Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 787
February 28, 2013
pugletto:
I’m done writing meta on why I ship it, so please...
I’m done writing meta on why I ship it, so please don’t add meta to my artwork. I figure all the work’s already been done, now all we need are some visuals.
Untitled “This Is Why I Ship It” art, with artistic liberty.
Click on the source to see the full thing on DeviantArt.
Y’know, for my first visit to tumblr today? WAY TOO MANY FEELS.
ironmouse:
DAY 2: SOMEONE YOU LIKE LOVE
My giant, chiseled...
DAY 2: SOMEONE YOU LIKE LOVE
My giant, chiseled jaw manfriend, straight out of Skyrim and with the personality of a golden retriever. He’s my rock, I’m his Player 2, and I’d be totally lost without him.
February 27, 2013
Hi there Leigh! I have a kind of random question. What does "like calls to like" mean? Looking forward to siege and storm!
From Shadow and Bone:
The grounding principle of the Small Science was “like calls to like”, but then it got complicated. Odinakovost was the “thisness” of a thing that made it the same as everything else. Etovost was the “thatness” of a thing that made it different from everything else. Odinakovost connected Grisha to the world, but it was etovost that gave them an affinity for something like air, or blood, or in my case, light.
So let’s say that Odinakovost is the essence that all things share. But Etovost is the unique quality that makes a thing itself and nothing else. A Grisha needs a fundamental understanding of both of these properties in order to manipulate matter.
It is Etovost, that unique quality, that determines which types of matter a given Grisha can manipulate—something within that Grisha shares the same unique quality, recognizes it, is attracted to it. Basically, “like calls to like” speaks to this attraction.
(The inspiration came from a verrrry loose interpretation of quiddity and haecceity, and the idea of molecular “preference” in chemistry.)
dankrokos:
I am extremely pleased to present to you the cover...
I am extremely pleased to present to you the cover of The Planet Thieves! It’s my middle grade debut, but my second book, and it comes out May 21st.
If you’re interested in winning the only ARC I plan to give away between now and May 21st, tweet this link (http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/how-the-cover-was-created-for-new-sci-fi-book-the-planet-thieves) along with the hashtag #theplanetthieves so I can find everyone.
February 26, 2013
I can't wait for this semester to be over because that means I will be 3 months closer to the release of S&S! When will the cover be revealed ?
Hooray for the end of the semester! And yes, as of March 4th, only 3 months until the Siege and Storm release.
The cover reveal will be THIS FRIDAY. Oooohhhhhhhh….
yagathai replied to your post: Is it too stalkerish if I ask what college you…
Wait, you don’t...
yagathai replied to your post: Is it too stalkerish if I ask what college you…
Wait, you don’t floss?!
No, I don’t. And I’ve never had a cavity.
Is it too stalkerish if I ask what college you were in at Yale? Anyway, what college were you in? (Love, a Morsel of a fan)
Awwww, my little Morsel!
Not stalkerish at all. If you asked if I floss or the color of my underwear, that would be another story.
I was a Hounie
Hi Leigh! Love S&B and cannot wait to see what your brilliant mind does in S&S. But I have to know, will we ever learn the Darkling's name?
Brilliant mind, you say? Do go on.
Yes. By trilogy’s end, you will know the Darkling’s true name.
And quite a bit more.
Glad you’re looking forward to Siege and Storm!
