Hmmm... That's the second time I've heard that excuse in a very short time period. The other, who was also a NY Times bestselling author, immediately backtracked when he saw how unimpressed his audience was.
I understand that mistakes will be made. And yes, certain details aren't sexy - especially so in a romance with artistically ill characters - but there's more graceful ways to get around them (such as tweaking the premise.)
What could he possibly say? As I understand it, The Daily Mail (might be?) is a rag, but their charge seems basically true. In fact, he cheerfully admits to "gleefully ignor[ing]" facts where they contradicted his story. They're not wrong about him at any rate, any more than he seems to have been wrong about him. (Although that shouldn't have stopped him from trying to spin things to suit himself.)
He seems well-liked in writing circles (from the handful of things that I've glanced over involving him since the other day) but in the "he's funny/charming" and doesn't denigrate female authors way rather than BFF-ery. But (IMO) being funny/charming, moderately polite to women, and patient with wank-making teenagers on tumblr (and spoken well of by CC, I think?) doesn't necessarily preclude him being difficult to handle in larger doses or work with.
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Date: 2014-07-16 09:44 pm (UTC)I understand that mistakes will be made. And yes, certain details aren't sexy - especially so in a romance with artistically ill characters - but there's more graceful ways to get around them (such as tweaking the premise.)
What could he possibly say? As I understand it, The Daily Mail (might be?) is a rag, but their charge seems basically true. In fact, he cheerfully admits to "gleefully ignor[ing]" facts where they contradicted his story. They're not wrong about him at any rate, any more than he seems to have been wrong about him. (Although that shouldn't have stopped him from trying to spin things to suit himself.)
He seems well-liked in writing circles (from the handful of things that I've glanced over involving him since the other day) but in the "he's funny/charming" and doesn't denigrate female authors way rather than BFF-ery. But (IMO) being funny/charming, moderately polite to women, and patient with wank-making teenagers on tumblr (and spoken well of by CC, I think?) doesn't necessarily preclude him being difficult to handle in larger doses or work with.