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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PaulKemp" data-source="post: 1865276" data-attributes="member: 2809">JoshuaDyal,I understand your thinking on this now.  Your point is narrower than I had assumed.  My bad.  An author of gaming fiction does face most of the constraints you mentioned, but so do authors who write in purely literary worlds, from the moment the "rules" of the world are established for the reader.  True, the writer who builds and writes in his own world does not inherit those rules, but he or she still faces constraints (albeit self-imposed).  This is particularly true for later books, when the rules of the world have been established for the reader.  Still, I agree with your overarching point.I disagree, however, that a shared world/gaming fiction writer is disincentivized to be bold.  That simply depends on your definition of bold.  If you mean by "bold" that the plot must threaten the world, or otherwise change something universal and fundamental, then yes, a shared world/gaming fiction author is less likely to have that type of threat in his books.  But boldness can take other forms -- from personal transformation and growth, to the remaking of a city or region.  I've found that there's room for those kinds of things, at least in FR novels.And, hey!  The Canton library doesn't have my books!?  Those bloody bastards!  I used to study within those very walls when  I was in law school.  Why I ought to....  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Twilight Falling is the title I would recommend.  It's book one of the Erevis Cale Trilogy.  Cale is my signature character, for whatever that's worth.  There are a couple of prequel Cale books, but getting those would involve a more substntial investment of time and money in a different series.  Twilight Falling stands alone very well, I think.  It makes reference to previous events, but reading of them firsthand is not necessary to (hopefully) enjoying the book.  I hope you'll share your thoughts when your done.</blockquote>

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