mwt comes in for some love

[filkferengi]

Patricia C. Wrede is an excellent and accomplished writer in her own right, and I recommend her highly. She's got a wonderful blog where she mostly writes about writing, in very insightful ways. Get her feed from my profile page.

mwt gets mentioned in a happy way here:
http://pcwrede.com/blog/first-final/

I love to see favorite authors fan-authoring each other!

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I would have to agree with you, Wrede is one of my favorite authors (right next to Turner and Wynne Jones). I didn't know she had a blog though? Thanks for posting it.

Just out of curiousity, what are you're favorite novels by Wrede? I love the Magic and Malice (aka Mairelon the Magician series), Snow White and Red Rose and The Enchanted Forest Chronicles.

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

I saw that, too, and it gave me warm fuzzies.

As if I need ONE MORE reason to love Patricia C. Wrede!

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

I NEEDS to read a new adventure about Daystar WAH WAH WAH A new adventure about Daystar would be nice, don't you think?

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

Dealing with Draaaaaagons... and Sorcery and Cecelia *love*

[filkferengi]

_Talking With Dragons_ was the first book I ever read by her, so it holds a special place. I have the Scholastic paperback edition with the fabulous illustrations, for a bonus win.

Her writing tips are pretty fabulous, too, like her notorious world-building questions here: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/

Do you think A Certain Author may have been reading those questions? ;)

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

"That thing Megan Whalen Turner does" is pretty spiffy. I've tried similarly sneaky methods of showing vs. telling in some of my (note: amateur) writing, and when people read it they're like, "I'm... so confused." How does she do it??

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for finding that! I love her books that I've read, and reading about her process (not to mention the mwt reference!!!) is a treat. :)

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Agreed! It's sad he only got one novel and a mentioned in a short story. ^_^

[filkferengi]

You're very welcome. Sounisian enthusiasm & glee are very encouraging.

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Hmm, "Sounisian enthusiasm" ... "Sounisian enthusiasm" ..... two words that sound great together, even if the last one is sometimes an understatement.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Newer folks may not have seen this awesome discussion of Ms. Wrede's about King of Attolia. There are some great comments about hairpins and rivers.

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.sf.composition/2007-06/msg04053.html

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

dude.....

I'm like this right now :O






(I guess I'm newer folk xD )

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

/sighh

I love this fandom most-ist

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

I have that copy of Talking too and, boy, do I cherish it. My fifteen year old self had such a crush on Daystar! Years later I found the prequels at the library and just about fell over. Talking will always be my favorite though.

I also have the original version of Sorcy and Cecy with the hideous cover which I had to pay $18.00 for
on eBay when it was still out of print. Then I got myself a beeyooteeful hardcover when it was reprinted.

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Guess what? As TOS I am newer folk as well! And I love this fandom most-est too!!!

[drashizu.livejournal.com]

Yes, that magical thing MWT does that makes all of her readers feel like geniuses. (Or like idiots when they miss it and only realize later, on the 30th reread, what everyone else found out on the first time through.)

Nice to see this link! Thanks for sharing it.

[filkferengi]

I hadn't seen this before; thanks, check!

[qwentoozla]

Ah, I loved her dragons books, and Sorcery and Cecelia!

[anon8.livejournal.com]

oh yes, re-reading her books and finding new things is another thing that makes them so awesome!

[teenareena.livejournal.com]

I second both of them!

Sorcery and Cecilia is one of the best Regency fantasy ever.