The thing that annoys me is that once you're a successful writer you seem to be able to get away with publishing books of unfocused ideas and vignettes etc., but I get the impression that nobody would accept a book like that from an unknown.
cohesive but uninspired
It's what I was saying, er, down there, or maybe up there, in another comment anyway, about art v. craft. Well-crafted books are the "good solid home cooking" of reading IMHO. And sometimes you don't want "inspired" cooking, sometimes you just want e.g. fish and chips done properly, with just the right amount of batter on the fish, and chips that aren't too greasy or too crunchy, and DAMN I'M HUNGRY NOW.
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Date: 2006-02-02 03:59 pm (UTC)cohesive but uninspired
It's what I was saying, er, down there, or maybe up there, in another comment anyway, about art v. craft. Well-crafted books are the "good solid home cooking" of reading IMHO. And sometimes you don't want "inspired" cooking, sometimes you just want e.g. fish and chips done properly, with just the right amount of batter on the fish, and chips that aren't too greasy or too crunchy, and DAMN I'M HUNGRY NOW.