Bryon Quertermous on Mythryl: “It’s essentially the literary equivalent of using self-deprecating…”

It’s essentially the literary equivalent of using self-deprecating humor as a defense mechanism, which I’m also far too prone to using. Too much of my writing career has been driven by being too concerned with being taken seriously as an artist instead of just having fun and entertaining the reader.

Bryon Quertermous@bryonquertermous.com

Harlan Coben nailed my obsession w/ meta fiction in his new book, saying he doesn’t like doing meta fiction because he feels like people who do that are afraid of their work not being taken seriously so they have to constantly let everyone know they’re in the joke instead of just having fun. Ouch.

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