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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2574601" data-attributes="member: 16989">Speaking of Relationships, don't forget the Editor's in all of this.  Many novelists (Lovecraft, Howard, and Douglas Adams) have their manuscript edited to some degree (or are forced to re-write parts) to teh managing editor.  In Lovecraft & Howards case it was the magazine editor the were submiting too.  (I think Adams' editor's main purpose was to lock him in a room so he wouldn't miss another deadline).A editor can have a great influence on a author, esp if that editor is managing an entire LINE that assures placement on a shelf in a highly competitive market.  I'm no fan of the current "Flavor-text" style I'm seeing, The Scions of Arrabor Trilogy sticks out the mpst.  One point the author almsot said "Timmy no longer has to use material components since he made a level & took Eschew Materials."  They may as well say, Bob the archwizard failed his concentration check, thus he losese the spell slot til he re-memorizes them tomorrow (Actually I think they did say that).  It gets old quick, yet seems to pervade the entire line.  I expect management/editors have a great say in these authors' style.This hit home this very day.  I was getting fed up with the new Queen of the Depths FR novel due to all the Cut/Paste gamer speak in it.  So I set it down & started reading Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, an Elric/Moorcock inspired Anthology put out 10 years ago.  I was reading a short story I really liked entitled 'Kingsfire' by Ricard Lee Byers.  The name sounded familiar.  Richard is the Author of Queen of the Depths.So, is it Richard's Writing I detest, or his Employer's Instructions?</blockquote>

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