| From: | "Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN45@*****.MMC.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Striper Assassin |
| Date: | Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:54:54 -0500 |
>first 5 Amber novels are a wonderful example of first person present
>perspective, proof that it can be done and done well. Nyx just can't
>write.
More agreement, although not necessarily with the last statement. I haven't
read the book. My wife has, and hated it. First person present can work
quite well if handled correctly. I recently sold a story to Visionary
Publishing for New Visions that's done entirely in first person present,
from the point of view of a 9th grade boy. There's a famous novel, =It's
Like This, Cat=, that won a Newberry award for young adult fiction, that's
done entirely in first person present, from the pov of a teenager living in
Brooklyn. I've had trouble with a lot of gaming fiction in that so much of
it seems to be written by people with little fiction experience. I'd love
to see Spider Robinson do a Shadowrun novel, or Mercedes Lackey do one for
Earthdawn. Perhaps Lou could explain the process by which gaming fiction
occurs? Maybe some of us could try putting our money where our mouths are
and submit fiction for FASA, if we knew we wouldn't be automatically routed
to the slushpile and a form rejection slip for bad formatting or other
submission errors.
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