So I have to say I am actually getting into The CHildren of Men bye P.D. James. At first I was annoyed with her constant use complex language but as I keep reading it isn't bugging me as much.. Hey maybe it is an English thing and all writers from England speak/write like that. WHo knows, needless to say I have begun to finally enjoy the book and am waiting to see when the pregnant girl shows up... I know there has to be one cause my son showed me the previews of the movie based on the book (why I wanted to read it) and well someone has to get pregnant because what would be the point of the book if it was just about THE END OF MAN. It wouldn't be called THe Children of Men just The End of Men or maybe even Dead men walking or something funky like that.
Today I was thinking about different writers etc.. and also about some of the writers on some of the readers groups I belong too. We are a strange group us writers. Sometimes a very ego maniac group (me included sometimes) I get a kick out of them trashing Dan Brown and how horrible of a writer they say he is when not one of them is a best selling Author. I personally couldn't get into Angels and Demons and so I haven't even tried the Da Vanci code but lets face it!?!?! MANY PEOPLE LOVED IT! I mean not alittle love it but a WHOLE LOT of Love. How could so many people be wrong?? Besides to me when many people love what you wrote you have a winner. You aren't goign to please everyone. I wish I had HALF the readers Dan Brown does. Owell maybe one day.
I would love to belong to a writer's group that doesn't TRASH other writers and feel it is their duty to correct people's grammer, spelling etc... when posting on a F'en message board. I have dyslexia I am never going to spell well and to be honest, my grammer sucks. But that isn't what is going to make my writing suck or be great... the story and how it is told is what will make or break it.
I have read some of the biggest offenders, stories and well lets just say..... shut up a.. hole. Just because you wrote a book doesn't make it readable.
Anyways off my rant. And besides someone may think my writing sucks, and to them it would... but as long as I have my "fans" telling me different I dont' really care who thinks it sucks. RIght!?!? Right!
Speaking of dishing best selling Authors, I am just as bad though with James Frey's book A million little pieces........ dont' even get me started on what I think of that piece of verbal crap. I know I know I am doing exactly what I said I hate but I get alittle ticked that this guy wrote a novel called in non-fiction and everyone believed him!??!?! I mean COME ON, I read several pages (and that was enough for me) on Oprah's site when he first came on her show... I knew the moment I read those pages he was LYING and not because I can spot one a mile long... it was common sense... I seriously doubt he would have ever been allowed on a commerical flight, out of his mind covered in blood and puke.. I dont' need to be a genius to know that WOULD NEVER happen. They wouldn't have allowed his doped up beaten up person aboard. This was the insert on Oprah's site, and in his book.
Anyways, that is my rambling for today. My friend Sylvie is here and we are going to go have a Soul Card party.. it is like Tarot cards yet BETTER!!
