Speaking as a reader, I don't care how long it took you to write your book. I have your book in hand, I read it, I either love it or I don't love it, and while I'm reading it, I could not care less how long it took you to write it.
It's something you probably already know, but still I'm compelled to point it out: that's how we fans of the West novels feel. Sure, it may take you a (long) while to get them in our greedy little hands, and sure, it may be that one book has turned into two...three...four...but the wait is always worthwhile.
I've always felt (even before having it confirmed here and on the list) that you knew where you were going with your story. No matter the time between publications, no matter if a part of the story morphed into multiple books - I knew that those stories needed that length of time and that span of books to be told properly and I know that, eventually, we'll get to the climax of the tales and having multiple series tie into the end just makes the experience that much more complete and satisfying.
By contrast, I stopped reading Robert Jordan because I felt that, while he had an endgame in mind, he didn't know how to get there and each new book in the series felt more like an extended "um" (if that makes any sense) than a real addition to the story line. Your books all have a purpose and add to the storytelling experience; his felt like he was floundering for his story and not finding it, which left me feeling somewhat betrayed as a reader/consumer. I love books and will wait impatiently as long as necessary *coughStevenKing'sDarkTowercough* to consume them, but to continue reading material by a particular author I need to feel that the wait is worthwhile.
Well...that's the end of that tangent. The other Michelle
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Date: 2008-04-14 04:05 pm (UTC)It's something you probably already know, but still I'm compelled to point it out: that's how we fans of the West novels feel. Sure, it may take you a (long) while to get them in our greedy little hands, and sure, it may be that one book has turned into two...three...four...but the wait is always worthwhile.
I've always felt (even before having it confirmed here and on the list) that you knew where you were going with your story. No matter the time between publications, no matter if a part of the story morphed into multiple books - I knew that those stories needed that length of time and that span of books to be told properly and I know that, eventually, we'll get to the climax of the tales and having multiple series tie into the end just makes the experience that much more complete and satisfying.
By contrast, I stopped reading Robert Jordan because I felt that, while he had an endgame in mind, he didn't know how to get there and each new book in the series felt more like an extended "um" (if that makes any sense) than a real addition to the story line. Your books all have a purpose and add to the storytelling experience; his felt like he was floundering for his story and not finding it, which left me feeling somewhat betrayed as a reader/consumer. I love books and will wait
impatientlyas long as necessary *coughStevenKing'sDarkTowercough* to consume them, but to continue reading material by a particular author I need to feel that the wait is worthwhile.Well...that's the end of that tangent.
The other Michelle