Comments on: An interview with Ashok Banker http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/10/19/an-interview-with-ashok-banker/ Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sat, 19 May 2012 01:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/10/19/an-interview-with-ashok-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-125 aliette Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:39:17 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1105#comment-125 Hi Emery, I thought he did have a number of interesting points to make (too forcefully, as I said, but then I've never been particularly forceful myself). I've never felt the victim of particular racial bias in publishing, but I don't exactly live close enough for that to happen, and I'm the owner of a very French name despite being mixed-race. Thanks! (and congrats on the Gold Award btw, very cool). Hi Emery,

I thought he did have a number of interesting points to make (too forcefully, as I said, but then I’ve never been particularly forceful myself). I’ve never felt the victim of particular racial bias in publishing, but I don’t exactly live close enough for that to happen, and I’m the owner of a very French name despite being mixed-race.

Thanks! (and congrats on the Gold Award btw, very cool).

]]> By: Emery Huang http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/10/19/an-interview-with-ashok-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Emery Huang Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:24:11 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1105#comment-124 I was a big fan of his interview. Inspiring tbh. Although, maybe writers like Aliette and I can show him American publishing isn't quite as bleak as he says :D. P.S. Congratulations on your novel deal Aliette! You're an inspiration to us other WotF alumni! I was a big fan of his interview. Inspiring tbh. Although, maybe writers like Aliette and I can show him American publishing isn’t quite as bleak as he says :D .

P.S. Congratulations on your novel deal Aliette! You’re an inspiration to us other WotF alumni!

]]> By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/10/19/an-interview-with-ashok-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-121 aliette Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:03:41 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1105#comment-121 I think he has interesting points to make (and it's certainly a refreshing interview to read), but I don't always agree with the delivery (way too forceful for my tastes, sometimes, as you point out, going over the offensive line). I think he has interesting points to make (and it’s certainly a refreshing interview to read), but I don’t always agree with the delivery (way too forceful for my tastes, sometimes, as you point out, going over the offensive line).

]]> By: C.L. Holland http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/10/19/an-interview-with-ashok-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-119 C.L. Holland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:55:36 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1105#comment-119 <i>sharecropper genre whore</i> I don't read the franchise books myself, but I wouldn't dream of rubbishing those who do it in preference to sitting in an office 9-5. A number of these writers are either building a career or are established in their own right, outside of the franchise. Everyone has to earn a living, and I'm afraid that by this comment he just comes across as arrogant. sharecropper genre whore
I don’t read the franchise books myself, but I wouldn’t dream of rubbishing those who do it in preference to sitting in an office 9-5. A number of these writers are either building a career or are established in their own right, outside of the franchise. Everyone has to earn a living, and I’m afraid that by this comment he just comes across as arrogant.

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