Why do you hate him so much, /lit?

Why do you hate him so much, /lit?

because he's not 'literary'.

elaborate

Because he's a hypocritical, arrogant, repetitive douchebag. Anyone that puts out as many shitty books as him, all with his name as the largest text on the cover, is someone worth hating.

That, and he coincidentally looks just like the head of department that kicked me out of university for not attending his lectures.

I understand why you would call him "repetitive", but why "arrogant" or "hypocritical"? Also, I'm sure it's not his decision to have his name as the largest thing on his covers. Not that I really see what's wrong with that.

Virtue signaling tryhard
Fuck his piety and fuck him

He's good at what he does desu

Do you have a specific example of this virtue signaling?

>arrogant

Check out how he judges other authors (even more successful ones). He acts like they're beneath him.

>hypocritical

He's constantly telling new authors what they should and shouldn't be doing, but most of the time he either didn't do it himself or still doesn't do it. He's acting like there's only one way to write, and he does so from the comfort of already being established.

I know what you mean by the way he judges other authors, but it never seemed like he was doing it in a pompous way to me. It seems to me like it comes more from a place of casual art criticism. He also comments a lot on shitty horror and what he thinks of them. Maybe he is being an arrogant asshole, but it comes across as being on the level of a consumer rather than speaking as a peer.

>He's constantly telling new authors what they should and shouldn't be doing, but most of the time he either didn't do it himself or still doesn't do it. He's acting like there's only one way to write, and he does so from the comfort of already being established.

but he's very prolific and as a result he is constantly asked about his method. Even if he's hypocritical in his advice, there's a popular demand for his insight on the matter and he does have a unique position in regards to the subject. It's easy to understand why he engages in that dialogue. It's constantly demanded of him.