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BLOG TAG: publishers and writers

Friday, April 4, 2008 2:11AM
 
Courgeous Writers' Secret Fears
Tags: Publishers and Writers, Editors and Writers, Blackballing, Blacklisting, Censorship, Fear of Discussion, The Secret Fear of Writers
 

THE ONLY THING THAT COURAGEOUS WRITERS TRULY FEAR

All over the world, I meet writers--brave writers who attack religions and governments, writers who march in rallies and go to prisons.  Many of these otherwise brave writers are mortally afraid of publishers and editors--the only real sacred cows left, the group that must not be criticized at any cost.  They will only whisper their criticisms of editors into each others' ears. Perhaps they fear being blacklisted. That such a thing as a blacklist of authors should...

 
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