Lois McMaster Bujold
Yes, Bosha is very beguiling. (My plaint on him, while I was writing what became "The Prisoner of Limnos", was "Surakos Bosha is a damned scene-stealer!") He has this crowded and lurid backstory which might be interesting to explore in more detail, even though, broadly, we know how it comes out. How he came to the Xarre household and earned his place of trust might not be such a Tale Already Told as I think.
My knowledge of albinism is necessarily constructed from research (including a few historical and folk-tale references; it's a trope in more than one culture.) Nobody in my personal small circle of acquaintance to lend those extra telling details that don't make it into written sources, alas. In my defense, I did give him some eye issues with the photosensitivity...
Any potential Bosha front-story, ongoing, runs into an even greater wall of complexity than his backstory. I have a lot of ideas about my characters' lives, but extracting suitable novella-length tales out of them is a trickier proposition. And, of course, anything and everything written always spawns yet more potential threads. (While cutting off others.)
Ta, L.
Yes, Bosha is very beguiling. (My plaint on him, while I was writing what became "The Prisoner of Limnos", was "Surakos Bosha is a damned scene-stealer!") He has this crowded and lurid backstory which might be interesting to explore in more detail, even though, broadly, we know how it comes out. How he came to the Xarre household and earned his place of trust might not be such a Tale Already Told as I think.
My knowledge of albinism is necessarily constructed from research (including a few historical and folk-tale references; it's a trope in more than one culture.) Nobody in my personal small circle of acquaintance to lend those extra telling details that don't make it into written sources, alas. In my defense, I did give him some eye issues with the photosensitivity...
Any potential Bosha front-story, ongoing, runs into an even greater wall of complexity than his backstory. I have a lot of ideas about my characters' lives, but extracting suitable novella-length tales out of them is a trickier proposition. And, of course, anything and everything written always spawns yet more potential threads. (While cutting off others.)
Ta, L.
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Shane Castle
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just finished the 3rd Penric story - I have to say these are just getting better; Des and Penric are a wonderful pairing. I am fascinated by the possibilities. I especially like the "conservation of entropy" idea in how a chaos demon and its rider work together, which can go so many different directions, from subtle chemistry (catalyst?) to gross physical manifestations. I hope this gets explored more.
Jean Lant
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Happy New Year Lois. My question is that I have recently published my first book (Redemption My Father's Story) and I used Covenant Books Publishing. The editing is terrible. It's distracting to the reader. I just am at a loss of how to handle this and could use some advice. I know that they sent it to me for approval and I regret that. I'm in no way an editor and I told them that. Any thoughts, please?
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