tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1118245414245327971..comments2024-03-28T16:20:18.628-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Lies and Liars: Is It Worth It?Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-48689810669045452152008-03-06T05:55:00.000-06:002008-03-06T05:55:00.000-06:00Exactly, bybee. Now I wonder if she will ever man...Exactly, bybee. Now I wonder if she will ever manage to get herself published again. Will this publicity hurt her or will it make her more marketable in the long run? Does crime pay in this case?Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9166023597866699872008-03-06T05:54:00.000-06:002008-03-06T05:54:00.000-06:00I agree, Maggie...it would have made an interestin...I agree, Maggie...it would have made an interesting novel. Heck, that's what she wrote...Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-5716345558029338012008-03-06T05:53:00.001-06:002008-03-06T05:53:00.001-06:00It's a crime wave, Annie. :-)It's a crime wave, Annie. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60304162480350085452008-03-06T05:53:00.000-06:002008-03-06T05:53:00.000-06:00Interesting point, Carrie. The article reads as i...Interesting point, Carrie. The article reads as if the woman really identified with these people and "wanted" to be one of them.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-37659876008013167352008-03-06T05:52:00.000-06:002008-03-06T05:52:00.000-06:00Mella, thanks for the link...interesting stuff the...Mella, thanks for the link...interesting stuff there. I don't see any way that anyone can successfully rationalize this kind of behavior despite all their efforts to do so.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-57995199484476666752008-03-05T14:20:00.000-06:002008-03-05T14:20:00.000-06:00Unbelievable, indeed!Unbelievable, indeed!Nonnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905923845118311848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42307893233499229432008-03-04T23:18:00.000-06:002008-03-04T23:18:00.000-06:00They should do like Dave Eggers did with What Is T...They should do like Dave Eggers did with What Is The What: Call it a "nonfiction novel".Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78168346737305539772008-03-04T21:22:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:22:00.000-06:00I totally agree with Jeane! It would have just as...I totally agree with Jeane! It would have just as much effect to write a quality novel with notes than pass on a lie.maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-90502003011098223812008-03-04T21:10:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:10:00.000-06:00Woops, sorry - the full article mentioned the othe...Woops, sorry - the full article mentioned the other author. Guess I should've read it first.Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-44471366739259758272008-03-04T21:09:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:09:00.000-06:00Oh good grief, this is the second one this month -...Oh good grief, this is the second one this month - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022903384.html<BR/><BR/>You think they'd have learned from James Frey's fiasco a couple years ago.<BR/><BR/>They're all a bunch stupid, narcissistic, idiots. I wish this could be considered a crime.Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9196383966448506362008-03-04T19:09:00.000-06:002008-03-04T19:09:00.000-06:00My niece gave me that "it's their reality" excuse ...My niece gave me that "it's their reality" excuse too. She's 14. They're old enough to know better. It might ring emotionally true but if it's not true then it's a novel.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a version of the Munchausen by proxy syndrome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-13034462749362060462008-03-04T18:46:00.000-06:002008-03-04T18:46:00.000-06:00Siblings took down the Unibomber too, right? ;)Did...Siblings took down the Unibomber too, right? ;)<BR/><BR/>Did you see <A HREF="http://www.themillionsblog.com/2008/03/fiction-is-new-non-fiction.html" REL="nofollow">the coverage of this at The Millions</A>? Another guilty party offered the excuse, "The story is mine. It is not actually reality, but my reality." As though the real world were now one great big postmodern university humanities Mella DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09533666041615939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-37610277170872762712008-03-04T18:13:00.000-06:002008-03-04T18:13:00.000-06:00It does make me wonder, Jeane, but I suppose that ...It does make me wonder, Jeane, but I suppose that she found it easier to get a publishing deal by representing it as a "memoir" rather than as a novel. What she hoped to do next, I can't imagine.<BR/><BR/>According to the article her own older sister ratted her out to the publisher...wonder what that means about her relationship to her family...did she think they were deaf, dumb, and blind?Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-12177239977612762842008-03-04T17:45:00.000-06:002008-03-04T17:45:00.000-06:00What a shame. Why couldn't she just publish it as ...What a shame. Why couldn't she just publish it as a fictional account and give a note as to which parts were based on true incidents? It would still get the message and story out that she wanted to share, without the deceit.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.com