Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agoThat one good billionairehexbear.netimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1154arrow-down1imageThat one good billionairehexbear.netChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days 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-29 days 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-up5·9 days 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-up8·9 days agocounterpoint: the editor was british
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 days ago“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days 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.