[ SECRET POST #4490 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4490 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Neil has said that he gets more messages than he can possibly respond to, so he is deliberately choosing to spend his time responding to the morons. I'm not exactly sure what that says about him.

[(Anonymous)]

When you get multiple questions asking the same stupid question or variations on the theme, you might as well highlight the dumbest sounding one of the bunch.

[(Anonymous)]

He's probably hoping that if he answers one particularly egregious example, it'll help stem the flow of dumb questions from people who think that publishers are dying to get their hands on a book about the evils of heterosexual relationships. Or provide some hilarity, IDK.

[(Anonymous)]

It says that he's received a hundred variations of that question, and has opted to respond so there's an answer out there and people can stop asking him.

And while the phrasing is eyeroll-worthy, the question itself - how do I market my novel about [insert theme here] - is a reasonably common one. There are schools of thought that insist that all good writing must be meaningful, and prioritize meaning over story, so it shouldn't be surprising that there are novice writers who genuinely believe that publishers are looking for a message rather than a story. They're wrong, but having someone who's experienced in the field point that out is the only way they're going to learn they're wrong.