You know, one of the things I love about your books, your stories, your tales, your fables.... There is always in them a sense of you and Steve, the which I truly adore, but also there is a different flavor to each character's viewpoint. A "characteristic" flavor, if you will.
This is one of the things that really draws me to your stories - the way the characters are different, and break the box, and show me yet another way to be human, to live, to love, to grow, etc...
The theme music in my head that goes with each character is like that... Different for everyone, with underlying themes, but until Quiet Knoves, I didn't really KNOW why her theme music was the way it was, and suddenly it all made sense.
I thought her origin story was beautiful and true to her, and I really appreciate the vast array of beingness that you bring to the page for us. In some cases the "fairy tale" rings quite a bit truer to life than anything else.
As for that reader, I suspect she is merely inexperienced in reading, and perhaps, also in living or loving or growing... So, she can look outside the shattered box shards and learn something, or she can crawl back into the ruins and pretend she never saw anything. Either way it's really up to her.
Your job is to do YOUR job. Which you do beautifully. If she doesn't like it, she can go back to reading Barbara Cartland (no offense, I went through a phase where I loved her books).
I am rambling. But I think I managed to make my point in there somewhere. This is why writing is not MY job. ;)
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Date: 2011-06-15 06:32 am (UTC)This is one of the things that really draws me to your stories - the way the characters are different, and break the box, and show me yet another way to be human, to live, to love, to grow, etc...
The theme music in my head that goes with each character is like that... Different for everyone, with underlying themes, but until Quiet Knoves, I didn't really KNOW why her theme music was the way it was, and suddenly it all made sense.
I thought her origin story was beautiful and true to her, and I really appreciate the vast array of beingness that you bring to the page for us. In some cases the "fairy tale" rings quite a bit truer to life than anything else.
As for that reader, I suspect she is merely inexperienced in reading, and perhaps, also in living or loving or growing... So, she can look outside the shattered box shards and learn something, or she can crawl back into the ruins and pretend she never saw anything. Either way it's really up to her.
Your job is to do YOUR job. Which you do beautifully. If she doesn't like it, she can go back to reading Barbara Cartland (no offense, I went through a phase where I loved her books).
I am rambling. But I think I managed to make my point in there somewhere. This is why writing is not MY job. ;)