tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post1775131225257641393..comments2024-03-28T17:00:27.057+00:00Comments on Louder Yay: While I'm on a run of talking about fanfic...Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-817180642272483542014-10-27T19:00:12.479+00:002014-10-27T19:00:12.479+00:00It's not so much that I don't like long st...It's not so much that I don't <i>like</i> long stories – I enjoyed the 119K-word "Integration" recently, after all – but more that I don't often have the time for them. I've settled into a rhythm of reviewing about five stories a week, but reading half a million words in a week is almost never going to be possible.<br /><br />The "not Horse Famous" criterion isn't a particularly strong one: I have stories by the likes of The Descendant and Blueshift on my Read it Later list, for example. But nobody new will ever <i>become</i> a known writer if they don't get that first chance of exposure, and I'd like to assist with that in my small way.<br /><br />So, I think the one big difference I have with you is that about half the stories on my 120-strong RiL list right now were added on spec, and in perhaps 30 cases I've never even heard of the author. Will it reward me? Who knows, but that's part of the fun for me!Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-83542121262790767662014-10-27T18:34:52.697+00:002014-10-27T18:34:52.697+00:00Broadly the same criteria here, with the exception...Broadly the same criteria here, with the exception of (2) and (6). I actually like 100,000 word novels by known writers. I like being immersed in a world and its characters in an epic story, and having a known writer gives me the confidence to commit to the time it takes to read it.<br /><br />I still read short stories too, if they're good, but I almost never just pick up a story I like the look of with no prior connection or recommendation. handyj443https://www.blogger.com/profile/14554490913937636998noreply@blogger.com