![]() ![]() It simply increased my sense of being challenged."īut David Guterson's many fans have nothing to worry about. "I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars."įor Guterson the "amazing success" of that 1994 first novel also raised the specter of the dreaded second book syndrome. "When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. ![]() "It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had," says David Guterson. ![]()
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