Curious writer is curious

[rolanni]

One of the interesting things about writing in a large-ish universe for, oh, a quarter-century, is that you're pretty often meeting people who have read your work (or, even more interestingly, haven't read your work), and who have formed opinions about the plot-line, the characters, the theme, the authors' childhoods, and adult proclivities. .
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That being so, and because  people will say things either to me or within my hearing, I find myself with a question, which I will now throw out to you, the readers of the Liaden Universe®:

What is, in your opinion, the Big Story (also known as the Real Story) of the Liaden Universe® novels?

There are no right answers, or wrong answers.  Curious author is, as advertised above, curious.

Comments

[otterb.livejournal.com]

I think of the story as "The Continuing Adventures of Clan Korval." Or perhaps "Adventures in Melant'i and Necessity, with Turtles."

The heart, to me, is not the story but the characters. Not that I don't like the story/stories; I do. But I come back to hang around the characters and see what they are up to now. The only thing I'd be reluctant to read in the Liaden Universe would be something where the characters were totally out of character. Otherwise, I'm as happy to follow a domestic story line as an epic confrontation.