I wish I could like McCarthy (after all, he has a funny name also - Cormac sounds like a protective device of some sort.) But, his style grates on my nerves because I have an insatiable need to know things. Like who is speaking. When I read your Dracula ex-post facto short story, I did print it out, as I said, and as I read each line of …
I wish I could like McCarthy (after all, he has a funny name also - Cormac sounds like a protective device of some sort.) But, his style grates on my nerves because I have an insatiable need to know things. Like who is speaking. When I read your Dracula ex-post facto short story, I did print it out, as I said, and as I read each line of dialog, marked 'him' or 'her' next to the line so I could keep the speakers straight. I could do that because A. the story was layered and written in a literary style/vocabulary, and B interesting and C. short. I can't do that with ol' Cormac when he provides no sign posts, street names, or warning signs. I suspect he really didn't want to be famous, and defeated his own success at being defeated by accidentally becoming famous. That won't keep me from reading and liking your analysis series, however, as they are interesting in themselves, and you provide context with examples. That is a beautiful Horsey habit.
I wish I could like McCarthy (after all, he has a funny name also - Cormac sounds like a protective device of some sort.) But, his style grates on my nerves because I have an insatiable need to know things. Like who is speaking. When I read your Dracula ex-post facto short story, I did print it out, as I said, and as I read each line of dialog, marked 'him' or 'her' next to the line so I could keep the speakers straight. I could do that because A. the story was layered and written in a literary style/vocabulary, and B interesting and C. short. I can't do that with ol' Cormac when he provides no sign posts, street names, or warning signs. I suspect he really didn't want to be famous, and defeated his own success at being defeated by accidentally becoming famous. That won't keep me from reading and liking your analysis series, however, as they are interesting in themselves, and you provide context with examples. That is a beautiful Horsey habit.