#read a truly execrable novella last week and spent most of it wondering how this shit got published. answer: the author has an mfa

[dreamcrow]

"nobody will ever read my stuff again because i will not even bother publishing it when it is so transparent that nobody cares" -> "nobody will ever read my stuff again because the barriers to even the most accessible circles of modern publishing are so insurmountable and hostile to outsiders i might as well try my luck at brain surgery" not actually as much of an improvement as it first seems, mayhaps