I got two hours of sleep last night and I'm not even tired.
I just know I'm going to crash all of sudden pretty soon, be smacked upside the head with instant overwhelming fatigue and down I'll go.
Anyways, I spent a few minutes early this morning reading an author describe his creative process... but the guy's a hack. I mean, an obvious hack, the book in which this Q&A dialogue is contained is Rowling meets Tolkien with very scant details which can be considered his by any right. It's Middle Earth, and they've got a Hogwarts there to train wizard knights against goblins and their Dark Lord, and miraculous prophecy boy with magic semi-religious powers has school-based adventure with generic friend and girl. With such pedestrian writing I've had more adventure meeting with my attorney.
The book wasn't meant for me, sure, I can forgive it for being what it was. I just sort of picked it off my shelf because it was in reach and I was feeling lazy, but still, why bother with this sort of supposed insight? I can't recall ever asking myself once as to where his ideas came from, given that it was obvious from the first paragraph if the book jacket wasn't any indication... and yet he never mentions Rowling or Tolkien. It's plainly dishonest, and confusing. Is this padding? Is he being paid by the word and decided this was his solution? Regardless, I can only vaguely see this interesting a younger reader who for some reason decided this was his first foray into fantasy and now wants to start writing in it for some reason.
