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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 5164889" data-attributes="member: 4720">Oh, I don't have a wellspring of bitterness left for this.  I ran out of actual bitterness for this kind of thing on book 7 of Wheel of Time.  Now I'm just bemusedly rueful with a chance of snarky comments when it comes up on a messageboard.I only work up a head of steam when someone (including Gaiman) tries to tell me I'm not entitled to my rueful and/or snarky status.  Most of it is actually self-directed, since I was stupid enough to invest time in another unfinished series.But it's not all self-directed.  It's not like the man had such a crisis of faith that it stopped him from working.  He's writing, editing, and getting TV deals.  He could at least show me some indication that he's not just milking and stalling for time.  That will make me feel less stupid for trusting him.  Or he could publicly admit he is milking/stalling/etc, in which case I can strike a dramatic prose (with shaking fist), scream "DAMN YOU, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN!" and officially write him off.So, to get back to pure pithy inanity... since he didn't look before he leapt, he could at least poop or get off the pot.</blockquote>