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ApplesArePeopleToo t1_iz8u169 wrote

Reply to comment by SanguineBanker in A new writer tweeted about a low book signing turnout, and famous authors commiserated by AmethystOrator

Fiction authors tend to be a pretty nice, supportive lot. Not a lot of big egos make it through the constant rejections most authors experience before they get established (if they ever do).

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Alyse3690 t1_iz97209 wrote

And then there's James Patterson... (Not disagreeing with you, just one of those exceptions)

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Littleman88 t1_iz9i36s wrote

Patterson turned writing into an assembly line and made it a business.

He's only interested in making money and stamping his name on as many books as possible while someone else actually does the fingerwork.

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DilithiumCrystalMeth t1_iz9wyc3 wrote

and then there was Terry Goodkind, a man who refused to read anything other authors wrote and acted like he was the best shit since sliced bread.

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ArenSteele t1_izaf4yc wrote

Wait! That doesn’t sound very good, nor kind!

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DilithiumCrystalMeth t1_izaicnx wrote

correct, go look up interviews with him. Guy was a kind of a jerk. Sad really, Sword of Truth was the series that got me back into reading, at least until he started getting really heavy handed with the Ann Rand stuff and how literally the main character was always right all the time even though he should have no idea what he is talking about.

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