Writing and Politics

[Guest]

 

[cantdog]

Her objections, as garbled in the interview, seem to be entirely faith based, on the premise that horror is in fact Satanic.

 

[Liar]

From the article.

"Some people have said Stephen King has become popular with horror stories, but in my opinion Stephen King writes a lot of Satanic books."
- Norine Kelly

Nuff said.

 

[Guest]

But, no doubt, she has got much guilty pleasure from reading them.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Her objections, as garbled in the interview, seem to be entirely faith based, on the premise that horror is in fact Satanic.

Would some kind lady or gentleman please explain again to me why something correctly labeled "faith based" could not just as correctly be labeled "bigoted?"

 

[Weird Harold]

Would some kind lady or gentleman please explain again to me why something correctly labeled "faith based" could not just as correctly be labeled "bigoted?"

"Bigoted" overlaps with "faith-based" bu they are NOT synonymous.

There is alot of bigotry that has nothing to do with "faith" and there are a lot "faith-based" opinions that have nothing to do with bigotry.

One good thing about a published author running for mayor -- you're lamost oassurd of having a literate mayor if you elect him.

From article, I'm not sure that would be the case if his critic was elected.

 

[thenry]

Seems to me the real accusation is that, though every one has a right to make a living, she couldn't find his book anywhere, it's not sold in bookstores, and so he's not even a real author. "New King of Horror" indeed.

"Tales of the Grotesque", 140 pages, $19.95, Publish America, released two years ago, and no one has reviewed it on Amazon.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Seems to me the real accusation is that, though every one has a right to make a living, she couldn't find his book anywhere, it's not sold in bookstores, and so he's not even a real author. "New King of Horror" indeed.

"Tales of the Grotesque", 140 pages, $19.95, Publish America, released two years ago, and no one has reviewed it on Amazon.

I didn't remember anything about that, so I went back and read it again. I can see how one could see it that way, but by the rest of her comments I believe she was genuine in not pursuing the book at all.

For a small time writer and a non-famous horror collection, that sounds about right. Sure, he's not a heavy writer, but he's technically professional (amateur=no publishing, semi-pro=published in magazines, pro=book). Considering the difficulty of breaking into this field and number of rejections one must wade through, he did well.

That's not to say his work isn't crap. I wouldn't know, I haven't read his book. That's not what she was plainly complaining about. She was quite specific in her admonition of the book because the advertising on the site seemed Satanist to her (by mentioning Hell, something quite a few Christian books and tthe Bible do as well, but many people like to forget that). This viewpoint though valid is considered by many to be fucking stupid and laughable. The fact that many in Real America do not hold this same view of the incident and likely are calling her a hero for "standing up against Satan" is a reason that I tend to slap my forehead when talking about humanity.

And it's not just because she's unearthed my evil plot. Damn slut.