Donald McEntee
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Have you seen?: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/march-web-only/this-fantasy-novelist-showed-me-what-it-means-to-fear-god.html
Lois McMaster Bujold
Interesting take.
As a rule of thumb, what any reader will get out of a work is sensitively dependent on what they bring to it, since beyond the words-in-a-row blueprint the writer supplies to all identically, the construction materials are sourced locally.
A worked example of the process may be had by anyone comparing the high and low star rating reviews on any of my works, which Amazon will handily collate for one. Anyone contemplating the range who thinks, "It doesn't sound as if they read the same book," is quite right; or, more precisely, didn't experience the same book.
Ta, L.
Interesting take.
As a rule of thumb, what any reader will get out of a work is sensitively dependent on what they bring to it, since beyond the words-in-a-row blueprint the writer supplies to all identically, the construction materials are sourced locally.
A worked example of the process may be had by anyone comparing the high and low star rating reviews on any of my works, which Amazon will handily collate for one. Anyone contemplating the range who thinks, "It doesn't sound as if they read the same book," is quite right; or, more precisely, didn't experience the same book.
Ta, L.
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Laura
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
When you are busy writing do you notice a decline in your interest in reading? Or maybe in reading works similar to what you are writing? Perhaps this pertains more to fiction than non-fiction, but I've experienced seasons when a world is actively gestating inside my head and similar stories lose their appeal. Curious to know if others experience something similar. Thank you!
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