In the end, what's any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!
There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever.
I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.
I think it's good not to make demands on the reader too early. But as the poem goes on, I want the journey of the poem to lead into some interesting places.
I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.
I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go.
My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time.
I've never worried about 'the reader' because there isn't one. There are thousands, and they all have strong opinions, from 'Magician' was the best ever,' and I've gone downhill since to 'The new book is the best ever,' so to whom to I listen? So I write for myself and hope other people like it.
I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story.
All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.