Or is it a relief that you can move on, that the publishers are willing to let you do something else?
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Randy Goodman <[email protected]>wrote: > Fascinating. I would think that it would feel more like 'family' or > something to you other than text. Do you have any feeling about what you've > created? I can't believe it's just a profession to you. > > *From:* Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > *To:* feistfans-l <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 23, 2013 10:21 AM > > *Subject:* Re: What's it like ... > > > On Mar 23, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Michael Hawksworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I bet working out the plot was fun... at the end the world is DESTROYED > and they all DIE! No subtle thoughts to leave links to the next in the > series for the publisher. > > Maybe I gave away how I would like to see it end although I do believe > (from things I have read about tv) particularly American audiences do not > like sad endings. > > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Randy Goodman <[email protected]>wrote: > > Raymond, > > What's it like to have spent 3 decades of intellectual labor on an epic > story and be finished? Or is it? > > > > > Midkemia is a virtual world. I could go back and do stories there any > time I wish. > > How does it feel for the Riftwar Cycle to be over? Nothing, really. It's > just another book in the chain. I didn't feel any different finishing > Magician's End than it did finishing Rage of a Demon King, for example. > It's the rear view mirror. By the time I'm done with rewrite, I'm pretty > tired of it and thinking about the next one. > > I'm currently finishing up the text portion of The Chronicles of Pug (AKA > known as Atlas of Midkemia before the title change) but I thinking about > King of Ashes, and The War of Five Crowns. I'm always a book ahead in > outlook. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > >
