Alison

@ Lydia: I was hoping not to have to make that connection, between submission and $$$$. But point well taken: there’s a boatload of money at stake in all this, with all the conferences, books, websites, and other materials. I halfway wonder but what some of the comp authors don’t truly believe the dreck they’re sending out, but are only in it for the money. If the figures on the paycheck are right, they’ll cop to comp doctrine, even if it means a betrayal of their own truest selves that genuinely (in some cases) don’t believe any of it.

@ pinklight: sorry to gross you out. I think I took my coffee a bit too strong when I wrote what I did. But the point remains: there’s some nasty stuff out there.