I see your point, but Meyers is (supposed to be) a professional writer. The way she handled the draft (and in the writing world, a first draft is as far from the finished product as you can GET) leak was tantamount to the way the bitchier ff.n "writers" handle low commentary.
"OMG COMMENT MORE OR NO MORE CHAPTERS!!!111!!!"
Only with Meyers, it's:
"OMG PEOPLE ARE READING MY REALLY SHITTY FIRST DRAFT! WHAHHHH! I'm going to break my publishing contract and NOT PUBLISH THIS BOOK!!!11!!1!"
There is a huge difference, because if Meyers breaks her contract, she can be fined thousands, possibly millions, of dollars. So to me, this seems like kind of a stupid thing to throw a hissy fit about.
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Date: 2008-09-02 08:13 pm (UTC)"OMG COMMENT MORE OR NO MORE CHAPTERS!!!111!!!"
Only with Meyers, it's:
"OMG PEOPLE ARE READING MY REALLY SHITTY FIRST DRAFT! WHAHHHH! I'm going to break my publishing contract and NOT PUBLISH THIS BOOK!!!11!!1!"
There is a huge difference, because if Meyers breaks her contract, she can be fined thousands, possibly millions, of dollars. So to me, this seems like kind of a stupid thing to throw a hissy fit about.