I'm a genre fiction writer (mostly gothic mystery novels, though I've also dabbled in children's adventures, dystopian sci-fi, and a little fantasy) who stumbled across this piece and found it thoroughly entertaining. Not only that, I agree with pretty much everything you say, though I tend not to use the term "literary fiction" as I consider all written fiction "literary". However, I do understand what you are getting at in this piece.

For instance, fantasy writers can get obsessed with world building at the expense of resonant human experience with meaningful and relatable character arcs. That's why I like so little fantasy fiction, but the stuff I do like, I love passionately. I wrote about that problem here, if you're interested.

Many of the quotations from author forums you cite here are hilarious. I'm always suspicious of authors who doesn't read widely, in a broad spectrum of genres (including "literary fiction"). I'm more suspicious still of authors who don't read at all but claim that isn't an impediment to their writing. In fact, as a general rule, I don't trust people who don't read.

Ultimately, as a fiction reader, I have one criteria: good stories well told. They can be more in the "literary" fiction category, or "genre" fiction category. As an author I have two aims: 1 ) Silence the voices in my head by putting them on paper, and 2) Writing something that will resonate with other human beings, regardless of genre.

Thanks again for this article. :)