An Article about Jordan

[Ludmian]

http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/robert-jordan-illness-tech-media_cx_hc_books06_1201jordan.html

 

Here is an important quote:

 

"Still, he can write for two hours a day at most, compared with eight or nine hours in healthier times. At this rate, he'll submit the final book in 2008 for publication in 2009, says Tom Doherty, president of Tor Books, Jordan's publisher.

 

If he gets better, he'll write faster. No one wants to talk about the alternative. If he dies, could someone else finish the series? Authors like V.C. Andrews and Mario Puzo have posthumously passed along their series to other writers. Still, some fans worry that another author, even Harriet, wouldn't be true to Jordan's voice. Jordan, however, is open to the idea. "I'm getting out notes, so if the worst actually happens, someone could finish A Memory of Light and have it end the way I want it to end," he says. "But I hope to be around to actually finish it myself."

 

The decision, Jordan says, will be left to Harriet and Doherty, who has been a close friend and colleague for years. But Doherty isn't ready to address that possibility. "I'm not prepared to concede that that's going to happen," Doherty says. "I'm working on the belief that he's going to beat this thing. Who else can tell this story?"

[bmalek]

Thanks for that link!

 

Interesting ending to the article...

[Thor]

No, it will not be a memory of Light, he will live, he will live.

[Mercer]

Thanks for the link.

 

Great article, and good to hear more encouraging words from RJ, about his state of mind on the whole thing. Also chuckled at the forklift line. A fans dream come true.

[Gandaal]

A bit of a worry really, both for Robert personally and the series.

[Kadere]

I loved it when they said we're better then Rowling fans. hahahaha

[Mercer]

A bit of a worry really' date=' both for Robert personally and the series.[/quote']

I guess if it's new to someone, or whatnot, but I find it encouraging when it's talked about like that. Doesn't sound as if he's down about it at all, confident.