Yes, it was going to be my big break: a well-known critic was going to review my book, Bell Mountain.
He didn’t, of course. He thought my book was full of secret Calvinist messages that would harm its readers. He took it upon himself to protect the world from… me.
You’d think you could get away from these people in a blinkin’ fantasy world.
Writers are naturally a little thin-skinned about their work. Your book isn’t going to amount to anything if you don’t pour your heart into it.
But to criticize my books for passing on secret Calvinist messages–that’s a bit too much.
“I’m not going to review this book because it contains an opinion other than mine!” All right, fair enough: there are lots of books I won’t review because their messages are obnoxious to me. But secret messages–no. That’s just silly.
The fantasy world of Bell Mountain is inhabited by people who never heard of Protestants or Catholics and have troubles of their own to think about.