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Originally Posted by fjtorres
*My* take on the "triple" metaphor (and the reason *I* cited it) is that just because Turow got lucky from the start...
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In one sense, I thought your metaphor was right on. But this, I think, is just plain wrong. It isn't luck that he wrote a great novel that caught the attention of the gatekeepers.
The Author's Guild is a union, and unions always seek to protect the interests of their members, over-and-against the general public. Anything that makes it easier to compete with their Guild is a bad thing. Might as well call it the Author's Cartel.