Well, there are just so many people who like reading stories like that, and who don't want to have to do any thinking about a deeper plot, or an overarching lesson... I mean, just look at how well the 50 Shades of Grey series sells!
And it really WAS bad fanfiction. LOL. Okay, so... it's more *cries* than LOL, but you get it... XD
Nothing is coincidence, right? Maybe YOU inspired her somehow long/some time ago and something of you can be found in the female protagonist so she invited you ...
It's a shame that it seems to be much more easy to find a publisher for "light" literature than for really good stuff.
-_-' I'm more prone to believe that the others she might have sent the invitation to decided not to come lol. I didn't really find any character likenesses between me and Baerbel either x'D I think she didn't know me yet when she'd already finished the book :)
Yeah, it's pretty sad ~.~
Maybe... xD I can't really see myself get happy writing light literature though. Especially not Heimatromane o-o
So this was sort of a Heimatroman? Oh my goodness ... The market for such stuff seems to be huge, so the publishers are eager to find writers.
I remember that Andrea's mother earned her living with translating english love stories into German. The kind of love stories that are published on a weekly basis in booklets and you can buy at newspaper stores.
The "True Blood" books - to be honest - are not more than light literature, too, and the authoress spits out a new book each year - still we love it :-) (maybe because we watched the TV series first and met Eric Northman, haha ...)
Harsh! If I write a book I am definitely bringing it to you first XD I'll have a sure best-seller on my hands.
Chick-lit, fan-fictiony stuff is just to appeal to the (unfortunately mostly female) masses. =_= It does block the way of true artists, unfortunately... It's like when they took an incredible show like Firefly off the air, but My Super Sweet 16 *growls* is still going strong. Makes me so maaaaddddd!!!!
"I don't care, I'm still free" You can't take Captain Mal from meeeeeeeee...
xD Yes, bring it to me. :3 I'd totally want to read it XD
Also why haven't I seen your comment before now? x_x'
And yeah, that's sad but true. If I'd try and publish anything, it wouldn't really be the typical "please the masses" thing, so uhuhm, expect a decade to pass before it might get published xDD
And I do not understand your reference. But that is ok... I guess xD <3
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I would have had the exact same reaction as you. XD
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At times I thought "This is just like a bad fanfiction..."
Why does it sell... why does it sell so well *weeps*
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And it really WAS bad fanfiction. LOL.
Okay, so... it's more *cries* than LOL, but you get it... XD
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xD Yeah I get what you mean. Howeverrr... if 50 shades of neigh really was just a fanfiction, then what was it a fanfiction of to begin with? ~.0
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Maybe YOU inspired her somehow long/some time ago and something of you can be found in the female protagonist so she invited you ...
It's a shame that it seems to be much more easy to find a publisher for "light" literature than for really good stuff.
However, you could manage both.
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I think she didn't know me yet when she'd already finished the book :)
Yeah, it's pretty sad ~.~
Maybe... xD I can't really see myself get happy writing light literature though. Especially not Heimatromane o-o
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The market for such stuff seems to be huge, so the publishers are eager to find writers.
I remember that Andrea's mother earned her living with translating english love stories into German. The kind of love stories that are published on a weekly basis in booklets and you can buy at newspaper stores.
The "True Blood" books - to be honest - are not more than light literature, too, and the authoress spits out a new book each year - still we love it :-) (maybe because we watched the TV series first and met Eric Northman, haha ...)
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If I write a book I am definitely bringing it to you first XD
I'll have a sure best-seller on my hands.
Chick-lit, fan-fictiony stuff is just to appeal to the (unfortunately mostly female) masses. =_= It does block the way of true artists, unfortunately...
It's like when they took an incredible show like Firefly off the air, but My Super Sweet 16 *growls* is still going strong.
Makes me so maaaaddddd!!!!
"I don't care, I'm still free"
You can't take Captain Mal from meeeeeeeee...
XDDD
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Yes, bring it to me. :3
I'd totally want to read it XD
Also why haven't I seen your comment before now? x_x'
And yeah, that's sad but true. If I'd try and publish anything, it wouldn't really be the typical "please the masses" thing, so uhuhm, expect a decade to pass before it might get published xDD
And I do not understand your reference. But that is ok... I guess xD <3
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