{"id":3839,"date":"2010-06-03T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T22:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2010-06-03T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T22:44:19","slug":"an-aside-a-chat-with-guy-gavriel-kay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/interviews\/an-aside-a-chat-with-guy-gavriel-kay\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | A Chat with Guy Gavriel Kay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/index2.php\/option=com_altcaster\/task=viewaltcast\/altcast_code=549432b882\/height=600\/width=450\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"600px\" width=\"450px\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/mobile.php\/option=com_mobile\/task=viewaltcast\/altcast_code=549432b882\" >Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, I teamed up with the good folk at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suvudu.com\">Suvudu<\/a> and hosted a live chat with <a href=\"http:\/\/brightweavings.com\">Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a>. Fans dropped by and asked question of Kay, and I slipped several of my own in there. It&#8217;s certainly an interesting, informal interview with one of my favourite authors.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite quote came in response to my question about his work on <strong>The Silmarillion<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\"><strong><\/p>\n<p>One thing many of your readers may not know is that you worked with Christopher Tolkien as he edited THE SILMARILLION, a seminal work of his father, J.R.R. Tolkien. At the time, you were a young, unpublished author.<\/p>\n<p>What did this experience teach you about the craft, and how did it effect your path to becoming a leading genre writer?<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, we worked in an English village, so in the evenings I learned a lot about beer. The Plough and The Black Horse. My two pubs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>More seriously &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One thing I learned was the number of false starts and dead ends even a genius gets involved in, even on a book that ends up as masterful. I received a very early education in the degree to which time and effort are central to craft. Obvious truth, but sometimes one needs to SEE it.<\/p>\n<p>I am constantly grateful to my readers &#8230; I sell enough books to be ABLE to take my time. One can be more successful by being prolific, but I have always believed that quality demands patience, and I am TRYING for quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting observation in a current climate that puts so much pressure on authors like Scott Lynch and Patrick Rothfuss for taking longer than usual on their novels.<\/p>\n<p>Guy also talks a fair bit about <strong>Under Heaven<\/strong>, its influences; whether it&#8217;s connected to his other work; how history affects and directs the stories he tells, whether he&#8217;s an outliner or a free-writer, and jokes around with a few of his fans. It&#8217;s a great way to get a bit of insight into Kay and his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Gavriel Kay Yesterday, I teamed up with the good folk at Suvudu and hosted a live chat with Guy Gavriel Kay. Fans dropped by and asked question of Kay, and I slipped several of my own in there. 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