rivendellrose | once again, neil gaiman speaks wisdom

Neil Gaiman efficiently pokes holes in that tired old entitled complaint that writers are 'responsible' for finishing things in a timely fashion for the sake of their readers.

Seriously, I cannot believe the gall of the fan who sent him that question. I really can't. If you like a person's work, you ought to have some small degree of respect for them as a human being, all right? I may not always be thrilled with the rate at which certain authors work (I'm thinking particularly of James Alan Gardner and his "Expendable" series, here, and I assure you that whenever I check his website I do mutter dark things about how much I wish the next book was on its way out) - I'm not unsympathetic to the emotion, here. What I'm unsympathetic toward is the entitled attitude, exactly as Neil noted. Writers are people. Writers have lives.

Neil says it all, and better than I'm ever going to, particularly when I'm tired and hormonal, so just go read his entry. And I'm going to go curl up with a hot pad and try to sleep.