tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post6676384634835556437..comments2024-03-29T00:34:59.084-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. SayersCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-58710541582081713342017-02-08T01:58:09.238-07:002017-02-08T01:58:09.238-07:00I do not envy today's authors, especially when...I do not envy today's authors, especially when I remember reading a biography of Maxwell Perkins, probably one of the best editors who ever lived. David Morrell's short story "The Architecture of Snow" talked quite eloquently about this.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-14525623447935882652017-02-07T23:28:02.437-07:002017-02-07T23:28:02.437-07:00There are times when I think that writers in earli...There are times when I think that writers in earlier times were published before they actually had developed the necessary skills to make them good. You hear of editors 'developing' writers in the old days. They don't have the time to do that anymore, which is why so many first novels seem so much more polished than ones written seventy years ago. (That also explains the modern phenomenon of the second novel slump--the fact that second novels seem to be a lot less polished than first novels, because the second novel, timed to come out the next year, comes to print without all that time to polish that the first novel had.)<br /><br />Sayers does get better. I guess the older way of bringing an author along does take a little getting used to when modern authors have to have it nailed to get in the door these days.Pepper Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088936125225559789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-91845529586440144752017-02-02T12:21:16.248-07:002017-02-02T12:21:16.248-07:00Something tells me I should just jump ahead to Har...Something tells me I should just jump ahead to Harriet... but won't meeting her be that much sweeter after "paying my dues"?Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-37178936668828869182017-02-02T05:37:46.346-07:002017-02-02T05:37:46.346-07:00Honestly, Cathy, I didn't think this was Sayer...Honestly, Cathy, I didn't think this was Sayers' best, either. I prefer the books with Harriet Vane. Still, as you say, some things are done well here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com