Comments on: The Run For The Credits http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/ Rational Life Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Jason Powell http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-515 Jason Powell Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:31:12 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-515 Are you at liberty to say who the star is of the interstitial? (I'm guessing no, but thought I'd ask. Two of the most tantalizing loose ends from the original run have to do with Tachyon -- his dormant virus and his open-ended contract with the Network. I'm hoping the new trilogy addresses these, but I imagine I'll just have to wait to find out, huh?) Are you at liberty to say who the star is of the interstitial? (I’m guessing no, but thought I’d ask. Two of the most tantalizing loose ends from the original run have to do with Tachyon — his dormant virus and his open-ended contract with the Network. I’m hoping the new trilogy addresses these, but I imagine I’ll just have to wait to find out, huh?)

]]> By: Melinda http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-516 Melinda Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:30:03 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-516 The open-ended contract with the Network is the only thing that would tempt me to write another Tachyon story. Like the Turtle, Tach has reached a logical resting point for his story. He's done his journey, learned his lessons, and there really isn't anything more to say. Also, George and I decided to make the mental powers really, really rare in the Wild Cards universe. They are just too powerful, make it virtually impossible to plot a mystery or you have to come up with horseshit explanations about why the telepath doesn't know that so and so is a killer. The interstitial in the first book is written by Daniel Abraham and features a new character --Jonathan Hive aka Bugsy. My interstitial features my new character Noel Matthews aka Double Helix. So, I guess it really doesn't give away anything because these are brand new players in our little sandbox. I think you're going to love Bugsy. I won't presume to say you'll like Noel. I'll just say I've been having a blast writing these sections. The open-ended contract with the Network is the only thing that would tempt me to write another Tachyon story. Like the Turtle, Tach has reached a logical resting point for his story. He’s done his journey, learned his lessons, and there really isn’t anything more to say. Also, George and I decided to make the mental powers really, really rare in the Wild Cards universe. They are just too powerful, make it virtually impossible to plot a mystery or you have to come up with horseshit explanations about why the telepath doesn’t know that so and so is a killer.

The interstitial in the first book is written by Daniel Abraham and features a new character –Jonathan Hive aka Bugsy. My interstitial features my new character Noel Matthews aka Double Helix. So, I guess it really doesn’t give away anything because these are brand new players in our little sandbox. I think you’re going to love Bugsy. I won’t presume to say you’ll like Noel. I’ll just say I’ve been having a blast writing these sections.

]]> By: Jason Powell http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-520 Jason Powell Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:17:26 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-520 Ah yes, that all makes sense. I can see where Tachyon’s journey came full circle and ended in your solo novel. On a related note about the “mental powers” thing, I must say I always liked the way you rendered Tachyon’s telepathy in prose. It’s a great thing about the W.C. books in general – the way you and the other authors took these extraordinary concepts that are usually rendered in a visual medium (comic books) and evoked them through prose alone. That’s always struck me as a particularly difficult thing to do. (It’s why I’m positive I’ll never be a fantasy writer – I could never do it.) If the Jonathan Hive story currently available on GRRM’s website is an indication, it seems as if y’all are only getting more wild, conceptually. I look forward to seeing more! Ah yes, that all makes sense. I can see where Tachyon’s journey came full circle and ended in your solo novel. On a related note about the “mental powers” thing, I must say I always liked the way you rendered Tachyon’s telepathy in prose. It’s a great thing about the W.C. books in general – the way you and the other authors took these extraordinary concepts that are usually rendered in a visual medium (comic books) and evoked them through prose alone. That’s always struck me as a particularly difficult thing to do. (It’s why I’m positive I’ll never be a fantasy writer – I could never do it.) If the Jonathan Hive story currently available on GRRM’s website is an indication, it seems as if y’all are only getting more wild, conceptually. I look forward to seeing more!

]]> By: Steve Leigh http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-523 Steve Leigh Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:04:58 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-523 I find that it's my tendency to speed up as I approach the end of a novel -- to mix metaphors (and cliches), I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm running downhill. I usually have to deliberately slow down (and deliberately rewrite heavily there...) I find that it’s my tendency to speed up as I approach the end of a novel — to mix metaphors (and cliches), I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I’m running downhill. I usually have to deliberately slow down (and deliberately rewrite heavily there…)

]]> By: Walter Jon Williams http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-530 Walter Jon Williams Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:51:28 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-530 I speed up as I approach the finish, particularly of a long work. All of the hard work is done, all my ducks are in a row, and all I have to do is spring to the finish. (Steve isn't the only one who can mix metaphoric cliches.) It's always the middle part that's hard. I always know where I'm beginning, I always know what I want from the end, but getting from one to the other is always difficult. I speed up as I approach the finish, particularly of a long work. All of the hard work is done, all my ducks are in a row, and all I have to do is spring to the finish. (Steve isn’t the only one who can mix metaphoric cliches.)

It’s always the middle part that’s hard. I always know where I’m beginning, I always know what I want from the end, but getting from one to the other is always difficult.

]]> By: Steve Stirling http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-539 Steve Stirling Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:32:22 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/06/30/the-run-for-the-credits/#comment-539 I speed up too. I can't help myself; I wake up dreaming about the book and stumble into the office with my fingers twitching. I speed up too. I can’t help myself; I wake up dreaming about the book and stumble into the office with my fingers twitching.

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