Complex sentence: According to Geoff Boucher of "Los Angeles Times", the episode references "today's mega-successful publishing series" that "target young-skewing audiences" by having Homer's writing group try to "" of these series.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Geoff Boucher of the "Los Angeles Times", the episode parodies "today's mega-successful publishing series" that "target young-skewing audiences". This is done by having Homer's writing group try to "" of these series.