DM: Are you suggesting
that’s what A2 did or that is
what’s happening in the
industry today?
A1:
No, not at all…
A2: Oh, ‘cause I was about
to set your ass straight.
R1 and R2:
Me too!
DM: Hold on yall, it ain’t
gon’ be no setting anyone
straight. When I advertised
this conversation, I asked
three main questions:
1. Are you mature enough to
handle the content of
this subject,
2. Can you be mindful of
and respectful to the
opinions of the other
participants, and
3. If the conversation
should get heated, can
you compose yourself in
such a manner that I
won’t have to kick yalls
asses out.
And each of you emphatically
answered yes. So let’s not
get Billy Bad Ass and I won’t
have to disconnect you from
this conversation. Any
objections?
All:
No.
DM: Good. Now I can take my
hand off of the disconnect
button. Moving right along,
so A1?
A1:
Yes.
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DM: Go ahead and finish what
you were saying.
A1: What I was trying to say
is that most times new
authors don’t take their time
to develop their stories.
Now days, it’s all about the
novellas and even then,
without a good plot, the
story is not worth the read
or the money spent on it –
even if it is only ninetynine cents.
A2: Well,
case but I
develop my
work speak
that might be the
take time to
stories. I let my
for me…
R1: Aye, yo ma, you ain’t
got to explain. Shit, I
consider myself a true
hardcore [expletive] and if I
can sit down and read a book
that grips me to a point that
I’m writing a review about it
then you know your shit is
tight.
DM:
Uh, R1 and A2?
R1:
Yeah, what up ma?
A2:
Yes.
DM: Is there something that
we need to know about the two
of you, like, um, I don’t
know, maybe ya’ll are more
than mere strangers.
R1: Nah ma. It’s just that
I’ve been out there in that
world, you know. I done did
the hard core time. Whatever
it is, you can believe that