Just read an article about Keith Richards who was interviewed with questions about his book, "Life" which is coming out about now. The article said that the book was a best seller before it was even released. Well, if you are a big name like Keith Richards, a founding member of The Rolling Stones, you have that going for you. I suppose any name from any popular band will promote sales to the point of a best seller. It's not anything fictional after all. It's the story of their lives, and how they became famous.
For the rest of us, it's about the writing. We invent the story, whereas memoirs, like that of Keith Richards, lived the story. It could be true what they say, that truth is stranger than fiction. But I believe it's up to the writer. I believe it's very possible to write a fictitious story that's even stranger than truth. Ha, ha.
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