He published his book as history, not fiction, to critical and public acclaim.
What's not stated here is that, when you get away with it, you can become a rock star--just ask the author of A Million Little Pieces. I've heard a number of really embarassing stories of authors and publishers outed in this kind of thing, because historical or slice-of-life fiction is really hard to sell, but juicy memoirs or exposes...
This subject is dear to me because, when I'm not writing urban fantasy, I'm writing semi-autobiographical fiction, and editors tend to shy away from me; so I've wondered...
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Date: 2014-09-25 07:49 am (UTC)What's not stated here is that, when you get away with it, you can become a rock star--just ask the author of A Million Little Pieces. I've heard a number of really embarassing stories of authors and publishers outed in this kind of thing, because historical or slice-of-life fiction is really hard to sell, but juicy memoirs or exposes...
This subject is dear to me because, when I'm not writing urban fantasy, I'm writing semi-autobiographical fiction, and editors tend to shy away from me; so I've wondered...