Mario Taboada (matrxtech@yahoo.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:14:14 -0800 (PST)
Kevin:
<<Writers grow older, want to settle down. If they've
identified with their characters, those characters will start
to grow older and settle down, too. It's natural. But it's
one reason many readers prefer non-series
characters.>>
I've recently been discussing some of this "series
exhaustion" and "older characters settling down with their
characters" with a well known veteran writer
(not a mystery writer), who said something worth
repeating:
"When you're young it's easy, even normal to be crazy, and
you have no technique to speak of, so you just write. The
hard thing is to stay crazy as you grow old, to put the
technique and the memories in the back seat and let the shit
rip, without the fears that constantly haunt us geezers. The
thing is to convince yourself each day in front of the
fucking computer that mommy ain't coming."
I think this colorful description is right on target.
Best wishes to all,
===== Mario Taboada
"To a mouse, cheese is cheese: that is why mousetraps work."
(Unattributed)
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