In which the author has a question for -- YOU!
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniThis post is reflected, though slightly amended, from Facebook.
I have a question, O, Internets:
A little background, first. Many years ago, after we had sold our first three books, and been cut loose by our publisher -- but hadn't yet given up hope of finding a new publisher, and selling more books, it was said in some quarters that Miller and Lee were "writer's writers" and as such would probably not be able to make a living, as writers. There's some precedence for this, as writers read differently than even experienced readers, and tend to be delighted by V. Strange Things™, and in general Just Aren't The Target Market.
There are a couple of cures for being a "writer's writer." One, of course, is to Take the Memo and quit writing. The other is to learn how to write to the market. We didn't do either of those things, either because (1) we're idiots (a theory that has some strong evidence supporting it), or (2) we knew that sometimes it takes longer than 2 years and/or 3 books to find a readership, and that, afforded enough time, we would find that readership.
So, here's my question -- actually TWO questions:
1. When did you -- yes, YOU -- start reading the Liaden Universe®, and!
2. Are you a writer?
no subject
Date: 2017-06-02 06:24 pm (UTC)I am a commercial artist - all visual, nothing written!
no subject
Date: 2017-06-02 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-02 06:42 pm (UTC)I'm not a writer and have no ambitions in that direction. There are two writers in the family but my urge to create takes a different format.
Mel M
From The Beginning
Date: 2017-06-02 07:09 pm (UTC)Not a writer.
no subject
Date: 2017-06-02 08:08 pm (UTC)Acquired Plan B when it was released through Meisha Merlin.
Not a fiction writer - I write technical stuff for work - but never had the character's voice in my head....
no subject
Date: 2017-06-02 08:08 pm (UTC)2) Yes.
Writers/Readers
Date: 2017-06-02 08:10 pm (UTC)And Can't stop reading and reading.
A writer (sort of) technical reports and .gov reports.
Reading query
Date: 2017-06-02 08:26 pm (UTC)I think I have everything Liaden in my collection.
Chapbooks ,anthologies, hardbacks and e-books.
As for writing I am a non-professional.
Lyrics, poetry & speculative fiction.
Reading Query
Date: 2017-06-02 11:03 pm (UTC)No, I'm not a writer - unless you count writing/editing various newsletters for clubs I belong to. It's not fiction writing, but it did give me an appreciation for a well constructed, coherent sentence!
Mary in MN
Early...
Date: 2017-06-02 11:16 pm (UTC)Years later, I bought "Partners in Necessity" and was reasonably happy, then read "Pilots Choice" and fell in love.
Not a writer, a *reader*.
no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 12:02 am (UTC)2. Not a writer.
answering yr question
Date: 2017-06-03 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 12:33 am (UTC)Not an author.
no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 01:02 am (UTC)And yes.
Liaden Universe Question
Date: 2017-06-03 01:47 am (UTC)2. Yes, I do write, but am unpublished as yet.
no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 02:19 am (UTC)2. No, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a writer. At that point in time, I was a computer programmer.
I hope this information is useful to you!
Summer Solstice 1988
Date: 2017-06-03 02:33 am (UTC)Yes I write, but I write for fun and my own enjoyment, but other than a few magazine sales decades ago, it is not something I have tried to share. Occasionally I love my sentences as much as I do yours, but not often enough to call myself a writer. But I do enjoy it and it is a skill I keep working on.
no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 03:52 am (UTC)2. English major in college who writes fantasy and scifi for enjoyment. The only thing I have in print is the manual for one of the first home computer word processing programs ever -- 1983-ish. Otherwise not published and not really interested in getting published. --but I know good writing when I read it.
If being a "writer's writer" means your work stands up to the critical eye of those who are knowledgeable about the craft, I, for one, would consider it high praise.
When did I start.
Date: 2017-06-03 04:22 am (UTC)When did I first read Lee and Miller
Date: 2017-06-03 05:08 am (UTC)The answer to the second question is no I am not a writer.
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Date: 2017-06-03 08:05 am (UTC)Writers writers
Date: 2017-06-03 05:18 pm (UTC)I began reading your novels when I found Fledgling and then searched out everything I could find...including tracking down the authors, in a friendly not stalkerish way.
When I read that Sharon enjoyed Georgette Heyer that made perfect sense to me as I love her books.
Deborah J
no subject
Date: 2017-06-03 06:06 pm (UTC)2. Not a writer.
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Date: 2017-06-03 06:21 pm (UTC)Answering your questions
Date: 2017-06-04 12:44 am (UTC)2) Don't write fiction, do write articles relating to my hobby now and used to write technical stuff for my job (long time ago!)