Eleanor With Cats
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Can you tell us anything about Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I've been mulling over when to say more. I'm thinking late fall, just before the eARC becomes available, but I'll probably break down and say some things sooner.
I figure if I give you all very much information, you'll all race ahead and make up the book in your heads yourselves, and then be artificially nonplussed, later, when the book I wrote doesn't match the one/s you've envisioned. If a reader has less time between learning about a book and reading it -- picking it up cold in a store, say -- there is less chance for that phenomenon to develop.
It is not a war story; it is about grownups; it is not grimdark but still embeds some serious themes. It is science fiction. I expect reader response to be all over the map, because it always is.
Some readers will love it (I say this with some confidence, because some already have), some will hate it, and there will be approximately ten thousand reviews that go, "This wasn't the book I wanted! Here, let me give you this 500 word outline of outline what she should have written..." Each one different from all the others, of course. (That one's a sucker-bet.)
What say you all? How much information to you actually want to get, in advance?
Ta, L.
I've been mulling over when to say more. I'm thinking late fall, just before the eARC becomes available, but I'll probably break down and say some things sooner.
I figure if I give you all very much information, you'll all race ahead and make up the book in your heads yourselves, and then be artificially nonplussed, later, when the book I wrote doesn't match the one/s you've envisioned. If a reader has less time between learning about a book and reading it -- picking it up cold in a store, say -- there is less chance for that phenomenon to develop.
It is not a war story; it is about grownups; it is not grimdark but still embeds some serious themes. It is science fiction. I expect reader response to be all over the map, because it always is.
Some readers will love it (I say this with some confidence, because some already have), some will hate it, and there will be approximately ten thousand reviews that go, "This wasn't the book I wanted! Here, let me give you this 500 word outline of outline what she should have written..." Each one different from all the others, of course. (That one's a sucker-bet.)
What say you all? How much information to you actually want to get, in advance?
Ta, L.
More Answered Questions
Margaret Coleman
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Lois, given that you are done with the saga of Miles, Cordelia, and all the other wonderful characters whose lives (we imagine) continue, would you ever consider passing the baton (or the pen/keyboard) to another writer? Giving the characters and their offspring the opportunity to continue and those of us who enjoy them the opportunity to witness what they become?
Shane Castle
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Many authors write material that is ultimately cut out of the finished product, either by the author herself or by an editor. Do you have any backlogs of text that did not make it to the published work that you deem readable by your fans? Or that you regret leaving out?
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