Dinosaurs are the writers who are tied into an old model of the writing and publishing life, and when that specific model dies, so does the writer’s career. But what do we know about insects? They are numerous, adaptable, highly successful as a class, and, when they put their mind to it, absolutely unstoppable. No wonder this person seems terrified.Īs it happens, I have for a long time said that there are three types of writers: dinosaurs, mammals and cockroaches. I realize, of course, that the person who wrote the comment above meant “insect” as an insult. brought in are an embarrassment to the genre.” - (name withheld) on SFF.net, during the recent unpleasantness. Maybe it is a good thing that SFWA keeps them locked up. “The problem is that the ‘vocal minority’ of insects who make up the new generation of writers don’t scramble for the shadows when outside lights shines on them-they bare their pincers and go for the jugular.
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