Avoiding unfinished series hurts authors and means they'll never get finished, cause the sales aren't there. It's really sad to me that two big names seem to have ruined this for everybody. I advise treating them like the exceptions they are rather than assuming all authors are going to be like this.
Sometimes I'm a little sad that I won't have as much time with them as I would if they'd had me when I was younger.
But it was the right choice for them, and ultimately better for me. They were stable in their thirties in a way they weren't in their 20s. If I'd been born earlier they would have had to take care of me in grad school and we would have had to move every few years. And there would have been a huge financial strain. My mother probably would have had to give up her career, which would have been hugely unfair to her. I'm glad that I didn't cause them so much stress and problems, and I'm sure my childhood was better for it.
Spying on your kid does not make them safer, it teaches them how to avoid you.
My mom insisted on installing a tracker on my sisters phone. So my sister stopped taking her phone with her when she went anywhere she thought my mom wouldn't approve of. Meaning she wouldn't have a way of calling for help if something happened, so she was less safe.
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Reply to after ASOIAF and kingkiller I dont dare to start reading unfinished series, I wonder statistically how much people are same and if it sffects other authors? by [deleted]
Avoiding unfinished series hurts authors and means they'll never get finished, cause the sales aren't there. It's really sad to me that two big names seem to have ruined this for everybody. I advise treating them like the exceptions they are rather than assuming all authors are going to be like this.