"With Lionel, it's not merely that the author doesn't object but that we're laughing with him -- at the spectacle of an intelligent chap with a distinct sense of humour confronting impossible writing conditions. Under the cruel lash of John Spencer & Co (Publishers) Ltd, entire books had to be churned out in perhaps eight or twelve hours. Nevertheless deadlines were clubbed to death by the mighty Fanthorpe thesaurus, smothered with relentless padding, stunned by deus ex machina twists, placated by outrageous literary steals....
From the "writing" link above. posted by thatwhichfalls at 1:50 PM on April 12, 2005
Every minute looked as though it was going to be their last. Every second looked as though it was to be their penultimate fraction of existence time.
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From the "writing" link above.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 1:50 PM on April 12, 2005