I signed up on GR last year because so many of my friends were getting published, and I work with a lot of self-publishing authors. But because of my work and because I spend so much time fixing bad writing, I just…haven't finished a fucking book that wasn't work in years. Fiction, at least. I'm actually on course to finish a book soon! I'm so excited. But I know the most I'll ever do there is just note that I finished it.
Most of what I read for work is atrocious. About 1 book out of 10 might be any good. And it's so depressing--I read a lot of books exactly like this guy's, enough that I've had to figure out a way to tell one of my clients I just don't want to read any more books like this for work, it's not worth the money for me, and I have subject fatigue. Especially the thrillers, always written by men, where the trauma the women go through is described in detail but of course they turn into badass avenging angels because the author really loves women and is a feminist and has created a well-rounded character who's working through her trauma he checked with the women in his life don't you dare question his intent. And the writing is always bad but they have lots of fans and breathless reviews, and I just sit there going "whut?" and slogging through these steaming piles of misogynistic crap. I fantasize ALL THE TIME about creating sockpuppets and writing reviews of these awful books I've read.
So yeah, sorry. I get a little worked up about this sort of thing. I hate that there aren't really good spaces where we can critically discuss these kinds of problems. And I'm so sorry that happened to you. And if you like romance at all, I can heartily recommend Rose Lerner's books, her previous ones are being reprinted by her new publisher, and her two most recent are just out, Sweet Disorder, which I adored beyond telling, and True Pretenses. They're Regency romances and her writing is simply exquisite.
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I signed up on GR last year because so many of my friends were getting published, and I work with a lot of self-publishing authors. But because of my work and because I spend so much time fixing bad writing, I just…haven't finished a fucking book that wasn't work in years. Fiction, at least. I'm actually on course to finish a book soon! I'm so excited. But I know the most I'll ever do there is just note that I finished it.
Most of what I read for work is atrocious. About 1 book out of 10 might be any good. And it's so depressing--I read a lot of books exactly like this guy's, enough that I've had to figure out a way to tell one of my clients I just don't want to read any more books like this for work, it's not worth the money for me, and I have subject fatigue. Especially the thrillers, always written by men, where the trauma the women go through is described in detail but of course they turn into badass avenging angels because the author really loves women and is a feminist and has created a well-rounded character who's working through her trauma he checked with the women in his life don't you dare question his intent. And the writing is always bad but they have lots of fans and breathless reviews, and I just sit there going "whut?" and slogging through these steaming piles of misogynistic crap. I fantasize ALL THE TIME about creating sockpuppets and writing reviews of these awful books I've read.
So yeah, sorry. I get a little worked up about this sort of thing. I hate that there aren't really good spaces where we can critically discuss these kinds of problems. And I'm so sorry that happened to you. And if you like romance at all, I can heartily recommend Rose Lerner's books, her previous ones are being reprinted by her new publisher, and her two most recent are just out, Sweet Disorder, which I adored beyond telling, and True Pretenses. They're Regency romances and her writing is simply exquisite.