“The biggest experiment there - and I was convinced for a really long time that it was going to fail horribly - had to do with this weird thing I do every now and then. Like everyone else, as a reader there are certain things that really rub me the wrong way in fiction - pet bugbears, let's call them.” WayLongCertainFictionFailingReaderLong TimeConvincedExperimentsPetNow And ThenWrong WayWeird ThingsReally Long Author:Roy Kesey
“I didn't intentionally emplace the raw material needed for political/allegorical readings into any of the first drafts, but sooner or later I saw it coming, and I did intentionally not cut it from some of the final drafts. In other words, I'm not particularly interested in encouraging readers to read certain stories that way, but I want to make sure that route's accessible should anyone be so inclined.” WayWantShouldFirstsStoriesPoliticalCertainReadingSawsCuttingMaterialsReaderNeededFinalsSooner Or LaterRoutesRaw Materials Author:Roy Kesey