Comments on: Weekend Update #5 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Riddell http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Paul Riddell Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:31:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/#comment-1186 Now's not the time to bring up the horror that is <a HREF="http://newvoicesbookstore.com/" >New Voices Bookstore</a>, is it? Now’s not the time to bring up the horror that is New Voices Bookstore, is it?

]]> By: Henry http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Henry Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:00:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/#comment-1185 <i>Folks, if you wonder why there is so much crap on bookstore shelves, you might want to point the finger at readers who want to read the same damn book over and over.</i><br/><br/>In the words of someone much dumber, but much more entertaining than myself, on a different medium: <br/><br/>"But that's not why people watch TV! Clever things make people feel dumb, and unexpected things make people feel scared. They don't want to see anything original, they just want to see the same boring show they've seen a hundred times before." <br/>- Fry, Futurama Folks, if you wonder why there is so much crap on bookstore shelves, you might want to point the finger at readers who want to read the same damn book over and over.

In the words of someone much dumber, but much more entertaining than myself, on a different medium:

“But that’s not why people watch TV! Clever things make people feel dumb, and unexpected things make people feel scared. They don’t want to see anything original, they just want to see the same boring show they’ve seen a hundred times before.”
- Fry, Futurama

]]> By: The Monkey http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 The Monkey Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:44:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/#comment-1184 I read everything... and then steal a good portion of it... ;) I read everything… and then steal a good portion of it… ;)

]]> By: Simon Haynes http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Simon Haynes Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:11:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/02/12/weekend-update-5/#comment-1183 Read them? Only on Tuesdays. Read them? Only on Tuesdays.

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