nervousIt's interesting to contrast right now with nine days to Rosemary and Rue, when I was, well...let's just say that food and I were not long-term acquaintances during the few weeks right before that book came out. I was a screaming puddle of neurosis. I still am, to a certain degree; I'm not going to pretend that I'm not worried. Will people like this book? Will they like the world? Will they understand why I needed to start this series now, rather than waiting another x years to finish Toby?
(I got so annoyed at Joss Whedon when he left Buffy to work on Firefly, and I still think both shows would have been better served if he had stuck out the end of Buffy Summers and her story before moving on. So I get that particular "hey!" reaction. But books and TV are different, and this is only slowing Toby down a little bit, not leaving her entirely without supervision.)
I want this book to do well, partially because, well, no one writes a book they're hoping to see fail, but also because I want to spend so much time in this world. I want to write the full stories of four different generations, and that's going to take time. That's going to take commitment, and not just from me.
But oh, I love this world. And in nine days, reindeer games aside, you get the chance to maybe hopefully love them, too.
Nine days.
February 27 2012, 05:45:02 UTC 5 years ago
I have learned that the important thing is - if you like an author, TRUST the author. Let them write what they want to write. Am I annoyed that one other author I know abandoned the series I love and is writing another I don't care for? Sure. But there is no percentage in wanting her to move back, as if they don't love it, how good can it be? Echo's Children - "If you don't love what you're making, it will never come to pass." Then there's the various fuss people make on the Bujold email list when she goes off on new series, like the world is ending - I trust her, and each time I have come to dearly love the new worlds she writes.
I expect to thoroughly enjoy the upcoming book. I expect to thoroughly enjoy the next Toby book when it comes out. Write what you love, write what is calling to you to be written, and thank you for sharing it all with us.
February 27 2012, 18:16:37 UTC 5 years ago