S Wright
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Having read and re-read all your works that I can find through many stages of my life I continue to identify with all your depictions of motherhood, both internal and external. Currently my oldest is on the cusp of adulthood, and although I see external descriptions of this stage of parenting, I've searched and not found the internal depiction I'm craving. Have you any plans from this POV?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Not per se, but it's an interesting conundrum. Approximately ten million tales from the points of view of teens, almost none from their parents (the Enemy, usually, in coming-of-age tales, as is older authority generally.) Mothers, parents, and domesticity are perceived by many readers to be the antithesis of exciting stories.
Don Sakers had some musings on the topic, if this link still works:
https://web.archive.org/web/201611232...
Ta, L.
Not per se, but it's an interesting conundrum. Approximately ten million tales from the points of view of teens, almost none from their parents (the Enemy, usually, in coming-of-age tales, as is older authority generally.) Mothers, parents, and domesticity are perceived by many readers to be the antithesis of exciting stories.
Don Sakers had some musings on the topic, if this link still works:
https://web.archive.org/web/201611232...
Ta, L.
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Jerri
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Happy Winterfair wishes to Lois and all who read her works. I am assuming that Winterfair takes place on and around the Winter Solstice, which is today, as I type this, on Old Earth. And Penric, Des and the rest in the world of the Five Gods should be celebrating Father's MidWinter? I can't remember, do the Sharing Knife characters celebrate a middle of winter holiday?
Derek Peter Hawley
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
It is repeatedly mentioned in the books that there are sixty Counts, but by my count (no pun intended) only two dozen or so are named so far. Do you have in your head a full list of the Vor family names? Also, are there any Vor families that don't have a Countship, i.e., that became Vor after the formation of the Council of Counts? And what about the terraforming of South Continent? Will new Districts be added?
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