I started in hard SF and slowly traveled along the spectrum, until, by now, I will read anything speculative whatsoever, including magical realism.
(Who am I kidding? I'll read anything. Period. My BB once spent a meal trying to imagine a book I wouldn't read, and gave up after I expressed sincere interest in The History of Flood Insurance, and was disappointed that no such book existed.)
I do not write FF. I do not. And I have reasons.
1. When I have tried, on dares, it has consisted mostly of said characters arguing. (This was way back in my LotR-only phase, so it was Aragorn and Boromir arguing, mostly.)
2. I cannot write sex to save my freaking life.
And do not malign your fic. I loved your Melquiades/Buendia story, I'll have you know.
(And, yes, we are obviously related.
For which I thank god, because my current relations are not, shall we say, unmitigated bliss. My line produces really scary women, for one thing - I mean, women who rule with an iron hand and make all cower and weep before them, that type of thing. And lawyers. It's really bad when the scary women are also lawyers.
Also, every damn family event - and we don't have many, for which I am devoutly grateful - ends up with people discussing their investment portfolios, because every other topic is either a) verboten because it touches on a current family feud so serious that the National Guard has been called in to restore order or b) verboten because it will start a family feud so serious that the National Guard, etc. And this despite the fact that we hardly ever see each other or talk to each other or think of each other. Of course, it helps that even death will not resolve a feud - seriously, we have feuds going back so far that every original participant is dead. But we still keep the feuds going, and I'd like to think that was a tribute to the memory of the deceased, but I really think it's 'cause we're a very touchy bunch.
So I'm pleased to hear that I might actually be related to your family instead. Are they better?)
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(Who am I kidding? I'll read anything. Period. My BB once spent a meal trying to imagine a book I wouldn't read, and gave up after I expressed sincere interest in The History of Flood Insurance, and was disappointed that no such book existed.)
I do not write FF. I do not. And I have reasons.
1. When I have tried, on dares, it has consisted mostly of said characters arguing. (This was way back in my LotR-only phase, so it was Aragorn and Boromir arguing, mostly.)
2. I cannot write sex to save my freaking life.
And do not malign your fic. I loved your Melquiades/Buendia story, I'll have you know.
(And, yes, we are obviously related.
For which I thank god, because my current relations are not, shall we say, unmitigated bliss. My line produces really scary women, for one thing - I mean, women who rule with an iron hand and make all cower and weep before them, that type of thing. And lawyers. It's really bad when the scary women are also lawyers.
Also, every damn family event - and we don't have many, for which I am devoutly grateful - ends up with people discussing their investment portfolios, because every other topic is either a) verboten because it touches on a current family feud so serious that the National Guard has been called in to restore order or b) verboten because it will start a family feud so serious that the National Guard, etc. And this despite the fact that we hardly ever see each other or talk to each other or think of each other. Of course, it helps that even death will not resolve a feud - seriously, we have feuds going back so far that every original participant is dead. But we still keep the feuds going, and I'd like to think that was a tribute to the memory of the deceased, but I really think it's 'cause we're a very touchy bunch.
So I'm pleased to hear that I might actually be related to your family instead. Are they better?)