Comments on: Internet vs. writers? Two tales from the dark side: A leaked Stephenie Meyer draft, plus the Net as a time sink http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/internet-vs-writers-two-tales-from-the-dark-side-a-leaked-stephenie-meyers-draft-plus-the-net-as-a-time-sink/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/internet-vs-writers-two-tales-from-the-dark-side-a-leaked-stephenie-meyers-draft-plus-the-net-as-a-time-sink/comment-page-1/#comment-889477 David Rothman Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:54:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/31/internet-vs-writers-two-tales-from-the-dark-side-a-leaked-stephenie-meyers-draft-plus-the-net-as-a-time-sink/#comment-889477 Guess I'd disagree, Brian. As a writer, I care about the small stuff---speaking of which you were <em>very</em> very kind not to bring up the way I mangled the spelling of her name. Fixed. Repeat: it's S-t-e-p-h-e-n-i-e M-e-y-e-r. Thanks, David The Not-So-Infallible (Even If He Tries to Be) Guess I’d disagree, Brian. As a writer, I care about the small stuff—speaking of which you were very very kind not to bring up the way I mangled the spelling of her name. Fixed. Repeat: it’s S-t-e-p-h-e-n-i-e M-e-y-e-r.

Thanks,
David The Not-So-Infallible
(Even If He Tries to Be)

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/internet-vs-writers-two-tales-from-the-dark-side-a-leaked-stephenie-meyers-draft-plus-the-net-as-a-time-sink/comment-page-1/#comment-889353 Brian Carnell Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:24:10 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/31/internet-vs-writers-two-tales-from-the-dark-side-a-leaked-stephenie-meyers-draft-plus-the-net-as-a-time-sink/#comment-889353 Stephenie Meyers wrote: "I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes." A rough draft? Sounds like every one of Ms. Meyers' published novels to me. She should just rush it to the printer as-is; no one would notice the difference. Stephenie Meyers wrote:

“I’d rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes.”

A rough draft? Sounds like every one of Ms. Meyers’ published novels to me. She should just rush it to the printer as-is; no one would notice the difference.

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