Could there be anything better than the author you always thought should write a novel actually did it (did that made any sense..?). And above all things about Alexander? I'll keep my fingers crossed and I can't wait to get my hands on a copy! :D
Very happy tidings!coraldawnApril 10 2006, 03:17:56 UTC
Wonderful news. "The Lion's Cub" huh? Sounds very promising. How old will the cub be by book's end? Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy at the earliest. The thought of the first three-dimensional Hephaistion makes me break out in little giggles of joy .....
And don't panic! Start writing the next part of the trilogy - unless you've already done it! :)
Re: Very happy tidings!coraldawnApril 16 2006, 01:30:04 UTC
A book about the Cub till age 20 is bound to be adorable - and coming from you, I know already that I will love it. So glad that Part 2 is in the can. That probably means we won't have to wait too long for it. Part 3 is the tricky one - isn't it? (If that is, he is still alive in Part 3). Such a complicated mix of greatness and total craziness with immense amounts of hubris thrown in! :) But I am sure you'll do it justice.... (Incidentally, my most favorite ATG published fiction (absolutely Number 1 till now) is Melissa Scott's AU: A Choice of Destinies... where she cleverly steers him away from impending craziness by making it an AU.)
I am probably being cheeky here, but I hope someday you write about Philip too - I admire and respect his achievements immensely and wonder what it was like for him as boy and a teen, repeatedly being a hostage, brothers dying, mother's evil lover, etc.... And what would he have achieved if he had NOT been killed in 336?
Re: Very happy tidings!3scoremiles_10April 16 2006, 02:31:31 UTC
I don't know about adorable - Alexandros isn't so much the adorable type. The infuriating, compelling, inspirational and frustrating type ... but not so much with the adorable, no.
And he wouldn't be Alexandros if he wasn't just a little bit mad.
Strangely enough (or maybe not) it was Philip who first brought me to ATG in a serious way. He is every bit as impressive as his son, he just had a whole lot less to work with in the beginning. I'm not signing myself up for anything, but if I were going to throw myself into another bloody epic writing project, I'd not turn my nose up at him.
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Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy at the earliest. The thought of the first three-dimensional Hephaistion makes me break out in little giggles of joy .....
And don't panic! Start writing the next part of the trilogy - unless you've already done it! :)
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(Incidentally, my most favorite ATG published fiction (absolutely Number 1 till now) is Melissa Scott's AU: A Choice of Destinies... where she cleverly steers him away from impending craziness by making it an AU.)
I am probably being cheeky here, but I hope someday you write about Philip too - I admire and respect his achievements immensely and wonder what it was like for him as boy and a teen, repeatedly being a hostage, brothers dying, mother's evil lover, etc.... And what would he have achieved if he had NOT been killed in 336?
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And he wouldn't be Alexandros if he wasn't just a little bit mad.
Strangely enough (or maybe not) it was Philip who first brought me to ATG in a serious way. He is every bit as impressive as his son, he just had a whole lot less to work with in the beginning. I'm not signing myself up for anything, but if I were going to throw myself into another bloody epic writing project, I'd not turn my nose up at him.
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