tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post397426331244963156..comments2024-03-22T05:29:18.132-07:00Comments on Shawn James, Black Freelance Writer: Temptation Tidbits (Easter Eggs) in the Temptation of John HaynesShawn Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-2980889211494369222011-03-12T04:47:44.757-08:002011-03-12T04:47:44.757-08:00Immensely interesting, Shawn. It gives us backgro...Immensely interesting, Shawn. It gives us background on you and your writing your former books as well as this one. Since I'll be reading you from now on, as I am reading you and have been, this is useful material. I'm making a copy so I can study it at leisure while lounging. This is a great ad idea and my hat is off to you.<br /><br />I heard these comments again and again from agents and editors who liked a certain book but the sales stff of those editors said it wouldn't sell. Too many big words - read big ideas. And too, at that time Black people were expected to only write about certain things in certain ways. Back then, the fiction was that we didn't read anyway. The world has changed, but not enough. We're in the multicultural era now and it's about time.<br /><br />Congratulations on The Temmptation of John Haynes. The fight between God and the devil will always reign supreme. When you wrote JH the world was in a mild moral slump and religion was mocked. Now many know better.Francine Craafthttp://www.francinecraft.comnoreply@blogger.com