Daoud M
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
What message or emotion do you hope readers take away from your books after finishing it?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I don't write to deliver a "message". That would be rather thudding. My normal process is to set my characters up with an initial problem, turn them loose, and let them show me their stories. Thus, I get to learn as much along the way as they do.
Judging by reviews and fan mail, what my readers take away from their wildly varied readings (of the same texts mind) is, well, first, totally beyond my control. Though I hope it will include, "Huh, that wasn't bad. I wonder what else she's written?" With perhaps a side order of "Eh, maybe I won't slit my wrists today," but that part is also beyond my control, so.
Ta, L.
I don't write to deliver a "message". That would be rather thudding. My normal process is to set my characters up with an initial problem, turn them loose, and let them show me their stories. Thus, I get to learn as much along the way as they do.
Judging by reviews and fan mail, what my readers take away from their wildly varied readings (of the same texts mind) is, well, first, totally beyond my control. Though I hope it will include, "Huh, that wasn't bad. I wonder what else she's written?" With perhaps a side order of "Eh, maybe I won't slit my wrists today," but that part is also beyond my control, so.
Ta, L.
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