flummery

Here via elynross and loving the rant. I gave up on Rice long ago, when it was clear that she'd fired her editors, and really had only one idea, which was veering perilously close to a rocks-off fantasy most of the time. That she thought it was a good idea to get down and dirty with the peons makes me laugh because nothing makes any creative person (and lordy, I do use that word loosely in her case) look more foolish than engaging in fights over whether her/his work is good or not.