Your own agent summed it up best: "To present yourself as a person who is dying of AIDS in a culture which has lost so many writers and voices of great meaning, to take advantage of that sympathy and empathy, is the most unfortunate part of all of this," Mr. Silverberg said. "A lot of people believed they were supporting not only a good and innovative and adventurous voice, but that we were supporting a person."No matter what you do from this point forward, no matter how good or not, no one will take you seriously. By treating your fans like tools your creative power is now officially negated.