tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299353748811059830.post6879126001515065233..comments2023-05-31T08:28:06.512-04:00Comments on The Recalcitrant Scrivener: Why Vampires SuckThe Recalcitrant Scrivenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740671016092416716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299353748811059830.post-44929270983456715762010-12-16T11:04:49.555-05:002010-12-16T11:04:49.555-05:00For the most part, people in book publishing under...For the most part, people in book publishing understand that The Recalcitrant Scrivener functions as an attack on the industry as a whole, not on individuals. <br /><br />Many people who work in the editorial departments of the major publishers are frustrated with the way things work, frustrated with the books they have to publish, and not at all pleased with having their work relegated to a minor subdivision of a media conglomerate. This was true 30 years ago and it is even more the case now. Anything resembling serious literature is distinctly unwelcome. <br /><br />And so, The Recalcitrant Scrivener attempts to shed a satirical light on the situation. Investigating the history of publishing—how things got this way—is one of my concerns.The Recalcitrant Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740671016092416716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299353748811059830.post-58568781863945830362010-12-14T09:25:10.439-05:002010-12-14T09:25:10.439-05:00Erudite, informative, well-crafted but not likely ...Erudite, informative, well-crafted but not likely to get you published by the establishment, may I say? <br /><br />Would have liked a link to the Coleridge poem, me being a member of the lazy e-readers club.<br /><br />Bravo!River Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157143215744880754noreply@blogger.com