Sarah Monette's Blog, page 94
May 17, 2009
Heyer question
I'm rereading The Reluctant Widow and am wondering: does anyone have a good photo-reference for Bouncer? I know roughly what a Mastiff looks like, and by lurcher, I imagine Heyer most probably means a Greyhound-Collie cross, but I'm having a rather difficult time imagining how the three would go together. Aside from the part where Bouncer is clearly a Very Large Dog.
Since it seems unlikely that anyone out there actually has a Greyhound/Collie/Mastiff cross and has put pictures of same on the int
Since it seems unlikely that anyone out there actually has a Greyhound/Collie/Mastiff cross and has put pictures of same on the int
Q&A 29
Several people have commented in my question post with praise of Corambis and the Doctrine of Labyrinths. I wanted to say, thank you all very much!
Q: So, then, what advice would you give someone if they wanted to get interested in other points of view?
A: I'm not quite sure what this question is asking, but I'm going to guess that it's a follow up to the last q&a post, where I said I had to teach myself to be interested in Mildmay and Mehitabel.
So. *ahem* My most reliable technique for making a c
Q: So, then, what advice would you give someone if they wanted to get interested in other points of view?
A: I'm not quite sure what this question is asking, but I'm going to guess that it's a follow up to the last q&a post, where I said I had to teach myself to be interested in Mildmay and Mehitabel.
So. *ahem* My most reliable technique for making a c
May 16, 2009
When geek worlds collide
Fountain Pen Hopsital, who regularly send me pen pr0n, include in their latest catalogue, Historic Pen Editions' Stadium Seats Collection. You can get a pen made out of seats from Shea Stadium (N.Y. Mets, 1964), Dodger Stadium (L.A. Dodgers, 1962), Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers, 1913), Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox, 1912 and still going strong), Griffith Stadium (Washington Senators, 1911), Polo Grounds (N.Y. Giants, 1891), and Yankee Stadium (N.Y. Yankees, 1923). My fountain pen geekery, my base
May 14, 2009
Q&A 28
The latest crop, starting with one I missed in the last post. Sorry, querent! The slight was unintentional!
Q: You have mentioned your strong resistance to removing the Felix/Kay romance. Why were you so desperate to keep it?
A: Because it provided a plot structure and something for both characters to do. Like training wheels or a safety net.
Q: There is a particular scene in Corambis that I really get a kick out of calling "the part where the train is attacked by a giant robot". One of the reasons
Q: You have mentioned your strong resistance to removing the Felix/Kay romance. Why were you so desperate to keep it?
A: Because it provided a plot structure and something for both characters to do. Like training wheels or a safety net.
Q: There is a particular scene in Corambis that I really get a kick out of calling "the part where the train is attacked by a giant robot". One of the reasons
Heyer: The Black Moth/Black Sheep
This post is as much a PSA as anything else: two publishers, Sourcebooks Casablanca and HQN (otherwise known as Harlequin), seem to be in competition to reprint Heyer's books. The funny thing is, it's very difficult to tell one from the other. Trade paperback, similar palettes, similar fonts (the fonts they use for GEORGETTE HEYER are almost indistinguishable), similar choices wrt cover art: oil paintings of Regency people. Sourcebooks is using better quality paper and has eschewed the dodge of
May 12, 2009
My WisCon schedule, let me show you it.
Phantom Maids and Ghostly Ladies
Description: Women have been writing, selling and starring in ghost stories for centuries. Authors from Sarah Orne Jewett to Shirley Jackson to Dorothy Allison have written women into a prominent place in the ghost story tradition. By turns tragic, terrifying and comic, ghost stories provide timeless entertainment. Let's talk about why they endure and what they have to offer. Are there lessons to be learned from the ghost stories of the past? What lies in the futu
Description: Women have been writing, selling and starring in ghost stories for centuries. Authors from Sarah Orne Jewett to Shirley Jackson to Dorothy Allison have written women into a prominent place in the ghost story tradition. By turns tragic, terrifying and comic, ghost stories provide timeless entertainment. Let's talk about why they endure and what they have to offer. Are there lessons to be learned from the ghost stories of the past? What lies in the futu
Q&A 27
Q: What is your opinion on perspective? Some authors swear that a whole story should be seen through the same character's eyes. Some stories are told from the perspective of different characters in separate chapters. Some writers feel no qualms to write omnisciently about the inner thoughts of multiple characters within the same scene. How do you go about it and why?
Well, obviously I am not a member of the single point-of-view only camp. On the other hand, one of the quickest ways to make me put
Well, obviously I am not a member of the single point-of-view only camp. On the other hand, one of the quickest ways to make me put
May 11, 2009
Q&A 26
Q: I'd always been skeptical of dual-author novels, but I loved A Companion to Wolves. What are the logistics of writing a novel with another author? Do you each write different sections? It all flows together so smoothly, I'm wondering how it was assembled.
A: The way collaborating with![[info:]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380438177i/889613.gif)
matociquala works (and we've now written three short stories, one YA novel, and one adult novel together and are working on another novel) is that one of us starts, writes until she gets bored and/or stuck, and e
A: The way collaborating with
matociquala works (and we've now written three short stories, one YA novel, and one adult novel together and are working on another novel) is that one of us starts, writes until she gets bored and/or stuck, and e
May 10, 2009
Q&A 25
Q: What is the strangest thing a fan has ever said/done/requested to/of you?
A: The person (who knows who she is) who said she'd want Booth as a boyfriend. I still just find that kind of mind-boggling.
Q: What's your stance on fanfiction in general, and in regards to the Doctrine of Labyrinths in particular?
A: Long answer here.
Short answer: I don't mind if you write fanfiction of my work, but please don't tell me about it.
Q: I'm rereading The Bone Key now, and I've been noticing bits of worldbuild
A: The person (who knows who she is) who said she'd want Booth as a boyfriend. I still just find that kind of mind-boggling.
Q: What's your stance on fanfiction in general, and in regards to the Doctrine of Labyrinths in particular?
A: Long answer here.
Short answer: I don't mind if you write fanfiction of my work, but please don't tell me about it.
Q: I'm rereading The Bone Key now, and I've been noticing bits of worldbuild
May 9, 2009
::eyes piggy bank ominously::
elisem is having an instead-of-Wiscon-dealers'-room sale, and she's gone kind of nuts on the markdowns. Shinies! Go covet!
