be brave and be kind

look i worked in publishing briefly and i am probably not allowed to say this because i'm sure i signed something in my hr paperwork that said so, but also: It is the biggest open secret in the industry that james patterson absolutely does NOT write his own books, he writes his ideas and some very detailed chapter-by-chapter outlines and then some other author, the ones who are credited in the books as co-authors, are the ones that actually write the words that you wind up reading on the page and like, okay i guess, but can you imagine having THAT as your career, so easy you don't even have to write your own books other authors hungry for a paycheck and some exposure write them for you after you come up with the idea, and still you think this fucking industry is biased against white men