The L.A. Times has the piece. I'm surprised it took them this long to run it.
The best quote is from Mary Evans, Robert Ferrigno's agent:
"Oftentimes, you shudder when a screenwriter sends you a novel, because they tend to be strong with dialogue but crappy with context, and novels are all about creating the proper context for the story," said Evans, whose clients include [Mark Haskell] Smith and Michael Chabon. "Screenwriters are attracted to novel writing because they can let their freak flag fly and just write what they want, but the truly talented novelist-slash-screenwriter is very rare."
Have any of you read Mark Haskell Smith? From the brief description the article gives, he sounds like someone I might like.
He's decent. Tries too hard to shock and is basically Carl Hiaasen(Back when Hiaasen was GOOD)-lite.
That said, I liked his newest book SALTY a lot.
Posted by: Cameron Hughes | January 28, 2008 at 09:04 PM