Re: Stephen King's 10 tips to successful writing

> Departments of America is screeching.  V.C. Andrews?  Theodore Dreiser?  Or
> what are you, you dyslexic moron?
>      Nonsense.  Worse than nonsense, off the subject.  We're not talking
> about good or bad here.  I'm interested in telling you how to get your stuff
> published, not in critical judgments of who's good or bad.  As a rule the
> critical judgments come after the check's been spent anyway.  I have my own
> opinions, but most times I keep them to myself.  People who are published
> steadily and are paid for what they are writing may be either saints or
> trollops, but they are clearly reaching a great many someones who want what
> they have.  Ergo, they are communicating.  Ergo, they are talented.  The
> biggest part of writing successfully is being talented, and in the context of
> marketing, the only bad writer is one who doesn't get paid.  If you're not
> talented, you won't succeed.  And if you're not succeeding, you should know
> when to quit.
>      When is that?  I don't know.  It's different for each writer.  Not after