Michelle Sagara

I came to a lot of these realizations while I was still writing short stories, though they were hard realities for me to face. I'm more comfortable now with the idea that books are subjective, and as long as I write things I like I'm just going to learn to live with other people's reactions. My first book is coming out in September, and I'm happy with it at an artistic level. As you said about Name of the Wind, I think it's possible to write a beautiful book that is also compelling and exciting and engaging to the reader without being overwhelming. I don't know if I've done that, but it's what I was trying for. Anyway.