winespring t1_ja841oi wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:34 PM

>I was thinking Martin and Rothfuss backstabbed other writers by delaying their work by decade, and I was wondering if thats true, or just me overthinking.

I don't think they owe anything to any other writers, even as a fan, the only thing that I would ask is that they try to write the best books that they can. I wonder if the idea that an author should put out one book in a series per year is a relatively new idea

Griffen_07 t1_ja8cx0b wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:33 PM

It’s not but it comes out of older marketing trends. It comes from the days of stories serialized in magazines. The magazines needed a constant flow of content and readers started to expect that if author A did a detective story last October he would do another this October. Besides, a lot of the pulp end of all genres have had steady yearly releases for decades. That is how most of commercial publishing works.

ShadowDV t1_ja8h2rb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Martin does not owe anything. Rothfuss on the other hand… he promised in 2009 Kingkiller was completely written and would be released at the rate of one book per year. Add on to that he conned a lot of people in donating to his charity promising content arriving by Feb 2022 at the latest, that has still not materialized.

WyrdHarper t1_ja8mex5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Martin’s at least been working on stuff. The TV show, spin-off books in the same canon, and doing other projects.

I think his biggest issue has always been time management—and suddenly he was taken from a sci-fi/fantasy author with a niche audience to a global phenomenon with a household name. He basically got everything he’d ever dreamed of and then got pulled in too many directions. And at least as glacial as his pace is he has shown evidence of writing the next book, too.

At this point I can’t tell if Rothfuss is genuinely struggling and that’s manifesting as hostility or if he’s just enjoying trolling people.

DafnissM t1_ja8ghx5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:56 PM

I agree, writing is an art and thus shouldn’t be pushed, Martin and Rothfuss have taken a ridiculous amount of time so it has even become an inside joke in the book community, but they’re already name brands and have the luxury of doing that; in the meantime we should be looking and supporting other authors.