The truth is, any dope can not only get published, but have books SOLD in today's new world. But it used to be the dopes had to get very lucky or be smart enough to manage to get published at all.
LeGuin's non writing skills just don't have the value they once had and she finds that bothersome, since it was FUN to be a published author in the old days when so many people with something to say, couldn't get published.
Being one myself, I know a cranky old person who feels the world is passing her by, when I see one.
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