It's mizkit's fault that I read this. But it's also because I have loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooved your 'CAST IN _______' books. (I think maybe there were not enough o's in there to emphasize this point enough.) Beyond the fact that they have a really great unique setting that is somehow both modern and historical feeling at the same time (which they do, and which I love!), they also have /excellent/ pacing. And Kit will tell you, I'm a pacing fetishist. (Not really, but it amuses her to say so and I do find pacing very important in a book).
Of course, most of the stuff I love to read has great pacing, which only makes it easier to devour quickly. That's fine when I've only caught the person several years into their series and they've got several books out I need to catch up on... but then I catch up. And, I'm afraid I have to admit, that I am a greedy, impatient reader. I /want/. I want the next book. I want it now. I don't want it to be a sacrifice of quality, but I do wish most stringently that the authors I love could figure out how to bend time so that they could both write the book to the same quality that I have come to adore... and so that they can do so by next week.
I can't say that I don't care when it takes two+ years for the next book to come out (and I don't think authors really want me to not care, because that's a sign that you can take or leave the books one way or the other -- did that make sense?), but I... grudgingly understand. :) I know there's more involved than just the speed at which someone can churn out a novel. I know there are a lot of elements completely out of the author's control, what with their not being, you know, gods and whatnot. (Very short sighted of them, by the way.)
I wish I could say that I've never arrogantly spouted off that 'I could do it better' opinion after struggling through a particularly disappointing book, but I'd be lying. Luckily, I don't know any of those authors personally. :)
Anyway, I'm probably way off topic here and way, way too wordy besides. But your post just struck something in my and I couldn't keep my big yap shut.
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Date: 2008-04-12 02:49 pm (UTC)Of course, most of the stuff I love to read has great pacing, which only makes it easier to devour quickly. That's fine when I've only caught the person several years into their series and they've got several books out I need to catch up on... but then I catch up. And, I'm afraid I have to admit, that I am a greedy, impatient reader. I /want/. I want the next book. I want it now. I don't want it to be a sacrifice of quality, but I do wish most stringently that the authors I love could figure out how to bend time so that they could both write the book to the same quality that I have come to adore... and so that they can do so by next week.
I can't say that I don't care when it takes two+ years for the next book to come out (and I don't think authors really want me to not care, because that's a sign that you can take or leave the books one way or the other -- did that make sense?), but I... grudgingly understand. :) I know there's more involved than just the speed at which someone can churn out a novel. I know there are a lot of elements completely out of the author's control, what with their not being, you know, gods and whatnot. (Very short sighted of them, by the way.)
I wish I could say that I've never arrogantly spouted off that 'I could do it better' opinion after struggling through a particularly disappointing book, but I'd be lying. Luckily, I don't know any of those authors personally. :)
Anyway, I'm probably way off topic here and way, way too wordy besides. But your post just struck something in my and I couldn't keep my big yap shut.
Thank you for the great books.