sartorias aka Sherwood Smith has a fascinating discussion going over on her LJ about when you only like one (or, if they're prolific, two or three) of an author's works and bounce off the rest. So far the responses have mostly been people commisserating and sharing which authors and which books affected them this way, but there's also been some discussion ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about authors I love and author blogs I love, and how surprisingly little overlap there seems to be between the two ( Read more... )

I have never actually read a Dean Koontz novel, but after reading this fantastic interview I think I may love him just a little. This bit especially thrilled my soul:

I work 10- and 11-hour days because in long sessions I fall away more completely into story and characters than I would in, say, a six-hour day. On good days, I might wind up with ( Read more... )