Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 12, 2012

Death by Oprah is the current terminology.

if Chuck Barris can do it, so can Danae…

Someone needs to vett your manuscript, Danae.

Audacity of Danae

Knowing Danae, I think everyone will figure it out.

Zen and the art of summer vacation.

Who tracks all these book sales?

Because most people are clueless, unless it is reported by main stream media. And we ALL know how impartial THEY are.

Aren’t most memoirs fiction ?

Yes, of course, into the world of fantasy!

LOL! Kate certainly isn’t off on that. But, yah, Oprah would’ve raked Danae over the coals. She certainly would Jeff of Doonesbury. (Red Rascal)

I once read an autobiography of Julius “Groucho” Marx. He made very clear in the introduction that since he was writing it, things happened the way he said they did becaushe that is how he remembered them.

It’s all fiction, people!

“A Million LIttle Pieces,” James Frey’s heavily-embellished “memoir” of drug addiction (which the Brooklyn Public Library has reclassified as fiction), has sold at least five million copies. Danae’s on to something.

Nightshade: And most of those will be returned unsold after the fad is over or put in the remainders dump – or sold to mail order places like Amazon or actual used book stores like Half Price Books. Authors do not get royalties on these. (former bookstore owner – back in the days of free enterprise before the capitalists controlled all communication.)

Anyone remember Konrad Kujau and " The Hitler Diaries" ? That was an international scandal when it was discovered they were clever forgeries.Or what about Clifford Irving’s " Autobiography of Howard Hughes " ? Irvin confessed he’d never, ever, even met Hughes !Danae’s got a bright future ahead.

Methinks that SOME DAY like Ralph always threatened Alice in the ol’ Honeymooners show, Danae is gonna be sent to the moon via some kind of uppercut !

Wow, does this mean than Ryan can run a marathon in under 3 hours? Or balance the federal budget with a tax cut to the rich?

I’d like to compliment most of the posters, it really is best to ignore ignorance..

Ignorance is the enemy,And it wields a mighty sword.It can cut you down in a blaze of glory,Or nail you to a board……..Rodney Crowell

If Oprah were half as clever as she thinks she is, she never would have been fooled by “A Million Little Pieces.” I read an excerpt of it, and it was pretty obvious the writer was either lying or exaggerating like crazy.

Like it. Just title the book “My Memoirs – The Way I Remembered How Things Really Happened” A little long, but should take care of most fact finders.