Comments on: Duelling book plugs http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/09/duelling-book-plugs/ Dungeon of Death: Chris Benoit and the Hart Family Curse is available NOW! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:28:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pure_dynamite http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/09/duelling-book-plugs/comment-page-1/#comment-466456 pure_dynamite Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:53:31 +0000 http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/duelling-book-plugs/#comment-466456 I can appreciate that, I guess its harder than I thought to write a book! I can appreciate that, I guess its harder than I thought to write a book!

]]> By: Scott Keith http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/09/duelling-book-plugs/comment-page-1/#comment-466365 Scott Keith Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:02 +0000 http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/duelling-book-plugs/#comment-466365 On the subject of the drugs, there was shall we say a lengthy list of notes from the legal department that drastically altered the tone of certain passages from the time I wrote to the book to the time it hit shelves. We were quite surprised at how conservatively the legal department for the publisher wanted to play it when broaching that subject, and any time the topic was "such and such was on such and such" I had to make sure I either rewrote it or had documented evidence, to the point where I couldn't even make my usual jokes about roided wrestlers or certain people smoking crack without getting a page of notes. It made my head hurt, frankly. On the subject of the drugs, there was shall we say a lengthy list of notes from the legal department that drastically altered the tone of certain passages from the time I wrote to the book to the time it hit shelves. We were quite surprised at how conservatively the legal department for the publisher wanted to play it when broaching that subject, and any time the topic was “such and such was on such and such” I had to make sure I either rewrote it or had documented evidence, to the point where I couldn’t even make my usual jokes about roided wrestlers or certain people smoking crack without getting a page of notes. It made my head hurt, frankly.

]]> By: pure_dynamite http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/09/duelling-book-plugs/comment-page-1/#comment-466350 pure_dynamite Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:28:55 +0000 http://www.rspwfaq.com/2008/12/duelling-book-plugs/#comment-466350 Just got finished with this book, and have to say I enjoyed it much more than I expected. I was expecting a huge write up on the Benoit murder suicide, which would have been difficult to read ( a bit like Martha Hart's book) but it was actually really interesting and was more about wrestler deaths in general. Not necessarily a funny subject but there were some laughs in there. Two things that bugged me though. Firstly, Dynamite didnt gow up in "the slums of Enland" as you say Scott. He grew up on a decent housing estate, full of honest working class people, not far from me. We do have slums but the Kid didnt grow up in them. He is just a bit nuts. Second, and I didnt expect this, on some of the deaths you appeared to be saying "we cant be sure that he died from drugs, but he probably did". Not those exact words but that seemed to be the point. Its the sort of comment i'd expect from a know nothing journo with an axe to grind, rather than an intelligent, long time fan of wrestling like yourself. I appreciate you dont have the same love you once had for wresltling, and that you were probably under severe time pressures to get the thing written but I found myself thinking you were being lazy at times saying that. Having said that, I did enjoy the book and hope it sells well for you. Good luck! Just got finished with this book, and have to say I enjoyed it much more than I expected. I was expecting a huge write up on the Benoit murder suicide, which would have been difficult to read ( a bit like Martha Hart’s book) but it was actually really interesting and was more about wrestler deaths in general. Not necessarily a funny subject but there were some laughs in there.

Two things that bugged me though. Firstly, Dynamite didnt gow up in “the slums of Enland” as you say Scott. He grew up on a decent housing estate, full of honest working class people, not far from me. We do have slums but the Kid didnt grow up in them. He is just a bit nuts.

Second, and I didnt expect this, on some of the deaths you appeared to be saying “we cant be sure that he died from drugs, but he probably did”. Not those exact words but that seemed to be the point. Its the sort of comment i’d expect from a know nothing journo with an axe to grind, rather than an intelligent, long time fan of wrestling like yourself. I appreciate you dont have the same love you once had for wresltling, and that you were probably under severe time pressures to get the thing written but I found myself thinking you were being lazy at times saying that.

Having said that, I did enjoy the book and hope it sells well for you. Good luck!

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