Dragaera

Night Owls

Sat Jun 8 09:54:50 PDT 2002

On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Michael R. Grindle wrote:

> Moved to Vegas?  That explains all the poker playing talk.  I have only
> been to Las Vegas once, but had a truly memorable time.  Of course,
> since reading Powers' "Last Call", Las Vegas holds an odd fascination
> for me.
>
It's a cool place. On whim I saw Tom Jones at the MGM...don't laugh, 
this guy has more energy than acts 1/3 his age. Great show!
> I have a couple more questions for Mr. Brust.
>
> Are there any authors out there who you feel are great, but are
> relatively unknown? The kinds of writers you want to shake everyone and
> say "Hey! Read this person's work! It's great! They should be
> best-sellers instead of crap like Terry Goodkind!"
>
Being selfish: How me, I'm new ;-)
> And, are there ever times when your family or friends say to you, either
> about a whole work or parts of a work, "I didn't really like that." or
> "That's pretty crappy, Steven." or any negative criticism? Is there any
> work that you thought was simply some of the best you've ever done, and
> yet other people say 'eh, it was ok' or worse?
>
> Thanks again for being so responsive to your fans, I don't know if there
> are any authors whom you would have felt tongue-tied around, or in awe
> of, but its nice to be able to communicate with a creator of wonderful
> things like your books.
>
> Mike
>
>
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