Do you find it very difficult taking over Robert Jordan’s work? Harder than your own novels?
Much harder than my own novels. I have to be very careful to keep the character voices done his way, and keeping track of all of the side characters…wow. I write about about half speed on the wot as on my own books. Part of this is the great amount of reading/research I must do before writing a scene.
If asked to do the same for another author, would you do it again?
I don’t think I’d do it for anyone else. I said yes to RJ because I’d been reading the books since childhood, and was up to date on the series. I was also a good match. For example, I love Pratchett, but I’m a horrible match for his style. GRRM is a genius, but I’d be a bad match there too. Hopefully, neither author needs anyone to finish for them.
I once would have said yes to a Star Wars book. Now, I’ve been too displeased by (and critical of) Lucas’s treatment of the prequels to ever do that.
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