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Have it. Haven't gotten around to it. ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #1
His "writing factory" gets very little space in this 300+ page memoir anobserver2 Jun 2022 #4
See pages 249-250 anobserver2 Jun 2022 #11
Thanks for the specifics ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #51
Also read this: Harvard Business Review, March 2012 anobserver2 Jun 2022 #12
And this: page 259 of his memoir (an unnumbered page) anobserver2 Jun 2022 #13
It seems he has promoted two versions of the structure of his writing factory anobserver2 Jun 2022 #14
Note to: any of his "writing factory" writers anobserver2 Jun 2022 #15
PS Here's the NY Post article about the lawsuit a writer filed against Patterson anobserver2 Jun 2022 #16
Also: Patterson's new memoir makes no mention of any lawsuit against him by a writer anobserver2 Jun 2022 #17
Two organizations for writers in the writing factory - Author's Guild and National Writers Union anobserver2 Jun 2022 #18
Questions someone should be asking these writers in his writing factory anobserver2 Jun 2022 #19
Well, of course it doesn't ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #48
I used to read all his books but now I think he just doc03 Jun 2022 #2
I think he still writes the Cross books, but other than that, I agree. rsdsharp Jun 2022 #3
Yeah, I think now he is really much more like a publisher anobserver2 Jun 2022 #5
I meant to add: And Equity, and all the other unions anobserver2 Jun 2022 #6
"crap, about crap" is the opinion of a reviewer I read - and I agree anobserver2 Jun 2022 #7
He's following the Dumas formula ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #49
James Patterson is an anomaly anobserver2 Apr 2023 #52
I do hope you meant to educate people ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #55
P.S. anobserver2 Apr 2023 #54
When I have time I will write a list of discrepencies I found in this memoir anobserver2 Jun 2022 #8
Excerpt from above link anobserver2 Jun 2022 #9
Well, that's a first ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #50
I think Patterson did the same thing as Frey anobserver2 Jun 2022 #10
Well, every review seems to be wonderful anobserver2 Jun 2022 #20
Great news: Library Journal panned Patterson's new memoir anobserver2 Jun 2022 #21
More about Library Journal anobserver2 Jun 2022 #22
So glad they panned it!!! anobserver2 Jun 2022 #23
The UK's Telegraph panned it, too anobserver2 Jun 2022 #24
Well, I almost thought today was Juneteenth - but it's not anobserver2 Jun 2022 #25
From June 20, 2022 New Yorker magazine: "How James Patterson Became the World's Best-Selling Author" anobserver2 Jun 2022 #26
Deception #1 in Memoir: North America anobserver2 Jun 2022 #27
Deception #2 in Memoir: Vietnam-era Law re draft anobserver2 Jun 2022 #28
Deception #3 in Memoir: Grad school / omission anobserver2 Jun 2022 #29
Deception #4 in Memoir: Re Harvard anobserver2 Jun 2022 #30
No Masters degree - he's not a "distinguished alumni" anobserver2 Jun 2022 #31
So - what was he doing from 1970-1971? anobserver2 Jun 2022 #32
Deception #5 in Memoir: His working life before advertising anobserver2 Jun 2022 #33
Deception #6 in Memoir: His false channeling of John Lennon anobserver2 Jun 2022 #34
Deception #7 in Memoir: How He Got Hired in Advertising anobserver2 Jun 2022 #35
Deception #8 in Memoir: Misrepresenting book anobserver2 Jun 2022 #36
Deception #9 in Memoir: "Outline!" anobserver2 Jun 2022 #37
Deceptions #10 #11 and #12 in Memoir to come anobserver2 Jun 2022 #38
Will try to finish this thread today anobserver2 Jun 2022 #39
Deception #10 - Pages 114-116 / Re full page ad in the NY Times 1984 anobserver2 Jun 2022 #40
Deception #11 in Memoir: Money, and Pages 120-121 - "the fine art of negociating" anobserver2 Jun 2022 #41
Deception #12 in Memoir - re Veterans anobserver2 Jun 2022 #42
Celebrity Index - Dolly Parton anobserver2 Jun 2022 #43
James Patterson & Bill O'Reilly book anobserver2 Jun 2022 #44
A Letter from James Patterson to me, August 1985 anobserver2 Feb 2023 #45
Patterson's Memoir (June 2022) vs Patterson's letter to me (August 1985) anobserver2 Feb 2023 #46
A novel idea anobserver2 Feb 2023 #47
How to Get On NYT Best Seller List anobserver2 Apr 2023 #53
RE Vietnam Draft anobserver2 Jan 2024 #56
job offer anobserver2 Jan 2024 #57
I liked these reviews on Good Reads anobserver2 Jan 2024 #58
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