You can have a good book that isn’t “successful” and doesn’t make a lot of money, you can have a bad book that isn’t successful and doesn’t make any money, you can have a good book that is successful and makes a lot of money, and you can have a bad book that is successful and makes a lot of money. There is no correlation between literary goodness and success and money. All you can do as a writer is try and respect the page. Try and respect the reader. Try and respect who is going to pick up that page. That page is all you have, that is your sole means of communication, so try and make that page as good as you can make it for where it is in the book. That’s all you can do.-- Margaret Atwood –
Have a great Monday!
I love Atwood! :)
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ReplyDeleteI think, if there is a sort of Mount Rushmore-y thing carved out in Canada.... Maggie should be on it!
And Alice Munro.
And Mordecai Richler.
And Robertson Davies.
Damn!
I'm gonna do it!
I am going to carve this thing!
Stefanie.... you have unleashed my inner Gutzon Borglum!
I'll be sure to come and visit your mountain after you've carved it all up. It will turn into Canada's biggest tourist attraction. You'll make millions and be famous the world over :)
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