tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post111027385227674806..comments2024-03-29T07:15:11.234+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: On the Survival of Rats in the Slush Pile -- Part 5Michael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1110384937664732092005-03-09T16:15:00.000+00:002005-03-09T16:15:00.000+00:00Your essay replaces the prospective magic of autho...Your essay replaces the prospective magic of authorship with the verifiable and replicatable realities of a prospective writer's odds of success. Such doses of reality may keep most of us reasonably sane.<br /><br />Yet, I see a catch-22 paradox here. If we (writers) put aside our childish hopes, we may lose our ability to write. And while our new knowledge may increase the odds of publication, perhaps--without the magic--we will have much less to say and will then become famous and acclaimed for little or nothing.<br /><br />--MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1110384807664637522005-03-09T16:13:00.000+00:002005-03-09T16:13:00.000+00:00Your essay replaces the prospective magic of autho...Your essay replaces the prospective magic of authorship with the verifiable and replicatable realities of a prospective writer's odds of success. Such doses of reality may keep most of us reasonably sane.<br /><br />Yet, I see a catch-22 paradox here. If we (writers) put aside our childish hopes, we may lose our ability to write. And while our new knowledge may increase the odds of publication, perhaps--without the magic--we will have much less to say and will then become famous and acclaimed for little or nothing.<br /><br />--MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.com