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If you look in his early career you can see some stuff that looks like an actual author. He appears on some podcasts, he is interviewed for a blog or two, he wrote some short fiction and tweets back and forth with other authors. This all vanished when he began hanging around Cat Rambo, was into his Tor deal and became obsessed with Twitter. Seemingly he figured he had hit the big time and was above networking with nobodies. Of course he didn't understand that while the correct politics and a certain amount of bullshitting can get you in certain doors you have to have talent to stay.I know i’m stating the obvious here but any job is about networking. The more people you know the more successful you are. And networking is completely antithetical to his nature. He is simply not a friendly person, and even if he were, he simply cannot think about “business”. How many authors or publishers do you think he’s actively soiled a connection with over politics? Do you think Pat is honestly competent enough to put aside politics to get ahead in his career?
Schinkle bout this. Have we ever seen Patrick tweet something like “Hey I just read this book by this small time author, I think people should check him out he’s really great!” NEVER. If he does its for the SFWA creeps who he feels obliged to give promotion to. Shit like that goes a long way and would show he’s actually committed to making relationships in the industry
He doesn't seem to like writing, reading, other authors or the craft at all. It was always a means to an end, to catapult him into Hollywood and the political sphere.