"This isn't the 80's, no one uses hack. Tell me your password." "It is WARMACHINEROCKZ. All caps, with a z."
Wherein Jack takes a moment to be the cruel author and not the suffering fan girl.
Cliff hangers. We all know what those are, and have likely suffered at their hands. (You've suffered more than anyone if you have ever watched BBC.)
I've faced my fair share of cliff hangers. I've read books and reached the end and found one and had to endure months or longer without knowing what happens. Cliff hangers do things to you. "Fans weren't meant to go so long without knowing. It does things to them."
You don't believe me? Go online and look up the Sherlock fandom. See what is happening to us, having to endure the dreaded Fall in series two. See, pure insanity. It is to a point where we don't even know what we're doing anymore and other fandoms are just shaking their heads at us.
But, deep down, I think we love cliff hangers. We love reaching the end and throwing a book or things at a TV when our hearts stop beating and we go, "WHAT?! YOU CAN'T STOP THERE!" Of course, we complain about cliff hangers, but if we didn't have them I believe we would miss them.
This is a theory I hope is true.
Why do I hope this is true? Because, not only am I the fangirl who suffers along with all the other fans out there over cliff hangers - and I've a good many things to suffer over. Sherlock, Percy Jackson, Doctor Who, Psych, Grimm. Likely soon to be Once Upon a Time thanks to a certain friend. (You know who you are.)
But, I am also one of those people - those people fans throw things at and yell at. I'm one of those dreaded Authors who, yes, leave my readers with cliff hangers.
Why do I do this? Why am I purposely ending book two in the most cruel way I can dream up? Simple.
Authors enjoy it. A bit too much.
"They don't get paid to do it. They enjoy it. They get off on it."
Yes, I know the pain a reader goes through to be left with a cliff hanger and then made to wait a year to find out what happens. I've been there myself. And yet, I'm still going to do it. And I'm going to sit back with a slightly....or there abouts....evil grin on my face.
And you now might be wondering why I am bothering to talk about this at all. I shall say it is kind of a heads up for when you get your hands on Abolished Impracticality. You can prepare yourself for my cliff hanger. But, in all honesty, I want to enjoy my bought of evilness for as long as possible and have all of you worried way before hand.
It's either this or me taking over the world a couple years earlier than I had planned. Take your pick.
In short, I have just finished Abolished Impracticality, and I polished up my especially evil cliff hanger. And that is about all I have to say. So really, this post has no point whatsoever, but I felt the need to write it anyways.
I now plan to go to bed, because Kitty kept me up all night using my side as a trampoline.
(What are some of the worse cliff hangers you've ever come across? Did you secretly enjoy them even when they left you sobbing on the floor? What for you would be the most horrible cliff hanger ever?)
Quote is from Iron Man 3.
Allons-y!
P.S. Thanks to everyone who offered help and advice on my last post! Announcements as to what I decided coming soon.
Cliff hangers. We all know what those are, and have likely suffered at their hands. (You've suffered more than anyone if you have ever watched BBC.)
I've faced my fair share of cliff hangers. I've read books and reached the end and found one and had to endure months or longer without knowing what happens. Cliff hangers do things to you. "Fans weren't meant to go so long without knowing. It does things to them."
You don't believe me? Go online and look up the Sherlock fandom. See what is happening to us, having to endure the dreaded Fall in series two. See, pure insanity. It is to a point where we don't even know what we're doing anymore and other fandoms are just shaking their heads at us.
But, deep down, I think we love cliff hangers. We love reaching the end and throwing a book or things at a TV when our hearts stop beating and we go, "WHAT?! YOU CAN'T STOP THERE!" Of course, we complain about cliff hangers, but if we didn't have them I believe we would miss them.
This is a theory I hope is true.
Why do I hope this is true? Because, not only am I the fangirl who suffers along with all the other fans out there over cliff hangers - and I've a good many things to suffer over. Sherlock, Percy Jackson, Doctor Who, Psych, Grimm. Likely soon to be Once Upon a Time thanks to a certain friend. (You know who you are.)
But, I am also one of those people - those people fans throw things at and yell at. I'm one of those dreaded Authors who, yes, leave my readers with cliff hangers.
Why do I do this? Why am I purposely ending book two in the most cruel way I can dream up? Simple.
Authors enjoy it. A bit too much.
"They don't get paid to do it. They enjoy it. They get off on it."
Yes, I know the pain a reader goes through to be left with a cliff hanger and then made to wait a year to find out what happens. I've been there myself. And yet, I'm still going to do it. And I'm going to sit back with a slightly....or there abouts....evil grin on my face.
And you now might be wondering why I am bothering to talk about this at all. I shall say it is kind of a heads up for when you get your hands on Abolished Impracticality. You can prepare yourself for my cliff hanger. But, in all honesty, I want to enjoy my bought of evilness for as long as possible and have all of you worried way before hand.
It's either this or me taking over the world a couple years earlier than I had planned. Take your pick.
In short, I have just finished Abolished Impracticality, and I polished up my especially evil cliff hanger. And that is about all I have to say. So really, this post has no point whatsoever, but I felt the need to write it anyways.
I now plan to go to bed, because Kitty kept me up all night using my side as a trampoline.
(What are some of the worse cliff hangers you've ever come across? Did you secretly enjoy them even when they left you sobbing on the floor? What for you would be the most horrible cliff hanger ever?)
Quote is from Iron Man 3.
Allons-y!
P.S. Thanks to everyone who offered help and advice on my last post! Announcements as to what I decided coming soon.
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