Comments on: I have People to Read that For Me http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/101 The Insect Man / Empire Rising Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:28:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/101/comment-page-1#comment-188 Colin Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:00:36 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=101#comment-188 Thank you for posting this! You can commend yourself on being the first fantasy author that I will read because his blog posts are so eloquent (although I jar through them because I have to read the annotations as I see them in the main body). If your books are half so well-written, I most definitely have something to look forward to. I think that it is difficult to write fantasy when you read too much of it. I occasionally sit down and try to write a short story, then quit, disgusted, after I start seeing too much of other people's ideas in my own writing. I am trying to branch out in my reading to get some fresh ideas for fantasy, or to get a clue on how to write in other genres. Thank you for posting this! You can commend yourself on being the first fantasy author that I will read because his blog posts are so eloquent (although I jar through them because I have to read the annotations as I see them in the main body). If your books are half so well-written, I most definitely have something to look forward to.
I think that it is difficult to write fantasy when you read too much of it. I occasionally sit down and try to write a short story, then quit, disgusted, after I start seeing too much of other people's ideas in my own writing. I am trying to branch out in my reading to get some fresh ideas for fantasy, or to get a clue on how to write in other genres.

]]> By: On Genre http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/101/comment-page-1#comment-19 On Genre Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:21:21 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=101#comment-19 [...] post over on Adrian Tchaikovsky’s blog about reading in the genre. A genuine ignorance of the genre is possible. If you simply don’t [...] […] post over on Adrian Tchaikovsky’s blog about reading in the genre. A genuine ignorance of the genre is possible. If you simply don’t […]

]]> By: Grahame http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/101/comment-page-1#comment-18 Grahame Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:00:24 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=101#comment-18 Yep, great post. I've always thought there was something distinctly suspicious about genre authors who didn't read in their own genre. I sort of feel the same way about them as I do about manufactured pop groups - like there's a bit of a smirk on their faces that prevents me from properly buying in to what they're selling. An author who looks down on his own readers doesn't deserve to sell a single copy. Yep, great post. I've always thought there was something distinctly suspicious about genre authors who didn't read in their own genre. I sort of feel the same way about them as I do about manufactured pop groups — like there's a bit of a smirk on their faces that prevents me from properly buying in to what they're selling.

An author who looks down on his own readers doesn't deserve to sell a single copy.

]]> By: Mark http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/101/comment-page-1#comment-17 Mark Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:46:03 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=101#comment-17 I've always maintained there's something distinctly S&M about writers who write fantasy, but don't like to read it. Great post! And looking forward to the enormous post now. I've always maintained there's something distinctly S&M about writers who write fantasy, but don't like to read it. Great post! And looking forward to the enormous post now.

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