I was acutely anxious about Sea of Sorrows because I was absolutely certain that my readers would read it and say: I waited two years for this?
Horribly after the fact, but I've been slowly trolling the archives, so forgive me. ;)
I have to say, as a reader of Big Fat Fantasy, 2 years is like, NOTHING, to wait. ;) It's only the first 3 months after the book that's hard, after that the wound scabs over and as long as I don't pick at it by re-reading, the wait doesn't bother me, except insofar as the time makes it harder to remember the last book. But since I also forget things after the first 3 months too (hence the scabbing) there's really no way to remedy that problem. ;)
At any rate, once an author has written something I've LOVED, as long as they keep writing books I don't actively HATE, I'll keep buying everything they write. Actually, sometimes I'll keep buying even if they write something I hate. The 4th Dune book nearly killed me, but 5 and 6 were so good I'm glad I kept truckin'. It's that hope that keeps me going. ;)
I don't think 4 years between Hidden City and Sun Sword is all that egregious. I felt we were left in a pretty comfortable spot at the end of Sun Sword, makes it easy to wait. Plus I'd rather have had the Cast books than Hidden City sooner. ;)
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Date: 2008-06-13 12:36 am (UTC)Horribly after the fact, but I've been slowly trolling the archives, so forgive me. ;)
I have to say, as a reader of Big Fat Fantasy, 2 years is like, NOTHING, to wait. ;) It's only the first 3 months after the book that's hard, after that the wound scabs over and as long as I don't pick at it by re-reading, the wait doesn't bother me, except insofar as the time makes it harder to remember the last book. But since I also forget things after the first 3 months too (hence the scabbing) there's really no way to remedy that problem. ;)
At any rate, once an author has written something I've LOVED, as long as they keep writing books I don't actively HATE, I'll keep buying everything they write. Actually, sometimes I'll keep buying even if they write something I hate. The 4th Dune book nearly killed me, but 5 and 6 were so good I'm glad I kept truckin'. It's that hope that keeps me going. ;)
I don't think 4 years between Hidden City and Sun Sword is all that egregious. I felt we were left in a pretty comfortable spot at the end of Sun Sword, makes it easy to wait. Plus I'd rather have had the Cast books than Hidden City sooner. ;)