tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post3966009638738572329..comments2024-03-28T23:22:29.017-07:00Comments on The Vincent Zandri Vox: Freedom of ChoiceVincent Zandrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-73506529564221810282012-04-08T13:06:28.644-07:002012-04-08T13:06:28.644-07:00Really interesting post. I agree, Allan, that part...Really interesting post. I agree, Allan, that part of the deep animosity between these parties has to do w/Commerce Vs. Art. Joyce Carol Oates has met with some suspicion for being "so prolific" --the implication being: If you do it fast, it must be easy. If it's easy, how can it be good? <br /><br />There's a lot of turf at stake, obviously. <br /><br />Only other point--I am eternally grateful for my MFA program teachers. What they gave me was invaluable, and I teach writing myself. Sure, I'd like to be able to cut back on all that. But to see a student grow, discover, and light up as she finds her voice--it's golden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-10950127427806720702012-03-10T14:11:50.180-08:002012-03-10T14:11:50.180-08:00Very well put. And the future will show authors li...Very well put. And the future will show authors like Barry Eisler and Vincent Zandri to be not renegades, but forward-thinkers.<br /><br />The animosity between "traditionally-published" authors and "Indie-published" or "self-published" authors has always surprised me, and it continues to surprise me, although it probably shouldn't.<br /><br />I believe the problem is that Indie published or self-published authors tend to look at traditionally published authors as stuck-up literary snobs who look down their noses at them, while traditionally published authors have a tendency to view Indies or self-published authors as unworthy wannabes who couldn't or wouldn't do the hard work required to get a contract like they did.<br /><br />What's the answer? Every author with name-recognition who comes to the inevitable conclusion that using every avenue available to them is a good thing, like Eisler or Zandri, will knock down a piece of the wall separating the two groups.<br /><br />Eventually they'll merge together. It might take a while, but it will happen.<br /><br />I just don't know if I'll still be alive to see it...Allan Leveronehttp://www.allanleverone.comnoreply@blogger.com