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Why shouldn't he write a novel? (How good it is will depend obviously). Random House is seeing a market - those who watched his series on gangs and on Afghanistan etc.
He was a pretty crap actor, but I've got to give him his due, he's got balls that bloody clank at times...and isn't above admitting his peed himself in fear first time he was shot at.
If Andy McNab can write a book, heck if I can write a book, why not him? From what I can gather, he's using his experiences in Afghanistan, writing what he knows. So what?
It's not ridiculous. It's business.Ross Kemp is now a novelist.
Bloody ridiculous. Random House needs to get a grip.
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Why shouldn't he write a novel? (How good it is will depend obviously). Random House is seeing a market - those who watched his series on gangs and on Afghanistan etc.
He was a pretty crap actor, but I've got to give him his due, he's got balls that bloody clank at times...and isn't above admitting his peed himself in fear first time he was shot at.
If Andy McNab can write a book, heck if I can write a book, why not him? From what I can gather, he's using his experiences in Afghanistan, writing what he knows. So what?
That being said, seems to be a writer shouldn't really care who else is writing a novel or what their background is.
Many, many actors make incredibly good writers. Why shouldn't they? They generally read more, are exposed to more good writing, and very, very often do much of the writing that goes into a film or TV series.
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While performing shows with the Second City in 1997, Fey submitted several scripts to NBC's variety show Saturday Night Live (SNL), at the request of its head writer Adam McKay, a former performer at Second City.[6] She was hired as a writer[28] for SNL
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In 2002, Fey suggested a pilot episode for a situation comedy about a cable news network to NBC, who rejected it. The pilot was reworked to revolve around an SNL style series, and was accepted by NBC.[48] She signed a contract with NBC in May 2003, which allowed her to remain in her SNL head writer position at least through the 2004–2005 television season.
I don't really look at it like that. There are different markets out there - there are markets for celeb authors and markets for everyone else.
Ross Kemp is now a novelist.
Bloody ridiculous. Random House needs to get a grip.