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queensthiefHey all. Megan asked me to post this to the main page:
Could you ask posters what they would like to see on my website? It's really a holding pattern at this point, rather than a website, but I think I better spiff it up. Too many people have complained about it.
Megan
Could you ask posters what they would like to see on my website? It's really a holding pattern at this point, rather than a website, but I think I better spiff it up. Too many people have complained about it.
Megan
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Date: 4/4/06 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 4/4/06 02:56 am (UTC)I'm glad her site is getting some thought. It needs it :) What I'd like to see is easier navigation and some sort of layout. Right now everything is just plopped onto one page. Also, I'd love to see some more information about Mrs. Turner herself, maybe a short bio or something.
An idea woud be to have the site split into sections for each book, there having a short summary, the reviews, links to buy it, etc. Dunno. I better not think about it too much, or I'll end up actually designing a site :P
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Date: 4/4/06 04:01 am (UTC)As well, any spoilers she'd care to share, or any background and history that didn't make the cut for the books that she wants to get out there.
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Date: 4/4/06 06:31 am (UTC)If possible Megan, could you please put up a picture of that "lion gate" you saw in Greece that was the basis for the gate in Sounis? I've really wanted to see it ever since you mentioned it in one of your author notes. :)
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Date: 4/4/06 08:21 am (UTC)I instantly thought of this ruin when it was described in The Thief.
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Date: 4/4/06 10:56 am (UTC)I know how you feel, I'm dying to go to Greece. (Although, I'll bet it's a bit more expensive for me. *sigh*)
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Date: 4/4/06 11:05 am (UTC)It may be more expensive for you, yes, which does suck. :) But it'd be worth it, I think. I visited Tunisia, a while back, which is in the north of Africa and has a lot of places and buildings left over from the Roman Empire. We got to see the ruins of a small city, which had gates that remind me of the one in the picuture. That was cool enough, Greece must be amazing. :)
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Date: 4/4/06 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 4/4/06 01:05 pm (UTC)I'd really like to have a signed book someday, maybe instructions on how to do that.
Shannon Hale's site is attractive, user friendly, and you get a real feel for what she is like.
Photo of wrestling coach. :)
Sorry Checkers, for hijacking your ideas...
Date: 4/4/06 02:58 pm (UTC)I'd really like to have a signed book someday, maybe instructions on how to do that.
Shannon Hale's site is attractive, user friendly, and you get a real feel for what she is like.
Photo of wrestling coach. :)
*seconds all of this*
Particularly the wrestling coach. :)
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Date: 4/5/06 03:18 pm (UTC)~Megan
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Date: 4/5/06 04:29 pm (UTC)No. To the contrary.
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Date: 4/5/06 05:02 pm (UTC)You do have a valid point. I may not really want to know how Robin McKinley spends her day. I think what has made the difference for me is that we knew next to nothing about you before and for years didn't even know you were writing another book. It has been wonderful to find out that you are approachable, have a sense of humor, and appreciate your fans.
I'll be curious to hear how the younger members of the comm feel.
I wasn't going to say this because someone will probably yell at me, but I must admit that although I like Shannon Hale's site (and in a book discussion found her very nice and very smart), I think her blog a bit....
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Date: 4/5/06 05:05 pm (UTC)~Megan
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Date: 4/5/06 06:42 pm (UTC)I told you someone would yell at me. :)
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Date: 4/6/06 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 4/5/06 06:59 pm (UTC)In a way, meeting an author is definitely usually a bit of a surprise, because you expect them to be taller and shinier. But it's definitely better meeting the real person. I agree with Checkers. :) For about six years you've been an obscure person who walks on water and resembles a semi-deity, in my head. But actually hearing from you, and realising that you have a sense of humour and are interested in us, is way better than an image. And a good author doesn't have to wear a leather jacket and have amazing hair (like Neill Gaiman) to be totally cool. :)
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Date: 4/4/06 03:19 pm (UTC)I just finished a book by Thrity Umriger called The Space Between Us. It's beautifully written and absorbing. . . . and the next best thing to, say, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris.
*wanders away to chop somebody else's hand off*
~Megan
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Date: 4/5/06 12:25 pm (UTC)No, what it really means is that I was having the kind of day I intend to dedicate my life to seeing never happens again . . . and I was all grumbly. I apologize. I do not, actually, cut up my characters to relieve daily frustrations. Although there are weird connections between my books and my psychological state, I am sure. All those magical short stories when I was pregnant, for example.
~Megan
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Date: 4/4/06 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 4/5/06 06:34 pm (UTC)from,
Jessica
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Date: 4/6/06 12:53 pm (UTC)I would absolutely *love* to have cuts, deleted scenes, or extras. It's excruciating, when you love a book, to think of an editor ruthlessly cutting to fit it into a preconceived notion of length. Sherwood Smith has a couple of short stories on her site involving characters from her Court/Crown Duel books and that is really nice. I also feel sorry for fans who don't know about this group and have therefore missed all of Megan's wonderful comments and answers; I wish that could be up there in some form.
As for the idea of being disappointed, no, no, no, no, no. Nothing is more satisfying than having a conversation about a book you love with the author, and this has been especially true of Megan's books which are so carefully crafted.
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Date: 4/6/06 04:49 pm (UTC):D I'm following Sherwood Smith's story about Marloven Hess at the athanarel comm right now, it really gives you a wider view of the books to see so many bits which weren't published. But I can understand an author's wanting to keep those pieces of writing to themselves at the same time. In a way, I suppose they do detract attention from the actual books.
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Date: 4/7/06 09:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 4/7/06 09:46 pm (UTC)Website stuff
Date: 5/1/08 04:05 pm (UTC)It would be lovely to see a proper website;-)
Your latest fan - just finished King in Brussels, am blown away.
Re: Website stuff
Date: 5/2/08 01:45 am (UTC)