Re: Writers who jumped the shark

In rec.arts.books Terry Pratchett <tpratchett@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> But authors in any genre face a problem here.  You've got to test the 
> envelope or go mad.  Yet you are made well aware that there's plenty of 
> fans out there who want more of the same -- they want to see the same 
> characters acting like they did in the last book.

I think you should get a toy shark and jump it, just to play it safe ...