How to Approach Special Authors

When it comes to structuring moving between works or moving on to your next work I'm a huge fan of symbolically connecting with the first reader doing something that is symbolic. When you are listing out the works of your special authors pay careful attention to the dates and note how long has elapsed between volumes with Cormac McCarthy for example there were three years between Orchard Keeper and Outer Dark 1965 to 1968 rather than go straight on to the next book figure out what a year will represent to you does it represent a week a fortnight a month and stick to that between Outer Dark published in 1968 and Child of God published in 73 there are five years. If your special author is a poet utilize the