Yeah, I know. Seen that too many times to count. Don't read the book by Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey, it's horrendous.
As for the rest of it, I call that the "Stephen King Syndrome". They write for quality in the beginning, and the longer they go on, the worse their writing gets till they are simply writing for word count. I mean, when you can completely cut 500 pages out of a 2100 page book, and NO ONE notices, that's glut.
I noticed this with Tom Clancy. He's a favorite author, but in Executive Orders, there is a whole sub plot with these mountain men, that goes NO PLACE. The entire 50 or 80 pages of dialogue could be cut and the story not affected at all. That pisses me off when it happens.
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As for the rest of it, I call that the "Stephen King Syndrome". They write for quality in the beginning, and the longer they go on, the worse their writing gets till they are simply writing for word count. I mean, when you can completely cut 500 pages out of a 2100 page book, and NO ONE notices, that's glut.
I noticed this with Tom Clancy. He's a favorite author, but in Executive Orders, there is a whole sub plot with these mountain men, that goes NO PLACE. The entire 50 or 80 pages of dialogue could be cut and the story not affected at all. That pisses me off when it happens.