tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post8730577968245931646..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: Buying BeliefJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-30482609287127106232011-06-25T16:52:29.229-04:002011-06-25T16:52:29.229-04:00I comfort myself by thinking of my fictions as mod...I comfort myself by thinking of my fictions as models of reality—a reality which I control & manipulate by limiting the variables. I never think of them as "true" to anything other than themselves. If they prove instructional or otherwise utile, that is mere fortuity. If they allow of identification, then the work will've touched someone in ways I will've long since lost Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-1894864754491141452011-06-25T14:55:53.992-04:002011-06-25T14:55:53.992-04:00You can't fool me, this is all part of your ne...You can't fool me, this is all part of your nefarious plan to get everyone to stop writing, thus stop publishing, thus getting your book in print so you can amass enough cash to survive the inevitable oil and water wars intact.<br /><br />Would be ridiculous to speak for everyone, but I imagine some (most, who knows) of us who write, even when trying to be aware of the fiction of nearly all Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com