One note of self-consciousness while working on this novel:
CHILDREN OF DORO was written in a highly Dostoevskian voice, ideal for philosophical debate.
A FERTILE SOURCE OF RUIN also has tons of dialogue. I'm not using the same voice, but boy, do I hope that this time I've written in a way that serves the intelligence I trust my readers to have, while also passing the publisher sniff test of not being "too" cerebral to market.
No way of knowing until it's sent out.
But the jitters are real.
Follow
Na. Don’t overthink it.
Trust you readers to be smarter than your publisher.
Turns out to be universally true.
@corlin
My readers are *absolutely* smarter than publishers assume them to be. You are 100% correct.
And I will certainly not write anything insulting to their intellect.
It just remains to be seen if publishers will ever take a gamble on my work as well.
But - not in my control. :) Thank you, Corlin.