tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post1141171234174465888..comments2012-01-30T16:51:50.201-08:00Comments on Candy and Cigarettes: How to Write a Best-Seller Pt. IJoe Cliffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-22827925549102741062011-07-21T14:32:58.762-07:002011-07-21T14:32:58.762-07:00You know what I'm looking for? The things I ca...You know what I'm looking for? The things I can say to the monkeymass with clean hands and composure. You can't sell big unless you can hit audiences on either side of the intelligence bell curve, and there is no shame in doing so honestly.<br /><br />But damn.Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-11527047200474124432011-07-21T13:22:35.017-07:002011-07-21T13:22:35.017-07:00No, I'm definitely not fucking around. The ea...No, I'm definitely not fucking around. The easiest thing to do here would be to dismiss a guy like Sparks; he's an easy target. And I'd do it. Except for one thing. MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS by his books. He's six or seven of them made into films. And, yes, the average man is an idiot (we live in a country where 17% of the people think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife). Still... you've got to be able to learn what you can, where you can. And Sparks is doing something right. Do I "like" it? Fuck no. Some of the writing makes my skin crawl. But I respect him, which is more than I can say about a lot of writers...Joe Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-17809447400255695272011-07-21T13:12:57.264-07:002011-07-21T13:12:57.264-07:00Heh. You know how I can tell you aren't fuckin...Heh. You know how I can tell you aren't fucking around here? The growing, grudging respect for Sparks. When you get serious about the arts, you can get a really strange love/hate affair going with hacks.Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.com