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Fannish Friday: Sure Things
As we all know, Robin McKinley is one of my favorite writers, though she hasn't published anything in ten years. She lost her beloved husband in 2015 and then was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, so I had kind of trained myself to not expect another book from her. But I still check her blog now and then in hopes of receiving some good news. She mostly posts about her struggles with technology, what her dogs are up to, and other such domestic issues (which is fitting for a writer who has always cared more than is typical about the domestic).
But today, buried in the depths of a typical ramble post (no wonder she's one of my favorite writers--the inside of her head looks very much like the inside of mine!), she revealed that she has sent a draft of her latest book to her agent! Of course, that's a very early step in the process--if this book does get published, it'll probably not be for another year or two. But still, it's decided progress, and I am so excited! And intrigued--it's not a fantasy novel! It's set in 1969! I have no idea what it's actually about!
But as soon as it is available for pre-order, I will pre-order it. In all her years of writing, she's let me down only two times (Pegasus, which was...fine, I guess, and Dragonhaven, which I am determined to actually get into at some point but have never managed to do so).
She's one of very, very few writers who are an automatic buy for me. As I've mentioned before, I don't tend to buy books until after I read them and know that I love them and want to make them part of my collection. But I buy hers sight-unseen.
I will also buy anything Megan Whalen Turner puts out, and even though she's only published three books, Susanna Clarke has become another automatic-buy for me.
I think they're the only three, though there are a lot of writers who are automatic-put-it-on-hold-at-the-library-regardless-of-what-it's-about for me (Frances Hardinge, Barbara Hambly, Tana French, Joanna Bourne, etc.).
I would love to hear about which creators are an automatic-buy for you. Writers, of course, but if there's, say, a musical artist you feel that way about or whatever, please share that too!
But today, buried in the depths of a typical ramble post (no wonder she's one of my favorite writers--the inside of her head looks very much like the inside of mine!), she revealed that she has sent a draft of her latest book to her agent! Of course, that's a very early step in the process--if this book does get published, it'll probably not be for another year or two. But still, it's decided progress, and I am so excited! And intrigued--it's not a fantasy novel! It's set in 1969! I have no idea what it's actually about!
But as soon as it is available for pre-order, I will pre-order it. In all her years of writing, she's let me down only two times (Pegasus, which was...fine, I guess, and Dragonhaven, which I am determined to actually get into at some point but have never managed to do so).
She's one of very, very few writers who are an automatic buy for me. As I've mentioned before, I don't tend to buy books until after I read them and know that I love them and want to make them part of my collection. But I buy hers sight-unseen.
I will also buy anything Megan Whalen Turner puts out, and even though she's only published three books, Susanna Clarke has become another automatic-buy for me.
I think they're the only three, though there are a lot of writers who are automatic-put-it-on-hold-at-the-library-regardless-of-what-it's-about for me (Frances Hardinge, Barbara Hambly, Tana French, Joanna Bourne, etc.).
I would love to hear about which creators are an automatic-buy for you. Writers, of course, but if there's, say, a musical artist you feel that way about or whatever, please share that too!
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Hmmmmm I actually don't have any insta-buy authors; I guess that's just not how I approach book ownership. There are some authors (eg Zen Cho, Nghi Vo, T Kingfisher, Ann Leckie) for whom I'll almost inevitably end up owning most their books eventually, but I nearly always want to have a chance to read a book first before knowing if I want to commit bookshelf space to it! Plus sometimes authors will come out with a book that's a different kind of thing than their usual and it just won't be for me - like T Kingfisher's occasional horror-genre novels. Pretty much the only times I preorder books are when they're part of a series I already know I'm super into, with a few other rare exceptions.
When I was a teen I would have had some insta-buy authors though (Tamora Pierce, Terry Pratchett, James Alan Gardner, Robin McKinley), but at that time in my life I didn't have the budget to back up my book-avarice!
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Yup, that's how I feel about most writers, even ones I really like!
When I was a teen I would have had some insta-buy authors though (Tamora Pierce, Terry Pratchett, James Alan Gardner, Robin McKinley), but at that time in my life I didn't have the budget to back up my book-avarice!
Oh, same! In those days, I only got books for Christmas and my birthday, so I was so so so picky about which ones I requested!