Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoThat one good billionairehexbear.netimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageThat one good billionairehexbear.netChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
I remember when people used to say that Rowling was different because she made her money from writing or whatever.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoAnd, unless she edited them herself (which, considering the quality of the writing, It wouldn’t surprise me), printed, bound, marketed, distributed, sold and accounted for all of them, she’s not entitled to all of the proceeds of her books either.
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoShe probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
minus-squareUmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agocounterpoint: the editor was british
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month ago“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.
And, unless she edited them herself (which, considering the quality of the writing, It wouldn’t surprise me), printed, bound, marketed, distributed, sold and accounted for all of them, she’s not entitled to all of the proceeds of her books either.
She probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
counterpoint: the editor was british
“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
I was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.