My first experience of you was at a reading during Fiddler's Green. I had never read any of your work, including the Sandman-related material. But I am glad I went; it was a wonderful reading, and I found myself caught up in the way you brought your characters to life. It struck me as terribly beautiful how you were able to touch the "light" in the darkest places imaginable. I "friended" your blog soon after. It has been very interesting to read this account of your writing process and how it weaves its way through your daily life.
I subscribe to Sirenia Digest, which I have thoroughly enjoyed....so much so that I pre-ordered Alabaster from Sub Press. When it arrives, it will be the first of your books I will have read. Had this been a locked, friends-only journal, I never would have been prompted to read either Sirenia Digest or any of your books.
Once you let your characters out of that place where they tug at your brain, to exist in the larger world, it can be very hard to step back and let them go, especially when people feel free to judge you based on the stories of those characters. But they mean to get out, inna? So just trust that you have done them justice by telling their stories with your unique and powerful voice, and that each story will impact each reader differently.
You canna hide from the bullshit and intolerance that exist in this world, unfortunately. But I hope you realize that, "dark" as it may be, you canna hide your light, either. It would be a great loss to many people.
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Date: 2006-04-04 03:52 am (UTC)I subscribe to Sirenia Digest, which I have thoroughly enjoyed....so much so that I pre-ordered Alabaster from Sub Press. When it arrives, it will be the first of your books I will have read. Had this been a locked, friends-only journal, I never would have been prompted to read either Sirenia Digest or any of your books.
Once you let your characters out of that place where they tug at your brain, to exist in the larger world, it can be very hard to step back and let them go, especially when people feel free to judge you based on the stories of those characters. But they mean to get out, inna? So just trust that you have done them justice by telling their stories with your unique and powerful voice, and that each story will impact each reader differently.
You canna hide from the bullshit and intolerance that exist in this world, unfortunately. But I hope you realize that, "dark" as it may be, you canna hide your light, either. It would be a great loss to many people.