tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017194617792273681.post8526796133138580956..comments2024-03-20T02:55:28.479-07:00Comments on Jimmy's House: Head up #$% disease - a modern literary ailmentJames O'Hearnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403962558124511636noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017194617792273681.post-10744817497175969382011-06-09T04:41:21.939-07:002011-06-09T04:41:21.939-07:00I think a lot of readers want to see their mundane...I think a lot of readers want to see their mundane lives and selves reflected in the books they read, while others feel threatened by anything superior to what they could do themselves. If that is the target market, you give excellent advice. But for those who don't write for such target markets, why bother? What does it add to the literary experience to say "so and so swept his iphone," or some some such drivel as that? It bores me to watch it on the street corner. Why would I want to read about it, when I read for insight into people's souls, not their jaded pastimes.amboycharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841033103757286308noreply@blogger.com