{"id":134,"date":"2009-07-11T12:32:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T12:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/07\/bigger-better-faster-more-on-art-buzz-and-selling-out.html"},"modified":"2009-07-11T12:32:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T12:32:58","slug":"bigger-better-faster-more-on-art-buzz-and-selling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/07\/bigger-better-faster-more-on-art-buzz-and-selling-out.html","title":{"rendered":"Bigger! Better! Faster! More!: On Art, Buzz and Selling Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is starting to really hit me. I wrote a book and it comes out in April. Sure, there are things to do between now and then, but the train is rolling and I am on it. The writing part was challenging&#8230;and wonderful. A friend asked recently if it was cathartic and &#8211; although I hadn&#8217;t considered it before &#8211; I&#8217;d have to say it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But now there&#8217;s the other part of the writing process. The part that bridges the writing with the reading. The part where I am expected to say and do the things that people say and do to create the kind of buzz that sells books.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yuck.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Yes, I have a story. Yes, I would love people to read it. But what is the line between sharing a story and prostituting it? Is my book and my story really the Bigger! Better! Faster! More! story of spring 2010? \u00a0Do I have the right to cast it as such just to get it read? Is the marketplace for music, theater, art and literature such that we face a choice &#8212; big buzz or speaking our stories into nothingness? Is there a way to strike a balance that stays true to the art, the artist and the story?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Would love to hear you on this&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is starting to really hit me. I wrote a book and it comes out in April. Sure, there are things to do between now and then, but the train is rolling and I am on it. The writing part was challenging&#8230;and wonderful. 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