Comments on: Book Readings at the Melbourne Writers Festival https://grahamclements.com/book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival/#comment-1380 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:14:10 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival/#comment-1380 I've heard of Max Barry. I checked out his site a couple of years ago as he mentioned that a game he had designed drew more people to his writing site that those interested in his writing. He sounds very proactive in bringing people to his work. As for Catherine, sounds like she has no idea about audiences nor holding attention, so it makes you wonder as to the quality of her book, let alone how she got it published. No doubt friends in the business… some form of corruption isnt it?
ps I think the publishing/writing world is female-centric which makes it hard to break in and generally conservative. Good to hear though that people like John Weldon can still break in, even if the audience couldn't relate.

]]> By: graywave https://grahamclements.com/book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival/#comment-1383 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 04:29:57 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/book-readings-at-the-melbourne-writers-festival/#comment-1383 I had to LoL at your example from Max Barry. I do this myself but I've recently been working with an editor who picks me up on it and encourages me to find less bizarre metaphors. For a comedy, it works fine but, for thrillers, I'm very happy to take her advice.

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