Laura Miller
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Good Luck NaNoWriMoers!
It’s National Novel Writing Month! And once again, I’m astounded by people who hate this project. (Has Laura Miller written her annual screed yet? I can’t wait.) Here’s a post from a while back: NaNoWriMo: A Full-Throated Defense What better way to tune up than to pull your favorite book off the shelf, study the Continue reading
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Good Luck NaNoWriMoers!
It’s National Novel Writing Month! And once again, I’m astounded by people who hate this project. (Has Laura Miller written her annual screed yet? I can’t wait.) Here’s a post from a year ago: NaNoWriMo: A Full-Throated Defense Democracy, Tolstoy (again!), NaNoWriMo, and hate. A good post. Onward and upward, everyone! Good luck with the Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Laura Miller
Dear Ms. Miller, We have not always seen eye-to-eye in the past. And my tone was perhaps inappropriate. However, I will try to do better. I think your heart is in the right place and I have long appreciated your devotion to good writing and good literature. I am a fan of yours when you’re Continue reading
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Madame Slushpile Rides Again
This long Salon article by Laura Miller covers the battle at Goodreads between readers and self-published authors. High Priestess Miller once again bemoans the democratization of authorship, which in her view is marked by average readers, who, now that agents and editors can be bypassed, would be exposed to the horrors of the slush pile Continue reading
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