Dreck

Today's quote of the day, via Advice to Writers, comes from Ezra Pound:


"The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention."

At a time when I've been battling that most irritating of recurring themes, that is, that my writing is dreck, this quote was poignant. I'm not sure yet in what way. Perhaps it's telling me to soldier on, not to compare myself with published authors, because so much of what is popular is actually crap, and the fact that I'm still struggling is only evidence of the fact that my writing is better, more deserving, superior.

Or just that, if all else fails, I can publish my crap and still get famous.

Eh. 

I have a deadline at the end of the week and I'm finding it supremely difficult to make any progress on the project in question. It's another erotica story for the website I'm writing an ongoing series for, www.ScarletGirl.com. I was working as a party consultant for them for a while, and when I pitched the idea of producing sexy content for their website, they were all for it. Especially after the big success of 50 Shades, which...sigh...I won't even get started on. See above quote.