RE: JCO: Prolific

Hi Cyrano:

Ah, but your point about the various genres she's worked in is a valid,
constructive observation, and worth, as you say, repeating for the benefit
of readers new to JCO. It's different when someone starts out a review with
the moral equivalent of "Ooh wow, man, look at this writing machine!
Gross!" or even the more benign "I don't know how she does it, but she
does!", which still implies someone abnormal, or even a sort of esthetic
cheater, because she "shouldn't" be able to maintain a high level of
achievment while writing a lot. After all, why shouldn't someone with a lot
of talent, who loves to write and who has a somewhat driven personality,
produce a lot of good writing?

Steve
>
> Hi, Steve. I always try to place that "prolific" info toward the
> middle or
> end of my reviews of JCO books. It is necessary info, however,
> in that it
> directs readers to other noteworthy JCO books and the fact that
> JCO also writes
> plays, essays, and short stories as well as novels.
> Cyrano
>
> In a message dated 10/9/2005 6:09:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jandsmerritt@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << I certainly agree
> myself. I would have liked the review better, though, if it
> hadn't started
> with a reference to how many books JCO has written. Reviewers who don't
> understand how much of a cliche that observation is lose a
> little bit of my
> confidence.
>
> Steve >>
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Re: JCO: Missing Mom

Hi, Steve. I always try to place that "prolific" info toward the middle or
end of my reviews of JCO books. It is necessary info, however, in that it
directs readers to other noteworthy JCO books and the fact that JCO also writes
plays, essays, and short stories as well as novels.
Cyrano

In a message dated 10/9/2005 6:09:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jandsmerritt@earthlink.net writes:

<< I certainly agree
myself. I would have liked the review better, though, if it hadn't started
with a reference to how many books JCO has written. Reviewers who don't
understand how much of a cliche that observation is lose a little bit of my
confidence.

Steve >>
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