Did you ever read her book?
Yeah, I don't regret it. I try to be a supporter of the arts, so I'm always willing to spend a trivial amount to help out a struggling artist. And I think it was only $3. The fact that it wasn't good (objectively speaking; not just that it didn't fit my taste) is inconsequential to me. I just don't like being called an univiting, sexist pig, with a shitty website after probably 100% of downloads that she got that weren't from family and friends were directly from this sexist hellscape. It was one of those things that's so bizarre that all you could do was laugh.
That's a good attitude to have. The situation kind of reminds me of a girl I knew in high school who would make and sell those hemp necklaces that everyone was wearing while playing hacky-sack in the '90's. Anyway, one day she wasn't selling many I guess, so she came up to me at my desk and tied it on me with some kind of knot that she couldn't undo. Guess who bought a necklace that day? The whole self-publishing thing is good in theory, but this isn't the first instance I've seen of people playing dramatic to get people to buy their stuff. There has to be a better way to go about it . . .
I meant to. Then you realize that you've got so many things to get through for people you like that trudging through questionable prose for someone who hates your guts is a fool's errand. I can't even remember what it was called anymore. On a related note, Justin Cronin's The Passage is pure crap but it shares territory with two of my scripts so I feel obligated to finish it. Ugh.
Hmm. Yeah, I can see that. I just looked up The Passage and the plot seems like I am Legend with a twist. I'm not sure if I understand the obligation you feel. Are you reading it to make sure that you don't end up with something that might be construed as derivative of his work?
It's more like The Stand with Vampires. I had a script that went out a couple years ago and a few people read the 1-sheet and said "you should read The Passage. So I am. Put it this way - I've got a "postapocalyptic" script and I've got a "spooky little girl" script. So a postapocalyptic book about a spooky little girl is something I need to be aware of.