tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post115712942801633729..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Can literary fiction save America?Brenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1157808620176063222006-09-09T09:30:00.000-04:002006-09-09T09:30:00.000-04:00I hear you, Anonymous, but the article wasn't abou...I hear you, Anonymous, but the article wasn't about chick lit promoting consumerism. It was about chick lit cheating the more "literary" books out of their "fair share" of shelf space.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1157763495602390542006-09-08T20:58:00.000-04:002006-09-08T20:58:00.000-04:00It's not really that ludicrous. Books that furthe...It's not really that ludicrous. Books that further promote a way of life in which consumerism is the key to happiness are not really good for us as a country. It's a dead end street, and not exactly a traditional Christian value.<BR/><BR/>And I'm writing this anonymously, because I've seen what lengths the defenders of Chick Lit will go to, and I'm not interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1157383564226164452006-09-04T11:26:00.000-04:002006-09-04T11:26:00.000-04:00Yeah, that was the strangest article I've seen in ...Yeah, that was the strangest article I've seen in a long time. Somebody needs to sober up. Or perhaps take some anger-management classes. I don't enjoy chick lit, but to suggest that it's hurting America is ludicrous.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1157272330455402562006-09-03T04:32:00.000-04:002006-09-03T04:32:00.000-04:00It's hard to believe this person was an editor in ...It's hard to believe this person was an editor in a publishing house, because it sounds like they believe chick lit authors own the publishing houses and the bookstores themselves. Apparently, Jane Green is out there forcing all those people to buy her books so much so that other books can't get on the shelf. I was always under the bizarre impression that both lit and chick lit authors sat in a room at their home working for months or years on a novel, sent a query letter out, and hoped for the best. According to anonymous, the chick lit author's aunt appears to be a Vice President at Random House. All of them. Couldn't anonymous at least blame the aunt? That makes a wee bit of sense.pacatruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125048243775811714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1157237621156482162006-09-02T18:53:00.000-04:002006-09-02T18:53:00.000-04:00Holy cow! There's room for every kind of book on ...Holy cow! There's room for every kind of book on the shelves. If not for chick lit, I'd never have gotten my teenaged daughters to read anything. Sour grapes, good thing exfiction editor is out of the business!Kat Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507608245051822561noreply@blogger.com