The problem with writing the WIP is that you have no time to read.
This is what I want to be reading . . .
and it looks like great fun and I am falling further and further behind.
(Click on the picture to see what I am missing.)
This, on the other hand, is what I am reading . . .
which is not as much fun.
OOOh. Do you like Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series?!
ReplyDeleteI love them. They're my delicious junk food.
Hi Moth --
ReplyDeleteI feel as if there are three Mercedes Lackeys.
There's the Mercedes Lackey of the Elemental Masters books and the Urban Elves (Chrome circle etc.) books and the Bedlam's Bard books --
all of which I adore and go shamelessly nom nom nom whenever there's a new one out.
There's the newish 'Tales of the 500 Kingdoms' work which I find interesting in an intellectual way as a writer, but rather distant and full of 'telling' as a reader.
I have not decided whether the 'voice' in these books is a deliberate choice to complement the archetype-storytelling theme of the series
or not.
But the result of all this thinking is that I read and appreciate the books and learn a great deal from them but it is more like nomming muesli than sugar corn pops.
Then there's everything else she writes -- all the epic fantasy -- none of pushes my buttons properly.
This is not, I hasten to say, because the epic fantasy -- Vandemar, Herald-Mage etc.) is not excellently written, but because of my own limitations as a reader. Lackey's range as a writer is broader than my range as a reader.
Which is your favorite elemental masters book?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Serpent's Shadow and I feel like I haven't enjoyed any of the others quite as much since. Although for some reason I re-read Wizard of London more often. Go figure! :)
Looking at i from memorable and emotionally satisfying -- the one that comes to mind is Phoenix and Ashes. It's the closest to a traditional genre Romance plot, so that may account for it.
ReplyDeleteSerpent has the strongest heroine.