Memeage

[msagara]

Because I know, in general, that people often find memes to be repetitive or not entirely interesting, it's all behind the cut.


If there is any question you would like to ask me about any one of my works, then go ahead! What I meant by a particular line, why I chose that characterization, what I was listening to as I wrote, what crack I was taking and where you can get some ... anything. Anything you might like to know about how I wrote it, I shall do my best to answer.


I'll modify that to say I'm old enough that crack isn't part of the equation, although lack of sleep might be. And I'll then append:

Or if there's any question you would like to ask me about the process, the bookstore, the business in general, and I can answer it, I'll also field those happily.

Taken from terri_osborne, and kradical, but seen elsewhere as well.



ETA: Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrated it late this year (ours being in the less chilly month of October <g>).

Comments

[drenilop.livejournal.com]

As a writer, I'm more interested in what happens after. I'm more interested in writing the funeral than in writing the death; more interested in the cost of action than the necessary action itself.

Yes, I can see this, now that you said it. The characters' reflections on these costs and their awareness of them give them a depth that is otherwise missing from the more plot-driven series (in the sense that the plot is the only thing that matters in the book). Character development and voice matters in these in ways that don't occur in other books (UGH Robert Jordan ::shudders::).

The only character who doesn't seem to fit this is Kallandras. He seems numb to the costs of what he does, almost emotionless many times, but at the same time he reflects and experiences costs in other ways. He almost seems to be aging as we progress through the series - reflecting more, allowing his past experiences to color his thoughts and behaviors.

And yes, it adds words... If the books weren't already so long, and thick enough to scare students into not-reading, I'd almost consider assigning bits from them. The best bits, unfortunately, don't extract well because -- for the reasons you mentioned -- these actions and concerns only have meaning in the broader context of their societies. :-(