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Originally Posted by jgaiser
Or politics...
There is at least one author who will never get another dime from me.
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Well, not so much for me. Few people in the arts are conservative like me, so I can't really let politics stand in the way of a good time.
Now poorly presented politics, that's a different story. If you are political in your art and you want me to keep on consuming your product, then you have to do some homework and make an argument that I have to work at to refute. Empty name calling will not get you any additional income from me.
If you happen to agree with me politically, then you need to be even more organized, I think I'm sort of sensitive to giving some clown a pass just because he uses the words and imagry I like. However I reserve the right to behave irrationally and maybe even hypcritically about this from time to time. I'm smart and good looking, but I'm not perfect.
In general, it isn't the politics I find offensive, its the assery of the presentation.
Back on topic, I hate biographies that sound like the author wrote them but is pretending to be someone else.
If they are too cute (i.e. list all their dogs named Sam, or talk about kid's 'poopy' diapers), or obviously contain a lot of inside 'jokes', I begin to suspect that if you can piss me off in 2 or 3 paragraphs, what could you do with a whole book?
Just give me the straight info; tell me who you are, and why you think you aren't a big fool for writitng the book.