Re: Reading Request.
From: Derek Fulton <derekfulton@b...>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:30:52 +1100
Subject: Re: Reading Request.
At 08:21 28/03/02 -0600, Allan wrote:
>I have a friend who's a librarian (head librarian of a Toronto branch,
and
>also sci-fi, fantasy, and horror acquisition head for Toronto). She
tells me
>that the inside scoop is that he's sufficiently popular that he can get
almost
>anything he demands. This is pretty typical at the Clancy/Stephen
King/etc.
>level. Apparently he doesn't feel he needs a full editor, pretty much
just
>needs someone to proof it for glaring mistakes. This has led to a
bloating of
>his stories.
Bloating is a good description :) After reading "The Bear And The
Dragon" I
definitely came away with that impression.
Cheers
Derek
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