I stuck it out to the end, somehow. And no, it did not get any better. Katie at least at one point mentioned the merits of blind submissions, but then LS prattled on about the value of "branding" authors to sell books and all that intersectional bullshit that has completely destroyed the arts. She further whined about the pay structure o…
I stuck it out to the end, somehow. And no, it did not get any better. Katie at least at one point mentioned the merits of blind submissions, but then LS prattled on about the value of "branding" authors to sell books and all that intersectional bullshit that has completely destroyed the arts. She further whined about the pay structure of the gatekeepers (the lit agents/editors) in the big publishing houses, as if that had anything to do with anything. The fact is that these corrupt gatekeepers (the twenty something female Ivy-League-educated trust fund babies) actually care very little about good literature but very much about appearing to be virtuous people vis a vis the authors they allow to pass through. It is the reason most books, plays, and movies these days are absolute garbage. The storytelling has completely been supplanted by the immutable characteristics of the storyteller. It's been a bad joke for a while now, and extremely disappointing to see these views countenanced on an episode of B&R.
I stuck it out to the end, somehow. And no, it did not get any better. Katie at least at one point mentioned the merits of blind submissions, but then LS prattled on about the value of "branding" authors to sell books and all that intersectional bullshit that has completely destroyed the arts. She further whined about the pay structure of the gatekeepers (the lit agents/editors) in the big publishing houses, as if that had anything to do with anything. The fact is that these corrupt gatekeepers (the twenty something female Ivy-League-educated trust fund babies) actually care very little about good literature but very much about appearing to be virtuous people vis a vis the authors they allow to pass through. It is the reason most books, plays, and movies these days are absolute garbage. The storytelling has completely been supplanted by the immutable characteristics of the storyteller. It's been a bad joke for a while now, and extremely disappointing to see these views countenanced on an episode of B&R.