tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post114571103590181101..comments2023-09-25T05:45:41.437-07:00Comments on The Art of Fiction: Odds and endsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1145787722415350712006-04-23T03:22:00.000-07:002006-04-23T03:22:00.000-07:00PS There's also something potentially sinister abo...PS There's also something potentially sinister about the notion of a Development Programme. Could excellent contestants (and therefore their work) get passed over as less likely to benefit from 'development'? One always get the impression that the real agenda is other than literary: such as providing ways of spending grants etc...Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1145787167790358162006-04-23T03:12:00.000-07:002006-04-23T03:12:00.000-07:00I'm not sure what I think of this UEA scheme. You'...I'm not sure what I think of this UEA scheme. You're right that it's never the actual FICTION that these schemes are focussed on; it's too often the author, and let's face it, authorial YOUTH! This scheme seems to make a point of avoiding ageism for once, but it's still the old thing of NEWNESS. 'Emerging writers' are not in fact the ones who need 'help'in this age in which publishers' main passion is The Next New Thing and mid-list authors are getting dropped left right and centre for their disgusting lack of dewy youthfulness.Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.com