here endeth the lesson.
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lagilmanSo this morning, I was confronted with a review of FLESH AND FIRE that read, in part: "It’s really gratifying to watch (Jerzy) change and grow as the novel progresses; he is the same person, yet completely different, when Flesh and Fire ends, and I loved how well-crafted he was....I initially wanted to read Flesh and Fire because it is a fantasy novel centered around wine, and I thought it sounded like fun. What I got was so much more than that, though."
This evening? Another review of that selfsame book that said it was "a tedious, dull and slow read. A really disappointing, underwhelming story, thin characters and no sense of resolution do not a novel make."
Thereby proving that you can noway, nohow, please all the people all the time. Write what makes you happy.
This evening? Another review of that selfsame book that said it was "a tedious, dull and slow read. A really disappointing, underwhelming story, thin characters and no sense of resolution do not a novel make."
Thereby proving that you can noway, nohow, please all the people all the time. Write what makes you happy.
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Date: 2011-12-08 12:39 pm (UTC)Someone asked me yesterday what audience I imagined when I write, and I realised that I don't really have one -- I write for the characters and to get to the fun bits. I suppose I should think about this a bit more, really, but at heart I don't really believe that I have an audience per se, just the people who I already know.
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Date: 2011-12-09 03:19 am (UTC)