>I can't say that I'm more knowledgeable about
hardboiled fiction, but I do
>know that writers are forced by their editors and
publishers to write longer
>for marketing reasons, and in order for the writer to
get a bigger advance.
>It's a drag and it's a contributing factor to the
general weight gain of the
>genre. I'll try to get better info on this from
publisher friends.
Reading this I'm interpreting "write longer" as writing more
... as in a
350 page book vice a 200 page book. Now while this can be a
"bad" thing if
the writer sucks ... surely you do not want less from your
favorite author
as long as they write it to the same level of quality which
the previous
200 pages had ... which any author truly worth their weight
in words can
and does?
If "longer" equates to more books ... I don't see the problem
there either
... assuming once more the favorite author who "writes
longer" creates more
works to read ... who wouldn't want to have more works of
their favorite
authors to choose from?
Basically, I don't think I'm getting your point.
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regards,
Anthony
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http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4640/
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