Between this and 'Replay', and 'Wintersong' when it arrives, and 'Candle Iron' when I go and buy it (probably from Dymocks, they're great at ordering stuff in if they don't have it), I am going to be stuffed full of your writing. Not that that's a bad thing!
What's your editing queue like at the moment? I have a YA novel that could desperately use a fresh set of eyes, but the problem is that I want to enter it in a competition with a due date of the end of July (it's through Text Publishing if you're interested to enter yourself), and I don't want to be breathing down your neck if other people are in line first. Being YA, it's only short, about 160 pages.
This sounds like a similar scenario to "Shadowdancers". Though I assume not the same place. (goes and checks website) Oh, cool, they offer HTML and PDF!
Under the Waterfall and ShadowdancerssallyodgersJuly 21 2008, 03:38:19 UTC
You're right- these books share themes of family, cultural expectation and identity, but not settings or characters. There are other differences, too; "Shadowdancers" has romance built in and "Waterfall" doesn't. Corrie and Athen Bard are not literally brother and sister, but they might as well be.
Quite a few of my books share themes, but I often don't notice until someone points them out. Theme is one of the few things (most) writers don't necessarily plan.
Re: Under the Waterfall and ShadowdancerskerravonsenJuly 21 2008, 05:00:00 UTC
I was thinking more simply along the lines of "travel to another parallel world", but the themes fit too... 8-)
Theme is one of the few things (most) writers don't necessarily plan.
There are the themes that an author gravitates towards because that is the kind of thing they like writing about; then there are the themes that an author structures into the story -- that's the kind that gets planned.
Oh dear, I noticed something else odd; maybe it's only in the HTML version of "Under the Waterfall", but it appears to have two chapter 26s: # Chapter Twenty-six -- Clutch of Accidents # Chapter Twenty-Six -- The Ward Seer of Sharm
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What's your editing queue like at the moment? I have a YA novel that could desperately use a fresh set of eyes, but the problem is that I want to enter it in a competition with a due date of the end of July (it's through Text Publishing if you're interested to enter yourself), and I don't want to be breathing down your neck if other people are in line first. Being YA, it's only short, about 160 pages.
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Quite a few of my books share themes, but I often don't notice until someone points them out. Theme is one of the few things (most) writers don't necessarily plan.
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Theme is one of the few things (most) writers don't necessarily plan.
There are the themes that an author gravitates towards because that is the kind of thing they like writing about; then there are the themes that an author structures into the story -- that's the kind that gets planned.
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# Chapter Twenty-six -- Clutch of Accidents
# Chapter Twenty-Six -- The Ward Seer of Sharm
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(I'm Liz Filleul, by the way, in case the username is unfamiliar.)
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