The top 10 things You Mentioned in Reviews
From here to publication day, we’ll be counting down the top ten points of interest in the Gas-Lit Empire novels, as revealed in readers’ comments and questions. The list is based on my impression of around 1000 reviews on Goodreads and Amazon as well as in publications such as Fantasy Faction, Entertainment Weekly and the Washington Post. I’ve also factored in the questions put to me at conventions, public readings, on Twitter and on Facebook.
It isn’t a scientific study. It could be that if I put all the data into a massive spreadsheet and did some sums, the order of lower ranked topics would turn out to be slightly different. You won’t be surprised to hear that I preferred guesstimation to actual mathematics in this case. However, I am reasonably confident, especially of the top few.
So here we go, the top ten countdown begins with:
Number 10: Canals and Boats
The year I started writing these books, I spent 6 months working as writer in residence for a museum project in the East Midlands of England. I had the pleasure of visiting many different historical sites around the region. But my favourite was Foxton Locks. I spent many hours there, interviewing boat owners, pub owners, museum staff and gongoozlers - the name given to people who like watching canal boats. That experience and my love of the canals seeped into stories.
Elizabeth lives on a boat moored just north of Leicester. She learns to trust her neighbors on the wharf. It is a place where she can keep a low profile. But her reasons for living there are emotional as well as practical. She has the soul of a traveler and loves the feeling that she could slip the mooring ropes at any moment. The shifting of the boat as the wind tugs at it is a constant reminder that she is not fixed down.
It seems that some readers of the books share my interest in canals and boats. This theme turns up in quite a number of review comments. It seems that some readers have formed a particular attachment to Elizabeth’s houseboat, Bessie. And so have I.
In the next episode, we’ll explore topic number 9
You can follow the countdown here:
https://www.facebook.com/gaslitempire...
It isn’t a scientific study. It could be that if I put all the data into a massive spreadsheet and did some sums, the order of lower ranked topics would turn out to be slightly different. You won’t be surprised to hear that I preferred guesstimation to actual mathematics in this case. However, I am reasonably confident, especially of the top few.
So here we go, the top ten countdown begins with:
Number 10: Canals and Boats
The year I started writing these books, I spent 6 months working as writer in residence for a museum project in the East Midlands of England. I had the pleasure of visiting many different historical sites around the region. But my favourite was Foxton Locks. I spent many hours there, interviewing boat owners, pub owners, museum staff and gongoozlers - the name given to people who like watching canal boats. That experience and my love of the canals seeped into stories.
Elizabeth lives on a boat moored just north of Leicester. She learns to trust her neighbors on the wharf. It is a place where she can keep a low profile. But her reasons for living there are emotional as well as practical. She has the soul of a traveler and loves the feeling that she could slip the mooring ropes at any moment. The shifting of the boat as the wind tugs at it is a constant reminder that she is not fixed down.
It seems that some readers of the books share my interest in canals and boats. This theme turns up in quite a number of review comments. It seems that some readers have formed a particular attachment to Elizabeth’s houseboat, Bessie. And so have I.
In the next episode, we’ll explore topic number 9
You can follow the countdown here:
https://www.facebook.com/gaslitempire...
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