Comments on: One of Those Days https://booksquare.com/one-of-those-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=one-of-those-days Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: booksquare https://booksquare.com/one-of-those-days/#comment-30807 Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:48:30 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/02/10/992/#comment-30807 Ridley does protest a bit too much, doesn’t he? If one is working in a commercial venue, one must understand that those putting up the funds expect a return on investment. Sometimes shock value is sufficient to drive sales, but sometimes shock value repels people. It’s a judgment call, and this is why sometimes artists have to follow their vision without the helpful patronage of backers.

And there’s no shame in being a troublemaker. Some of my best friends fall into that camp…

]]> By: Brenda Coulter https://booksquare.com/one-of-those-days/#comment-30782 Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:20:33 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/02/10/992/#comment-30782 Good post, Booksquare, even if you did make me sound like a troublemaker. 😉

[Ridley as quoted in The Guardian] “Of course I’m upset, but it is not just an ego thing. If a publisher is saying, ‘You’ve gone too far’, what kind of message is that sending out to writers?”

If that isnt’ an ego thing, I sure don’t know what is. I assume he expects to be paid handsomely for his writing, yet he doesn’t seem to get it that his publishers might actually be in business to (cover your eyes, children) make money.

Apparently, those philistines-in-suits didn’t believe Ridley’s latest shocker (which includes the torture of a 10-year-old child) would bring home the bacon. Go figure.

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