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One of my friends likes "Home Ground", but that one sounds like a coffee shop to me.
Titles, argh.
L.

:-) Yes. "Life on the Knife's Edge" or "Double-Edged Knife" or "Two Sides of a Knife" or "After the Knife" or "Driving the Knife Home" :-) "Two Lifes for a Knife"? "Knife Brats"? Okay, now I'm just getting silly again. Yes, "Titles, argh."

Cheers and Happy New Year!
Lorraine




I’m still boggled by the word-count characterization limbo of the work. Novelette? Novelloid? I think “short novel” works, though. Ah, well, good thing it will be an original e-publication. I have been enjoying this format for your work.




I did recently complete my quest to read all your work within a year of starting :) It was a wonderful year. Yay for more!
My best regards from New Zealand.

I did recently complete my quest to read all your work within a year of starting :) It was a wonderful year. Yay for more!
My best regards from New Zealand."
What an awesome quest. Congrats on completing it.
Which series is your favorite?
Favorite Character?
Best from New Jersey USA

Richad the Mad Librarin.

What about "Lily's Gift"? Not that Barr exactly gifted her... I'll sign any release form you like.
Richard the Mad Librarian.

Titles are not copyrightable, for obvious practical reasons.
@ 27, Wolf Children did cross my thought-stream, but the process was more, "Knife Daughter"? No, puts too tight a focus on one character at the expense of the other -- "Knife Children" at least casts a wider net. Titles do direct readers' attention, like road signs, so one must be careful not to start them down the wrong track. Bland is better than misleading, but thematic is best of all if one can get it.
Am now facing the revisions stage, my least favorite part of writing. Some writers, I am told, relish revisions, fondly imagining them as a chance to improve the work; I dread them, as a chance to screw it up. I will be cranky for a while.
Ta, L.

Children Of The Sharing Knife
That would link it more directly to the tetralogy.


Thank you again for all your books.

Favorite Character?"
..."
Miles, of course, probably due to the sheer quantity of time spent in his head. Ista and Penric are great too, as are Ivan and Gregor and so many more. I've already dived into another reread.


And now to puzzle over the cover. Which I don't think anyone who hasn't read it can help with, alas. I'm drifting toward something iconic, such as a picture of a bone knife, which sidesteps a million thorny problems with character portraiture, but nothing is set yet.
Ta, L.



Here’s a more-or-less random Sharing Knife question. In chapter 18 of Horizon, Sumac sings a song that sounds old to Fawn’s ears. I immediately had one come to mind, so I wondered if you had one in mind when writing the scene. If not—well, great world-building, as usual.

Here’s a more-or-less random Sharing Knife question. In chapter 18 of Horizon, Sumac sings a song that sounds old to Fawn’s ears. I immediately had one come to mind, so..."
I did, but I don't remember now what it was. Might've been "Greensleeves" or "Scarborough Fair", something folky of that ilk.
Ta, L.


I'd look at this as old readers telling new readers that they GET to read the other 4 first :-)
Like another commenter (commentOr?), the Wide Green World books are my most reread ones. They live on my Kindle and I'm quite sure I've read each one at least 6 times.

Lois wrote: "Néna wrote: "Wild delight, with dancing.
Here’s a more-or-less random Sharing Knife question. In chapter 18 of Horizon, Sumac sings a song that sounds old to Fawn’s ears. I immediately had one com..."
Lois wrote: "Néna wrote: "Wild delight, with dancing.
Here’s a more-or-less random Sharing Knife question. In chapter 18 of Horizon, Sumac sings a song that sounds old to Fawn’s ears. I immediately had one com..."