Comments on: The Greater Lebowsky

By: Booksquare » The Daily Square - Manic Monday Edition

Booksquare » The Daily Square - Manic Monday Edition — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:10:20 +0000

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By: David I

David I — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:07:35 +0000

Lawrence Block once wrote that people told him that they’d love to write but “lacked the discipline,” to which he suggested the only reasonable answer was, “Good for you–stick to it!”

By: David Thayer

David Thayer — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:07:44 +0000

I was envisioning an expansist Delaware flexing its muscles or muscle as the case may be. Canada has great potential, but I’d look to the Northwest Territories for the Frozen Moment.

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:28:57 +0000

25,000,000 manuscripts only includes those manuscripts that are *completed*. Speaking anecdotally, I know at least half a dozen gifted individuals whose main problem is procrastination. And one reason they procrastinate is because they realize (with greater clarity than I do) that there is, at present, no hope.

But they *would* complete these manuscripts if they realized getting published was a sure thing. When we factor in the potential number of manuscripts that would be complete under the auspices of such a project (let’s call it Operation Enduring Reading), then I think a more accurate figure might be 75,000,000 to 1,000,000,000. Hell, who knows? Let’s say 2,000,000,000 manuscripts just to be on the safe side.

Delaware isn’t big enough. Look north. Look to Ontario.