“Maybe you’re right,” [said the main character]. “Sometimes I feel like I’m living out some demented writer’s attempt to package his pet philosophy in an outrageous sci-fi novel filled with contrived, unrealistic events, bad dialogue, and flat characters who use far too many vocabulary words. Have you ever felt that suspicion?”
The Author’s face twitched a little. He seemed a bit put off by the comment.
The Resolve of Immortal Flesh, by Rich Colburn, p. 52
Out of Babel 
This is hilarious XD Preachy novels aren’t fun
If you had said fantasy novel, I’d have thought this was a shot at Terry Goodkind 😛 (Although I actually kind of like his stuff…I think I’m the only one)
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Just looked up Terry Goodkind and wow! does he have a LOT of books! I have never read him.
I think Colburn is taking a shot at himself, here. Technically it’s an accurate description, but his “pet philosophy” is so entertaining and complicated, and as you can see the novel is so self-aware, that it doesn’t read preachy.
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LOL!
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You’d never do that to your characters, right?
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Hahaha well, I am sure they would have a few choice words for me!
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Oh man, this does cut pretty deep. XD
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