The Write Stuff

I went to the Bloomington Arts Center over the weekend for the center's 6th annual book fair. It included a lot of hopeful writers who were looking to publish or write the next best-seller. Some of these folks were so desperate that they clung to each word that came out of a supposed marketing guru's mouth. I was asked to attend the guru's seminar on promotion and e-marketing, but it was lackluster at best. She didn't have anything to share that I didn't already know. I am glad that the "desperados" at least received something out of it.

It would be comical if there would be a contest for writers that would mimic "American Idol" and it could be called "American Writer". People would come for tryouts and bring their tattered copies of manuscripts for judges to read. I am not quite sure who the panel of judges would be, but it would have to have a variety like Stephen King, Danielle Steel and J.D. Salinger (perhaps it would be enough to draw him out of a reclusive life).