It's funny you mention authors because I think I ultimately start to do the same thing. On one hand it's obvious--there's a lot of dreck in fandom and if you find a good writer you stick with them. But it's also a sensibility, something that often gets me to read stories I might not read by subject. A lot of my favorite authors, in fact, I get/got to via meta. Either because I saw them talking about their take on canon and then read their fic because we were friendly and found that their fic was also satisfying or because I liked their stories and sought out their meta etc. Maybe because I'm so into character interaction and someone's fanfic is probably going to reflect their feelings on it.
But it's just that yes, when I think of writers that I always like what they write I almost have a little advertisement like that in my head because I've read the author's other work. So even if a new work is very different (for instance, "If You've a Ready Mind" vs. "Your Every Wish") I often still find some of the same basic things I like. (Btw, have you read The Demon's Lexicon?)
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Date: 2009-06-24 05:56 pm (UTC)But it's just that yes, when I think of writers that I always like what they write I almost have a little advertisement like that in my head because I've read the author's other work. So even if a new work is very different (for instance, "If You've a Ready Mind" vs. "Your Every Wish") I often still find some of the same basic things I like. (Btw, have you read The Demon's Lexicon?)