Monday, August 9, 2010
I Loved This One...
so I thought I'd share. I mentioned the other day about Richard Wheeler editing his books for Kindle and how authors would love the chance to back and change what they'd written. But here's another look at that same coin and something I hadn't thought of. http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2010/08/08/on-reprint-collections-or-never-accept-a-raisin-danish-from-an-evil-monkey
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This brings up an interesting point.
At CONvergence, my writing partner was asked to read one of my favorite stories from his collection. As he was reading it he commented how it was an earlier style and it could have used an editor. Didn't matter because it's still a favorite of mine, rambly descriptions and all.
Stephen King re-released "The Gunslinger" a few years back citing that when it was originally written he hadn't fully thought out the series and he wanted to go back and make changes to make it more linear. I refuse on general principle to buy it.
What we write and publish stands as a testament to our individual styles and how far we've come as writers. I see mistakes in some of my earlier published works but I'd never go back and change them for future collections. I like seeing how far I've come and in future years how much further I've gone.
It's always interesting to read the old stories in my files. The ones that have never been published get an extensive make-over before hitting the submission route. Plus I'm very happy no one ever saw them!
Old published stories do make me cringe and some of the flash pieces I see, make me want to take the stories longer. But there stand, for all the world to see. But it does help me see how far I've come in this writing life and how much farther I have to go. I guess it just best to appreciate the journey.
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