Tag Archives: Dan Simmons

Sequels and Expectations

When you write the first book in a series, you can do anything you want. When you write the second, you can still do anything you want… but whatever you do that repeats or echoes the first book, becomes part … Continue reading

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Martin Silenus on Writing

“Dislinear plotting and non-contiguous prose have their adherents, not the least of which am I, but in the end, my friends, it is the character which wins or loses immortality upon the vellum.  Haven’t you ever harbored the secret thought … Continue reading

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