I’ve officially overdosed on bad fiction
Writing by Jana on Sunday, 23 of March , 2008 at 10:48 pm
That’s it. I’m done.
If I pick up another promising novel, slathered in good reviews by authors I respect, and reviewers who should know better, I’m going to lose my fucking mind.
For what feels like the millionth time, I’ve put down yet another unfinished novel in frustration.
It can’t be me wrong, it just can’t.
And to think, I used to be that person who had to finish the book or movie no matter how unbearable. I guess my time has become too precious – although, I did sit through the entirety of Meet the Spartans last night, so maybe I should shut up. I’m still a bit traumatized by the god-awfulness of it.
How awful is the slush pile if so much crap still manages to get through?
Category: awful books
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Comment by Vivi
Made Monday, 24 of March , 2008 at 5:39 pm
Okay, now I’m dying to know which book you’re talking about!!!
Comment by the Wandering Author
Made Tuesday, 25 of March , 2008 at 1:16 am
A lot of the crap gets through because a writer has a “big name”. They’ve sold a lot of copies in the past, readers will pick up the books and buy them, so the editors don’t care. That said, there is stuff in the slush pile that can rot your brain into quivering jelly in 10 pages or less…
Congratulations! by the way. Reaching the point where you automatically notice the problems in a book means you’ve really become a writer. You’ve developed good instincts.
Comment by Jana
Made Tuesday, 25 of March , 2008 at 1:15 pm
Or they’re married to a big name 
That’s as far as I’ll go on actually naming the book.
And it’s not that I never noticed the bad before, I just thought I had to finish it. Had to…or? Who knows. One of those personal ticks.
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