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A Tale of Bust and Boom (Pamela Anderson now a best-selling author)
The Washington Post ^ | 08/30/2004 | WILLIAM BOOTH

Posted on 08/30/2004 9:14:35 AM PDT by presidio9

The turtlenecked gurus of the literary canon be damned, for it has come to pass that the first novel by Pamela Anderson has attained its rightful place on the bestseller lists.

"Can you believe it?" This is Anderson herself, the auteur and publicity-shy recluse speaking via cellular telephone from somewhere in the hills of Malibu. "So for the rest of my life, in addition to everything else they say about me, I can be called the New York Times best-selling author." Her "Star: A Novel" is No. 13, just behind Stephen King's latest.

(snip)

Pamela Anderson breaks new ground in other ways. For one, she didn't actually "write" her novel, in the traditional meaning of the term. Writing is so 20th century. What Anderson and publisher Simon & Schuster's Atria Books did was hire another writer to write the novel with her.

"I know how to write a column," Anderson says of her dots-and-dashes work for Jane magazine. "But a book? Like chapters, how many pages are in a chapter? How many chapters in a book? I needed some guidance."

(snip)

Anderson is asked about her literary inspiration. "I don't read novels," she says. She prefers books about dreams, past lives and elves.

When asked about Joan Collins as a role model for the model-actress turned novelist, Anderson demurs. Not. Really. Sure. Who. What? It doesn't matter. Quinn put a Collins reference in the book.

Anyway, Anderson is "very happy. I don't get good reviews for anything. I'm getting a real kick out of it." The Internet bookseller Amazon.com called her novel "funny, sexy, utterly compelling."

As Anderson sees it, "you can either read it on the beach or the toilet. It's not like it's a difficult read."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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No inquiries for pictures please Pam Anderson is an STD-infected skank.
1 posted on 08/30/2004 9:14:35 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9

And Jenna Jameson, the porn star is right up there with her.


2 posted on 08/30/2004 9:15:45 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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"No inquiries for pictures please Pam Anderson is an STD-infected skank."

...and that is saying it nicely too.

3 posted on 08/30/2004 9:16:27 AM PDT by lormand (I've got your "poll" right here.)
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call me a cynic but for some reason I am guessing there is someone else doing the actual writing, just a guess of course.


4 posted on 08/30/2004 9:19:05 AM PDT by escapefromboston (the real Green Lantern Returns!)
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Pamela Anderson breaks new ground in other ways. For one, she didn't actually "write" her novel, in the traditional meaning of the term. Writing is so 20th century. What Anderson and publisher Simon & Schuster's Atria Books did was hire another writer to write the novel with her.

"I know how to write a column," Anderson says of her dots-and-dashes work for Jane magazine. "But a book? Like chapters, how many pages are in a chapter? How many chapters in a book? I needed some guidance."

5 posted on 08/30/2004 9:21:06 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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Well, my God, it has come to this. People are now buying a novel by Pam Anderson and she thinks she's a talented writer. Methinks we have finally reached the very shallow end of the culture pool. Ugh.


6 posted on 08/30/2004 9:21:23 AM PDT by RexBeach (Before God makes you greedy, he makes you stupid.)
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Muhuhahahahaha


7 posted on 08/30/2004 9:22:19 AM PDT by fr_freak
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publicity-shy recluse

*spit take* BwahahaHAHAHAH!!!

8 posted on 08/30/2004 9:24:42 AM PDT by anonymous_user (Kerry lied.)
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"No inquiries for pictures please Pam Anderson is an STD-infected skank."

Sounds like someone's a little jealous...

http://www.hereinreality.com/striptease/pamflag.jpg


9 posted on 08/30/2004 9:25:25 AM PDT by CanadianRepublican
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If you have a story and don't have time to write it yourself, have someone ghost-write it for you.


10 posted on 08/30/2004 9:25:51 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: CanadianRepublican

11 posted on 08/30/2004 9:29:34 AM PDT by CanadianRepublican
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I guess someone else was doing the actual reading too ;)
"Pamela Anderson breaks new ground in other ways. For one, she didn't actually "write" her novel, in the traditional meaning of the term. Writing is so 20th century. What Anderson and publisher Simon & Schuster's Atria Books did was hire another writer to write the novel with her."
You didn't miss anything though, the article was just as vapid as the "novel" probably is.
12 posted on 08/30/2004 9:37:32 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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"you can either read it on the beach or the toilet."

I assume James Joyce has nothing to worry about?

13 posted on 08/30/2004 9:41:45 AM PDT by proust
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some times it pays to actually read these articles :)

oops.


14 posted on 08/30/2004 9:42:23 AM PDT by escapefromboston (the real Green Lantern Returns!)
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Writing is so 20th century. What Anderson and publisher Simon & Schuster's Atria Books did was hire another writer to write the novel with her.

Ghost-writing is pretty 20th century, too.

15 posted on 08/30/2004 10:05:39 AM PDT by atomicpossum (If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
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Yeh, hepitatis C infected skanks really turn me on!


16 posted on 08/30/2004 10:27:20 AM PDT by Search4Truth (When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
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To: CanadianRepublican

I'm jealous :o) but I'd rather be average then be infested with Tommy Lee cooties.


17 posted on 08/30/2004 10:29:34 AM PDT by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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"Ghost-writing is pretty 20th century, too."

Just ask hillary and bill.

That would be about the only thing that Whammy Pammy and hillary have in common.

Unless bill...............nahhhh........


18 posted on 08/30/2004 11:13:05 AM PDT by cowboyway (My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
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To: presidio9

Hep-C is not an STD.


19 posted on 08/30/2004 12:08:19 PM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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The "novel" is actually her life story. She has admitted that they wrote a "novel" to avoid lawsuits from the people in her past.


20 posted on 08/30/2004 12:09:34 PM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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