Not everyone can be brilliant

Here is the quote of the week:

"It is less disastrous to turn down a work of genius than to turn down a talented mediocrity."

I don't know who said that, but some editor or publisher said it to some agent at some point in publishing history. And it is a thought to ponder.

Who are the geniuses anyway? Do we recognize them when we see them? Are they usually way out there in left field, ahead of their time maybe? Do they have something to say in a new fresh way that we really don't want to hear?

And what of all the mediocre but talented writers? Are they the fodder of the masses.

I only know what I like and what I don't. I do have one ms I'm working on that I think is brilliant. It is creative beyond the call of duty and just keeps getting better all the time. It has a pub date of 2007 and I'm very excited to see this book take off. It has so much potential it's sizzling.

Well, that's it for today.