Comments on: Writing and not writing https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22485 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:41:00 +0000 #comment-22485 Markt – he has been nagged unmercifully, I promise you. I too so want to see another book(s) from him.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22484 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:26:00 +0000 #comment-22484 Maybe you could return the favour Glenda and nagg Hrugaar back to his writing too. Some people are waiting as much for his next one as yours 😀

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22483 Fri, 30 May 2008 19:28:00 +0000 #comment-22483 Thanks everyone, for the encouragement.

Vynette – it was the publisher who wanted to change my name, alas.

It is certainly my intention to have Havenstar republished if I can – and if no one wants to pick it up, then I shall publish a PoD (print on demand) – do it myself, in effect.

I am just waiting to see what my two main publishers decide to do with Rogue Rainlord before deciding where to go from here.

]]> By: vynette https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22482 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:42:00 +0000 #comment-22482 Havenstar is everything a fantasy book should be. I continue to re- read it regularly and would definitely buy another book set in that world. Like Jason, I too would love to see another sequel to havenstar.

The book your proposing has captured my fancy already with just this brief outline of the characters. They sound delightful!

If this book does eventually make it to the bookstores, is there any possibility of reviving havenstar by somehow getting it re-published?
As Havenstar was published under a different name, (Glenda Noramly)to the author name you use now I couldn’t for a long while find any more books written by you and then it was a fluke as I happened to be attracted to the covers of the Isles of Glory trilogy and purchased them without realising I had found you again- so to speak.

The originality in Isles of Glory very much attracts me, but Havenstar remains my first love. I would buy another new copy of Havenstar if it was available.

Anyway, I’m very glad your proposing to return to that world and hope you go ahead with it.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22481 Sun, 25 May 2008 21:10:00 +0000 #comment-22481 I would buy that book, most definitely. This is partially because I would purchase anything you wrote, Glenda, but also because, after reading Havenstar, I was left hungry for more. More of the world, more of the history of the land. The hope that you might include some of Havenstars old characters and maybe, just maybe, we could see Keris again.

As for the Rainlord series, given your previous success and rave reviews, voyager would be crazy not to pick it up!

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22480 Sun, 25 May 2008 16:23:00 +0000 #comment-22480 So pleased you’re on the Havenstar world story, Glenda. It has fabulous potential that needs to be explored and brought to life!

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22479 Sat, 24 May 2008 23:07:00 +0000 #comment-22479 I am probably sounding like an overly critical moron here, and that is not my intention. There are two issues at play. I *would* undoubtedly read the book, Glenda, but that would be based on the fact that you wrote it, and that I’ve enjoyed the books of yours that I’ve been able to lay my hands on (that is – not Havenstar. I would read the book because of the ‘brand’ that is your name. I was trying to see the little snippet you posted through the eye of someone who’d ask ‘Glenda Who?’ Maybe that’s not fair. It depends on the circumstance. If you’re sending this to someone you already know, fine, but I’m wondering if packing a bit more information and emotion in the first few sentences would not be beneficial anyway?

In any case, the LJ community I started is at http://community.livejournal.com/query_eagles/. And I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this link is going to work, because I can’t test it before I post. I set it up in response to various moanings by agents about the quality, or lack thereof, of query hook paragraphs. Often, as writer, you are so close to your work that you can write what you think is a perfect query paragraph for your novel, but which makes absolutely no sense to a person unfamiliar with the work. LOL! The community is about letting a few others read it before you post it off to someone ‘important’.

Patty

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22478 Sat, 24 May 2008 20:12:00 +0000 #comment-22478 Nagging, moi? 😀

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22477 Sat, 24 May 2008 07:48:00 +0000 #comment-22477 Not having read Havenstar, I can’t comment about the world, but as I have loved everything else you have written (that I’ve read) and the proposal sounds good, write away. I too hope the Rainlord series gets picked up it sounds a great concept as well. I am an enthusiastic reader. Mikandra, you may be right, but I would certainly “go” for the story and I know what havoc a gargoyle can create running loose.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/05/writing-and-not-writing/#comment-22476 Sat, 24 May 2008 07:38:00 +0000 #comment-22476 You’re right – it was the question I asked, and it was unfair of me to be critical of what you wrote when you answered! Apologies. I seem to be very dense this evening…

If you want to give me the URL of the LJ on query blurbs, I can mention it in a post.

They are horribly hard things to get right, and I am eternally grateful that I now have an advantage: I have a proven track record. For an unpublished writer, so much hangs on them and so often you don’t get a second chance.

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