereby create a greater impression.” (Via Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant ) [...] [...] The Novelist as Used Car SalesmanEd says: “There is a type of novelist who saddens me: the kind of novelist who prefers the status of having written instead of the consistent joys of writing, the type of author who only communicates to people if he wants something instead of being curious in other viewpoints. This novelist’s primary subject of interest is likely to be himself, but he’s capable of cloaking this solipsism by suggesting to others that they are just as much a part of his process. The novelist, in cues straight out of the Dale Carnegie playbook, will remember one specific detail about the other person that nobody else has and thereby create a greater impression.” (Via Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant ) [...]

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