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According to Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, “Since there seems to be a blurring of lines between fiction and reality on TV, in books, in politics even, it stands to reason that a fictional character could write a book that actually gets published. It strikes me as one of those ideas that’s so bad it’s good.”
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That has already happened? Remember the "Diary of Laura Palmer" during the Twin Peaks craze?
Posted by: El Capitan | April 11, 2008 at 07:48 AM
Twin Peaks? What about Tristram Shandy?
Laura Palmer didn't actually write that. Neither did Tristram S. That's the point. A fictional character can write a book about as well as a sonnet can drive to the store and buy a gallon of milk.
Posted by: gussie | April 11, 2008 at 08:14 AM