Is your novel entertaining?
The insightful, anonymous Print-On-Demand Critic demands that novelists entertain the reader. He takes one of the most famous non-traditional books of all times, finding entertainment value in James Joyce's Ulysses. Love it or hate it, you should think about it:
"a writer should be able to approach a book with this decidedly singular agenda [to entertain], abutting it and supplementing it with experimentation, lofty artistic objectives, or other personal goals, so long as the primary agenda remains in full frontal view." (Thanks, Bookblog!)
Need a new book? Join a book swap. I went to one last month, and I'm still enjoying the four new books I brought home. Galleycat shares my joy: "Yesterday's "Book Maven" blog at PW Daily, which sees our pal Bethanne Patrick waxing enthusiastic over bookswapping parties, gave me a bit of a chuckle."
Finally, if you happen to be writing a novel/article/poem/play about young people in New York City, you gotta watch the User's Guide to Williamsburg over at Gawker. There are enough laughs and fashion close-ups to float a hundred scenes for your book.
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