My summer has been so complicated that I've neglected to mention July's best book news: Sharyn November took paperback rights to The Curse of the Raven Mocker and Ingledove for her Viking/Penguin imprint, Firebird.
http://www.firebirdbooks.com/
Here's the Firebird site, including a cover gallery, links, chapters, etc.
http://www.sharyn.org/
And here's a peek at the lively and clever Firebird editor, Sharyn November.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
The Endicott Studio: a novelist reviews Ingledove
It has been a long, arduous summer, and all that has happened feels alternately too close or long ago and far away.
Book news: there's a review of Ingledove up on a featured books page at the lovely Endicott Studio site (http://www.endicott-studio.com/recreading/SprSum05/YA.html). It's by novelist Midori Snyder. Here's a clip: In this exceptional novel Youmans skillfully mixes Celtic, Appalachian and Cherokee mythology and language to create Adantis, a fantastic world, half hidden in nature . . . Youmans’ characters are compelling; the dialogue is unique, rich with invented vocabulary. Her prose, lush and evocative as fireflies, seems to lift from the pages. A simply beautiful novel.
Midori Snyder's biography on the site is quite interesting: http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biomidori.html. Now that's a satisfyingly full life.
Book news: there's a review of Ingledove up on a featured books page at the lovely Endicott Studio site (http://www.endicott-studio.com/recreading/SprSum05/YA.html). It's by novelist Midori Snyder. Here's a clip: In this exceptional novel Youmans skillfully mixes Celtic, Appalachian and Cherokee mythology and language to create Adantis, a fantastic world, half hidden in nature . . . Youmans’ characters are compelling; the dialogue is unique, rich with invented vocabulary. Her prose, lush and evocative as fireflies, seems to lift from the pages. A simply beautiful novel.
Midori Snyder's biography on the site is quite interesting: http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biomidori.html. Now that's a satisfyingly full life.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
She's not here (she's at the NCCAT blog)
My "other" blog--one that I've set up for this summer's NCCAT seminar in the short story--is eating up all my "news blog" time, so visit me there. Members are welcome; visitors of all stripes are welcome. There are quite a few things of interest to novice and professional writers.
Already up are:
a greeting featuring "hard work and joy," from Philip Lee Williams, Georgia author of twelve books, mostly fiction;
a response from Phil to a question about teaching creative writing and how to get students to "focus on their work";
Marjorie Hudson on place, shifting from "creative nonfiction" to fiction, the line between "making up" and "being accurate," and other interesting matters;
a tongue-in-cheek piece from Corey Mesler about writing his novel-in-dialogue, Talk;
a greeting from Ron Rash;
Ingrid Hill talking about how she chased down a WalMart trucker to do research for Ursula, Under.
Coming up:
Carole Fungaroli Sargent on--well, I've forgotten, we talked about so many possiblities--and more!
Check at http://www.nccatwritingseminar.blogspot.com/.
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Oh, and I'm going to extend the book giveaway for ten days, mainly because I was lazy and only listed it at Bookloons. See the May 20 post in archives for how-to-do--http://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/05/midnight-crier-at-200-am-ingledoves.html.
Already up are:
a greeting featuring "hard work and joy," from Philip Lee Williams, Georgia author of twelve books, mostly fiction;
a response from Phil to a question about teaching creative writing and how to get students to "focus on their work";
Marjorie Hudson on place, shifting from "creative nonfiction" to fiction, the line between "making up" and "being accurate," and other interesting matters;
a tongue-in-cheek piece from Corey Mesler about writing his novel-in-dialogue, Talk;
a greeting from Ron Rash;
Ingrid Hill talking about how she chased down a WalMart trucker to do research for Ursula, Under.
Coming up:
Carole Fungaroli Sargent on--well, I've forgotten, we talked about so many possiblities--and more!
Check at http://www.nccatwritingseminar.blogspot.com/.
* * *
Oh, and I'm going to extend the book giveaway for ten days, mainly because I was lazy and only listed it at Bookloons. See the May 20 post in archives for how-to-do--http://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/05/midnight-crier-at-200-am-ingledoves.html.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Wilmington Star review of "Ingledove"
"Curse of the Raven Mocker (2003) felt as fresh as a mountain breeze. . . Ingledove, her latest, is even better… even adults fantasy fans should find it enthralling, especially if they’re fans of Sharyn McCrumb."
--Ben Steelman, Books Editor, The Wilmington Star-News 8 May 2005
I was glad to see this one at last. And it's very good.
--Ben Steelman, Books Editor, The Wilmington Star-News 8 May 2005
I was glad to see this one at last. And it's very good.
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