Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Just gobbled up the Physicians of Vilnoc. Thank you. But I wondered, when divesting himself of chaos, couldn't Penric rot a condemned building from the top down or kill and rot a tree? (a wistful thought for me since I have several volunteer maples I will need to hire an arborist to remove) It would seem less efficient, but also less fraught.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Hard to say. Doing in vegetation may be too slow a process to dump hot chaos in a hurry; or it may be a skill Pen acquires later on, should a future plot require it.
Revisiting Joen's leashed sorcerers in Paladin of Souls might give an idea of the wilder possibilities.
I have a fleeting memory of Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle doing in the weeds while in a bad mood one day, but I can't remember if she used magic. It may be time for a reread...
L.
Hard to say. Doing in vegetation may be too slow a process to dump hot chaos in a hurry; or it may be a skill Pen acquires later on, should a future plot require it.
Revisiting Joen's leashed sorcerers in Paladin of Souls might give an idea of the wilder possibilities.
I have a fleeting memory of Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle doing in the weeds while in a bad mood one day, but I can't remember if she used magic. It may be time for a reread...
L.
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Shane
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
My Dad and I started reading your books in the late 1980s. His favorite character was Ivan Vorpatril. My Dad would have love Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. Have you considered writing a book where Ivan is the ambassador to Jackson Hole? Thank you for all your books over the years. I actually read Cryoburn to my Dad at his hospital bedside. I still cry when I read the dribbles at the end. Good memories.
Barbara
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I am a inspiring writer and I have written a book and am moving on to my second book. I am starting a science fiction book and I want to know what tips you could tell me in making your writing consistent and having your characters have good depth and your MC be able to be connected to other charters in your novel?
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