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Thank you for the detailed info about your writing process. I like your efforts to write (and do) what is important to you. I also say in support of your not taking on writing partners, I have had in general very less than positive results when reading books where a series is continued by "A. N. Other" either in partnership with the original author or alone after the death of the author. Very seldom do I find the results pleasing, and never "the same". I have on rare occasions found some fan fiction efforts that I enjoy, but then I tend to hold those to a lower standard than "real books", which today might be eBooks.
I think you are wise to have taken this course. Other authors have fallen for this, to the detriment of their legacy. (Larry, I'm looking at you.)
WRT retirement: I don't miss my old job much - it was stressful, had horridly irregular hours (hey, I think we could get this done by 5 AM if we keep going all night), and needed constant work to keep certificates updated.
Seconding the others - as much as I would love the impossible, a new novella from you every week, I very much prefer being surprised when one is anounced, be it every few months or years.
And I don't know a single really good collaboration when established authors farmed out their work. Like I said, rather a gem once in a while then pulp more often, watering down the quality of the whole.
I love this statement you made above - "The cores of all my stories are some sort of inner spiritual journey the characters take, that both they and I discover as I write. " That makes me want to re read your work, again.
With respect to all the books I've read penned by authors other than their originators, I was never satisfied with the characterizations or the tone of the novels. While I would always love to have another dozen novels to read from my favorite authors, I am content to let them rest in peace.
I can immediately think of two cases in which an author’s world was successfully extended after his death (without even having him around to help): Michael Kurland wrote a couple of Lord Darcy novels in the world of Randall Garrett, and S. M. Stirling wrote a Time Patrol story in the world of Poul Anderson. I can’t be sure that the dead original authors would have approved of the results, but I approve of them as a reader. However, in general this kind of thing can’t be expected to work well, and I wouldn’t be keen myself to read imitation-Bujold stories by some other author. An equal collaboration would be a different matter, but such collaborations work well relatively rarely, and most authors don’t seem keen.
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Thank you for the detailed info about your writing process. I like your efforts to write (and do) what is important to you. I also say in support of your not taking on writing partners, I have had in general very less than positive results when reading books where a series is continued by "A. N. Other" either in partnership with the original author or alone after the death of the author. Very seldom do I find the results pleasing, and never "the same". I have on rare occasions found some fan fiction efforts that I enjoy, but then I tend to hold those to a lower standard than "real books", which today might be eBooks.
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I think you are wise to have taken this course. Other authors have fallen for this, to the detriment of their legacy. (Larry, I'm looking at you.)WRT retirement: I don't miss my old job much - it was stressful, had horridly irregular hours (hey, I think we could get this done by 5 AM if we keep going all night), and needed constant work to keep certificates updated.
Seconding the others - as much as I would love the impossible, a new novella from you every week, I very much prefer being surprised when one is anounced, be it every few months or years.And I don't know a single really good collaboration when established authors farmed out their work. Like I said, rather a gem once in a while then pulp more often, watering down the quality of the whole.
I love this statement you made above - "The cores of all my stories are some sort of inner spiritual journey the characters take, that both they and I discover as I write. " That makes me want to re read your work, again.
With respect to all the books I've read penned by authors other than their originators, I was never satisfied with the characterizations or the tone of the novels. While I would always love to have another dozen novels to read from my favorite authors, I am content to let them rest in peace.
I can immediately think of two cases in which an author’s world was successfully extended after his death (without even having him around to help): Michael Kurland wrote a couple of Lord Darcy novels in the world of Randall Garrett, and S. M. Stirling wrote a Time Patrol story in the world of Poul Anderson. I can’t be sure that the dead original authors would have approved of the results, but I approve of them as a reader. However, in general this kind of thing can’t be expected to work well, and I wouldn’t be keen myself to read imitation-Bujold stories by some other author. An equal collaboration would be a different matter, but such collaborations work well relatively rarely, and most authors don’t seem keen.
