Richard Yates (Melville House, 2010), a novel by Tao Lin
My second novel, Richard Yates, will be published by Melville House in Spring 2010, here are statistics:
Word count: 53780More information is available in this interview with Jessica Roy in NYU Local, the New Yorker linked.
Sentences/paragraph: 3.2
Words/sentence: 10.2
Characters/word: 4.1
Passive sentences: 0%
Flesch reading ease: 82.7
Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level: 4.2
Cover page in word file sent to publisher: here
Index: there will probably be an index
Is it linear: yes
How many hours did it take: between 800 and 2000 hours
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good job, tao.
I will definitely buy this. Thanks Tao. I love you very much.
congratulations, tao.
I think that interview is brilliant.
Yay! That must feel wonderful.
"do you even know who richard yates is" like being at an aids clinic
i like it
congratulations
Now that "Richard Yates" by Tao Lin is complete, Richard Yates needs to rise from dead and construct his answer novel, "Tao Lin" by Richard Yates (Melville House, 2010)
what happened to 'second novel'? i liked that one. can i have that one?
i was very excited about your second novel.
now i am a little less excited. stats are boring.
excitement has subsided. now i am 'anticipating' your second novel.
anticipation is not the same as excitement.
stats murdered my excitement.
I like those statistics.
But I don't like math too much.
I changed my mind. I don't like the stats. They are interesting but math makes things boring.
However, I wish I could do something for 800 hours.
adam, good job
kelly, thank you
rollerskatejamms, thank you
will, thank you
erin, i feel excited for it to come out
zachary, good
ken, thank you
exadore, yes, i expect he'll probably rise from the grave, i hope he starts a blog
ryan, it isn't named 'second novel,' someone else can do that now
jereme, i am glad you still at least feel 'anticipation'
glen, i am glad you wish you could do something for 800 hours, i think, i'm not sure
Congratulations on writing/publishing the thing, Richard Yates. I have questions about the universe.
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I like the title.
I deleted both of my comments. I am scared.
why do they wait so long to publish it? is it a marketing technique? or does it take that long to get it ready?
i cant stand that more than half of these commenters commented in the Tao Lin voice.
yes, i think it would be good if people stopped aping tao lin's style. tao is far better at it than you, so stop. find your own voice instead of turning tao lin's into something worse.
Pretty good interview.
Pretty, pretty
good
I have to laugh at someone getting onto others for "copying" Lin's style.
Do you think Lin's "style" emerged from a black hole in the universe?
Every single writer IS and SHOULD copy other styles.
Would you make the same comment about a musician, or a painter?
Lin could list one hundred authors right now he "copies."
Any author could I'd hope.
i didn't feel like anyone was 'copying' anyone in these comments, and i am not opposed to 'copying' things, and i think i almost never think in terms of 'copying' when i read anyone else's writing
i know almost everyone who commented in this post, even in real life, and i liked reading their comments
heated.
i don't understand how one can obtain an idea of a style of writing from short comments from varied people.
also as an arbitray aside, is it not better to communicate with someone in a simular style to they use?
Would it not be a bit silly to use a super formal style to comment on tao's blog?
(and as a 'cheap shot', sarah a.'s comment has the style of perhaps 30% or internet comments. Maybe she should get her own style)
[these question are in a neutral-but-maybe-a-little-abashed manner]
hey tao
congratulations, tao. i like the new title a lot. i'm glad that your title trauma is over.....
i look forward to the future when i am reading your new novel.
thank you tony
i support 'adam coates,' i have read his novel
i am glad you look forward to the future, 'writewrite'
Adam Coates has written a novel? God help us all.
there was a picture of two black labrador retrievers staring at each other from inside of their invisible fences but my mom forgot to put it in the package
dave i don't understand what you mean.
could you explain.
I think I use the style of the author whose blogs I post comments on a lot. I don't know if I'm always conscious of it. It's like, I read the post and I go into the brain of that person and I comment and that's how it comes out, because I was in the brain of that person. Plus, it's funner to use other people's styles because my style is dumb. I don't even have a style. I wear plain clothes. I blend.
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someone sounds like an angry bigot.
i feel bad for 'tao lin seems unstable and dangerous''s students that they have to listen to spiel like this. i feel bad that you assume "hipsters" have never read rhys, or know any "real" writers.
i just feel bad for you.
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observational skills are almost null if you haven't realized all of tao lin's blogger links are minor reflections of himself.
he likes what he likes. what is the big deal.
i thoroughly enjoy watching people get 'baited'. this is a fun thread.
i like the title, it is soothing
i am sad a little it wasn't the paypal title, but this is probably more something
really excited about the book
so sorry. i'll pack my chopsticks, farm hat, kung-fu sandals, dumplings, and go back to china.
you wrote a novel called Richard Yates.
i have liked your books i have already read.
i really like richard yates.
i am excited to see whats in store, i feel certain it wont be a negative expierience.
wow. this thread got hateful in a hurry. I'm not sure creative writing should be equated with the oncoming American shredding apocolypse in any way shape or form.
i think people need to chill out.
to tao lin seems dangerous etc.
you hate tao
that's your opinion, who cares, why do you think your opinion is so important or whatever that you can be so mean
who made you america's defender
how do you know how to defend america
the set known as 'america' contains tao, therefore you should defend tao... from yourself
you're using racial slurs and making racist comments
tao lin typed 'fuck america'
those are objective observations.
but, how is it okay for you to type racial slurs and make racist comments while it is not okay for tao to type 'fuck america'
you're just really open-minded i guess
zomg you can't spell <- objective statement
i've read some or all of lorrie moore, raymond chandler, pessoa, and miranda july and i like tao's writing
but who cares
that doesn't mean i am a 'better' or 'worse' than other people
it just means i like to read
i've read those people mostly because of this blog ring
thank you for blogging about them
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"Tao Lin, if you don't like America, go back to your commie pighole in China before you go Cho Songhui on innocent Americans."
now here is a college class i could probably enjoy!!
i haven't even finished reading your first novel yet. and Bed is waiting to be read by me.
Yet, I am stoked!
congratulations
sweet, sweet success. i am looking forward to reading it.
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