tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post7412895391180255422..comments2023-10-15T11:23:35.339+01:00Comments on Hawkins Bizarre: Sarah Palin and Other Misguided EffortsAlishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-25117205042190216732010-02-08T22:46:28.569+00:002010-02-08T22:46:28.569+00:00I saw the legendary Williams Sisters in a short-li...I saw the legendary Williams Sisters in a short-lived Reality TV show; I was disappointed to find that while they play a mean game of Tennis- they could hardly string a proper sentence together when speaking! I loath to think of having to read something they wrote themselves. <br />The same goes for any boxer, actor, politician or plumber- most people don't know how to write a book that is legible. The fact is everybody who has not studied literature or creative writing or marketing does need the help of a writer to produce a book.<br />Maybe one day the ghost writers will be the stars and other people will just openly pay us to tell their stories. <b>Until then, I prefer to read books written by writers, eat food prepared by chefs, watch sports played by athletes, and movies acted out by actors, ect.</b>FreelanceWriterChick.comhttp://www.freelancewriterchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-16486428592973241562009-12-03T14:57:46.530+00:002009-12-03T14:57:46.530+00:00A footnote to my last - in today's Times there...A footnote to my last - in today's Times there's an article saying that 'celebrity' books (usually ghostwritten) aren't doing too well any more - some of them not getting anywhere near their advances in sales - and that publishers are beginning to show reluctance in accepting them.<br /><br />Perhaps we'd better bear that in mind for when we all start writing our autobiographies as Very Successful Novelists.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-15227200519737490122009-12-03T12:40:33.288+00:002009-12-03T12:40:33.288+00:00Hi Tim - yes, that's what I always tell people...Hi Tim - yes, that's what I always tell people when they ask me whether I'm not just furious that somebody like Katie Price can get published.<br /><br />Hi Frances - I agree, it would be interesting to do a follow-up wouldn't it, to see whether these books are actually read in their entirety. I'm guessing the most looked-at pages are the pictures...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-34340198130749061122009-12-02T18:45:03.190+00:002009-12-02T18:45:03.190+00:00I agree with you, Alis, and Tim too. But (to go of...I agree with you, Alis, and Tim too. But (to go off at a slight tangent) I do wonder how many of these ghostwritten books are actually read by anyone. Bought, yes. Gift-wrapped, no doubt. But read? I think it's very unlikely. Which makes it all rather sad for the ghost.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-24073412952628305352009-12-01T15:54:08.504+00:002009-12-01T15:54:08.504+00:00I've no real desire to read ghsotwritten autob...I've no real desire to read ghsotwritten autobiography or celeb trash; but some people do. The profits created are what allows outfits like Macmillan New Writing to exist, so we have a symbiotic relationship with Katie Price (unpleasant image...).<br /><br />Good luck to 'em all...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-2170630193639531362009-12-01T09:20:03.169+00:002009-12-01T09:20:03.169+00:00Those deleted posts were me deleting duplicates wh...Those deleted posts were me deleting duplicates which some glitch had posted three times in response to Nevets. Shame, looks interesting, doesn't it, as if somebody came, ranted and thought better of it. Twice.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-52860282242413351202009-12-01T09:17:11.695+00:002009-12-01T09:17:11.695+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-91857162127929967372009-12-01T09:17:11.696+00:002009-12-01T09:17:11.696+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-50166849960780758642009-12-01T09:16:32.336+00:002009-12-01T09:16:32.336+00:00Hi Nevets - I know what you mean about brandname f...Hi Nevets - I know what you mean about brandname fiction. I remember when my kids were little they were heavily into a series called Animorphs which was supposedly all written by the same person. Now, either this person had struck it big with a late one in the series and the publisher just reissued the whole of a long back-catalogue, or she was just astonishingly prolific or it was, as you suggest, the work of many hands. You could dignify the situation and say its a bit like the old masters and their studio system where they roughed out the picture and apprentices did the bits they were good at. Then again, you could just say it's cheating.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-83397973469624104132009-12-01T03:37:40.702+00:002009-12-01T03:37:40.702+00:00I think most readers deserve enough of a nod to sa...I think most readers deserve enough of a nod to say, "Hey, yeah, you're smart enough to realize that most of these public figure books are ghost written to a smaller or larger extent."<br /><br />What concerns me more is when I here about supposedly prolific "namebrand" fiction authors who run little ghostwriting factories, cranking out out lines and letting unknowns do most of the finger work. <br /><br />That I find to more of a dishonest marketting situation.<br /><br />And even then if the end product is book I like, I'll buy it. If it's one I don't like, I won't buy it.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com