Thirty something is middle-age since my wife delared it so, and I value my life far too much to disagree. Mind you, if I live to the same age my father did, I'm six months away from the half-way point of my life. I'm very much middle-agd in that context.
As for the rest, well, you're preaching to the converted. Research? When I was working on Veil of Night for the Dark Ages line, I read the Koran as well, as well as umpteen guides to medeival middle eastern thought, culture and religion. I have a whole bookcase full of research materials for various White Wolf projects down the years.
Genre stuff? I wasn't attacking it directly. You'll note that in the original post I specifically praise certain books. Indeed, it would be a foolish thing for me to do, as I've worked on over 25 books for White Wolf, both fiction and game material.
Literary stuff sucking? Sure. I'm working my way through this year's Booker shortlist right now and some of that is certainly over-rated.
My main point is that, on the whole, the aspirations of genre material can often be a lot lower than the aspirations of other types of writing. Yes, I know that happens in all fields, but it seems more prevalent in what we call "genre". Which reminds me, I must get around to a post developing the points made here in another direction. One for tomorrow, I think.
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Re: Dark Ages and Genre Stuff
Date: 2003-10-30 02:58 pm (UTC)As for the rest, well, you're preaching to the converted. Research? When I was working on Veil of Night for the Dark Ages line, I read the Koran as well, as well as umpteen guides to medeival middle eastern thought, culture and religion. I have a whole bookcase full of research materials for various White Wolf projects down the years.
Genre stuff? I wasn't attacking it directly. You'll note that in the original post I specifically praise certain books. Indeed, it would be a foolish thing for me to do, as I've worked on over 25 books for White Wolf, both fiction and game material.
Literary stuff sucking? Sure. I'm working my way through this year's Booker shortlist right now and some of that is certainly over-rated.
My main point is that, on the whole, the aspirations of genre material can often be a lot lower than the aspirations of other types of writing. Yes, I know that happens in all fields, but it seems more prevalent in what we call "genre". Which reminds me, I must get around to a post developing the points made here in another direction. One for tomorrow, I think.