Writers aren't machines

Scalzi has a great blog post on 10 Things to Remember About Authors, which basically condense down to: No, whining will not make the next book happen faster, because authors are people too. (He's speaking more in the general sense than about anything specific, but I guess that reader complaints about "When will the next book get here?" are endemic to authorhood.)

I don't think I've ever experienced anger or resentment because an author couldn't deliver their book when it was promised. More like wistful disappointment (and I may have been guilty of typing "Scott Lynch" into Amazon.com's search window a number of times in the hopes that things will have changed since the last time I typed it). But given how many people have tended to default in the ficathons I've participated in (and the number of times *I've* had to back out of a commitment, failed to finish a WIP or realized that my creative energy had temporarily deserted me) I think I'm the last person who ought to be complaining about an author failing to get their next book out on time.

Writers aren't machines

Scalzi has a great blog post on 10 Things to Remember About Authors, which basically condense down to: No, whining will not make the next book happen faster, because authors are people too. (He's speaking more in the general sense than about anything specific, but I guess that reader complaints about "When will the next book get here?" are endemic to authorhood.)

I don't think I've ever experienced anger or resentment because an author couldn't deliver their book when it was promised. More like wistful disappointment (and I may have been guilty of typing "Scott Lynch" into Amazon.com's search window a number of times in the hopes that things will have changed since the last time I typed it). But given how many people have tended to default in the ficathons I've participated in (and the number of times *I've* had to back out of a commitment, failed to finish a WIP or realized that my creative energy had temporarily deserted me) I think I'm the last person who ought to be complaining about an author failing to get their next book out on time.

Leverage. Hmm.

I hate to break with my f'list here, but ... I'm not really feeling the love. We watched the first two episodes tonight and so far ( Spoilers )

Leverage. Hmm.

I hate to break with my f'list here, but ... I'm not really feeling the love. We watched the first two episodes tonight and so far ( Spoilers )