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When you like it . . .

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Nobody can define for you what you like. It's up to you. We can tease or mock people for their particular tastes in reading, but if they're devoted to a particular kind of genre or favor a certain author, there'll be no changing it.

Speaking for myself, I love Vince Flynn. Discovering his work – and I was late to his writing because I didn't know anything about him – was like a fascinating and wonderful discovery. I have Rush Limbaugh to thank for introducing me to Vince when Rush was promoting Pursuit of Honor. Although I'm looking forward to the release of The Survivor with Kyle Mills taking the helm, there will be no replacing Vince.

Whatever it is you like, there are books to provide the material you prefer. If you're a writer, you know what you want to read and therefore how you want to write. You work to produce the book that satisfies your taste and you try to make it not only worth your time but worth others' times as well. Not an easy task.

The thing is when you like it, there's no talking you out of it. And there shouldn't be.

 

Father, thank you for all the many ways you've given people to express stories. May those of us who acknowledge you as our inspiration do as you ask and be faithful to the call. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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5 responses to “When you like it . . .”

  1. Brenda Anderson Avatar
    Brenda Anderson

    I agree–we like what we like, and, as authors, we write what we want to read. The problem arises when we like to read & write stories that don’t align with what’s popular.

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  2. Nicole Petrino-Salter Avatar
    Nicole Petrino-Salter

    Exactly. Or what’s perceived as “popular”. Today over at Novel Rocket Megan DiMaria listed an interesting snapshot about books with male protagonists – what you and I, Bren, have professed for years – but what CBA has consistently denied.

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  3. Brenda Jackson Avatar
    Brenda Jackson

    Brenda A is right. It’s a problem when what you like isn’t coveted by the masses. Also–I would say that what you like isn’t always available. God knows I’ve searched endlessly for high quality NON romance historical fiction and it’s very very very hard to find. In fact, I gave up and quit looking because my forehead was bloody from beating it against a brick wall.
    RE: Vince Flynn, I’ve had the book for probably 3-4 years, but I FINALLY started reading Term Limits this weekend. Bad timing. I had some other things I SHOULD have been doing but was reading instead. Not done with it yet–maybe a third of the way through. Good reading, but a bit depressing too if you’re already extremely cynical about the government.
    And speaking of Vince Flynn leads to an off-topic discussion that concerns writing–the endless debate whether paper books or ebooks are better. This particular Vince Flynn book is a mass market paperback, and the print goes so close to the edge I feel like I practically have to tear the book in half to be able to read all the way to the inside edge of the page. Gimme a Kindle any day. Only reason I didn’t get it on Kindle was because paper was cheaper in this case.

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  4. Nicole Petrino-Salter Avatar
    Nicole Petrino-Salter

    First of all, it would be disappointing to constantly look for the kind of book you want to read and not be able to find it. After a point – or at a certain point – I think we serious readers face that even if it’s not a perpetual experience.
    Secondly, one of the primary reasons I love Vince Flynn’s work is because of his sense of justice acted out by Mitch Rapp. Term Limits is his first novel and Mitch isn’t the protagonist, but there again, as unsavory as it might be, justice is meted out. I don’t know how anyone cannot be cynical about the government under this administration in particular. So seeing it from its underbelly and watching those who execute real justice in spite of it somehow does me good. When Vince was once asked how many of the Mitch Rapp types really exist, he said about 60. Who knows what the number is now. Somehow, that gives me hope.

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  5. Nicole Petrino-Salter Avatar
    Nicole Petrino-Salter

    Oh, and as for Kindle or print books, either or for me. It’s hard to read mass market paperbacks precisely because of that binding and often the print is so small, but I like to hold a book in my hands. Kindle is good if you don’t want to keep books around and for reading while waiting some place, on trips, etc.

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