/lit/ - Literature

>not realizing that if you're going to house the literal tablets of the covenant made with God Himself you'd better get every last detail of the container right

Always keep in mind, in the context of the late 20th Century, that Bloom is a Jew and Jews are angry at their God because they feel abandoned by Him. This has been a feeling that waxes and wanes throughout the history of the Jewish people, but it was especially prevalent in the half-century after the Holocaust, for various reasons. Even non-practicing Jews felt a sense of anger at the Lord for allowing their nation to go through such terrible strife. So, in return, they attempted to tear down and belittle God at every turn, in ways both overt and subtle. This explains not only modern Old Testament criticism but also philosophical and literary movements such as deconstructionism and critical theory, both of which were started by Jews. For in the end they are and always have been a stiff-necked people, eager to challenge their God and put Him to the test.

I want more than anything to make genuine money off of my writing abilities. The dream would be to be a famous author and make George RR Martin money, but I'd honestly just be happy to use my skills in a way that earns me a steady paycheck. I'd love to be an editor, a proofreader, a copyeditor, that sort of thing. But I can't seem to find anything like that that's stable, in spite of all the terribly crafted writing I see both in print and online. Am I just not looking in the right places?