--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith
<kvnsmith@...> wrote:
> Who, then, should be sent to hard-boiled hell? And
why?
>
> (Writing an occasional bad book or movie or whatever
shouldn't be a
> grievous enough sin).
>
Hell has been traditionally reserved for the Bad Poet... I
know nothing about qualifications for prose writers. Some bad
writers turn out to be good, or even geniuses, after they
die, so perhaps a few centuries are needed in order to
sift... And writing a bad book is a very minor thing. It
happens all the time. It's not like intentionally selling
poisonous food.
Best,
mrt
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