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fjtorres · 11-10-2020, 06:19 PM

I don't think in terms of authors until they're a known quantity.
Unless the author *is* a known quantity (which takes more than one good read) what I look for is an intriguing story idea.
Depending on how well that turns out I'll look for more or move on.

The story is what I'm about.

11-10-2020, 06:19 PM	#13
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	I don't think in terms of authors until they're a known quantity. Unless the author is a known quantity (which takes more than one good read) what I look for is an intriguing story idea. Depending on how well that turns out I'll look for more or move on. The story is what I'm about.