![]() ![]() ![]() To expect an author to only write in one style is like expecting an actor only to change costume between roles. The guys running the thing wrote back and said they liked them all but couldn't believe they were all written by the same person." "I was once asked for a short story for an anthology, and at the time I had a whole bunch of unpublished ones so I sent them all and said to pick one. It's not a game I'm going to play but the punishment come with the territory of innovating. If they pay for the new Lawrence book they want some more of what they liked about Jorg. If they want romance or a crime thriller they will go to authors who write those. ![]() They expect their authors to do the same thing each time. There are definitely readers who see a change of style as a form of betrayal. What has changed is the style and content, and when a reader is unhappy with that they may reach for more easily expressed condemnation. And this poll here shows that within the limits of statistical error there is no significant increase in YA content between Prince of Thorns and Red Sister. A previous poll showed readers considered Red Sister my least grimdark book. ![]()
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