Squee!

[litlover12]

So I don't post about my work here very often, but, um . . .

. . . I kind of got an article published in The Atlantic.

And I'm kind of really really excited about it.

Comments

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

You're famous!!!

I haven't read enough Dickens to feel comfortable taking the test. But you're right that it's not quite fair to take random sentences and judge a writer's ability just on that basis. There's so much more to writing than that.

I've not read any of Mr. Bulwer-Litton's work to be able to have any opinion on whether he's The Worst Writer Ever. But let's give the poor man a break. It's not his fault he was born before Stephenie Meyer. At least I somewhat understand her appeal. I read her first book and really couldn't put it down, even though I wanted to strangle every character.

But Dan Brown? HOW has that man sold so many millions of books?! (Including to me, before I knew better!)

There is no explanation for that man's success. Zero.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

People like page-turning thrillers, I guess. There's a certain category of writer that's pretty mediocre *as* a writer, but JUST good enough at telling a story that he can grab and hold on to a reader's attention. That type tends to sell very well.