Mouse and Dragon Poll: May Contain Spoilers!

[rolanni]

This poll asks you to read something and then answer some questions. Please feel free to leave opinions and observations in comments.

Part One:
Aelliana Caylon has escaped her abusive family. She's found love in her starship co-pilot--a man who turns out to be the leader of Korval, the most powerful clan of the Liaden Universe®. But destiny never intended an easy life for Aelliana. Insidious  forces within the empire are determined that a new line of Korval heirs be destroyed and that Clan Korval itself be blasted to interplanetary dust. The fight for the future of the Liaden Universe® is on, and one heroine is determined to protect her family and her soulmate at all costs!


Part Two:
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Comments

Directing annoyance

[johnhawkinson.livejournal.com]

I suppose I would direct my annoyance to the writer, assuming that the writer was more accessible to me than the publisher (this is a fascinating proposition. Ten years ago, assuming one lacks a SFWA Directory or whatnot, the publisher was more accessible than the writer. You could write to them to forward correspondence, I suppose. But nowadays, especially for you guys, your email addresses are quite available, so it's easy to reach you).

I would direct my comments to the writer, because I would expect they would be more likely to get the publisher to fix the synopsis than I would be, were I to try to figure out who at the publisher to inquire of.

Of course, I would not be surprised or offended if the author said, "Yes, I've been trying to get this fixed too! Please help me out by emailing bigshot@corporate.com."

That would be fine, too. Somehow we went from "direct annoyance" to "direct comments." So it goes.

Would I subconsciously be annoyed by the writer and associate them in my head with inconsistent synopses possibly at the subconcious level? Well, probably to some extent, but what can you do?