Comments on: The City in the Lake, by Rachel Neumeier http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1505 A tiny principality in the Commonwealth of Letters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Will Duquette http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1505#comment-155074 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:48:57 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1505#comment-155074 OK, it's your first published novel. :-) I've read some Patricia McKillip, but not much; I've not read the others, so I can't say how well you did on that score. Did you ever look at my first effort, <i>Through Darkest Zymurgia</i>? I know we talked about it, but I don't know whether you never got around to it, or have simply been maintaining a diplomatic silence. (Not to worry, if you have been.) OK, it’s your first published novel. :-) I’ve read some Patricia McKillip, but not much; I’ve not read the others, so I can’t say how well you did on that score.

Did you ever look at my first effort, Through Darkest Zymurgia? I know we talked about it, but I don’t know whether you never got around to it, or have simply been maintaining a diplomatic silence. (Not to worry, if you have been.)

]]> by: Rachel Neumeier http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1505#comment-155022 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:39:24 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1505#comment-155022 Hi, Will! Thanks! I'm sure I enjoy praise as much as the next person, so your review was a pleasure to read. I have another ms. just back from my agent, with comments, so I'll be revising that next -- and it crossed in the mail with a third ms. I just sent her. So I sure hope I've done it again, both times. Incidentally, CITY wasn't my first novel. My first was a fantasy trilogy that will most like never see publication -- and most likely never should. And my second was a massive science fiction tome that, frankly, I still rather like. All together that was about, I don't know, 750,000 words of practice. When I wrote CITY, I was more or less trying to channel Sharon Shinn (The Shapechanger's Wife), Patricia McKillip, and Robin McKinley. I don't know how well I did at the channeling, but I was pretty happy with the result of the effort! Rachel Hi, Will!

Thanks! I’m sure I enjoy praise as much as the next person, so your review was a pleasure to read. I have another ms. just back from my agent, with comments, so I’ll be revising that next — and it crossed in the mail with a third ms. I just sent her. So I sure hope I’ve done it again, both times.

Incidentally, CITY wasn’t my first novel. My first was a fantasy trilogy that will most like never see publication — and most likely never should. And my second was a massive science fiction tome that, frankly, I still rather like. All together that was about, I don’t know, 750,000 words of practice.

When I wrote CITY, I was more or less trying to channel Sharon Shinn (The Shapechanger’s Wife), Patricia McKillip, and Robin McKinley. I don’t know how well I did at the channeling, but I was pretty happy with the result of the effort!

Rachel

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