tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post3979711281038194498..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: A visual preview of the fall seasonSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-15470581853655861222008-05-23T22:26:00.000-05:002008-05-23T22:26:00.000-05:00Hi Chris,I'm very impressed. I'm so unused to wri...Hi Chris,<BR/><BR/>I'm very impressed. I'm so unused to writing longhand that I can barely sign my name legibly (this isn't a good thing).<BR/><BR/>Now if you'd said you'd written it in blood, I'd have gotten nervous.<BR/><BR/>(Just linked your blog up to my sidebar!)Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-20623909377761211122008-05-23T12:49:00.000-05:002008-05-23T12:49:00.000-05:00Sarah, Chris Humphreys here again. I am popping up...Sarah, Chris Humphreys here again. I am popping up all over!<BR/>Being a Luddite (I wrote the first draft of my recent Vlad Dracula book with a fountain pen!) I am just entering the world of blogs, though I have been keeping a sort of journal at my website. But, after perusing your excellent one, C W Gortner's, and Carla Nayland's I realise I must catch up and focus on what I love... duh! Historical Fiction. Thanks for the update on what it takes to be a bestseller. Now I know, I'll set about it right away. What's my editor's name again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-30667524510304009312008-05-22T20:08:00.000-05:002008-05-22T20:08:00.000-05:00Hi Donna, glad to hear it and that you're enjoying...Hi Donna, glad to hear it and that you're enjoying the magazine. You should be getting the May issues soon too, if you don't have them already.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-34386751306783490902008-05-21T22:21:00.000-05:002008-05-21T22:21:00.000-05:00Sarah, Thanks for the rundown. It looks like we wi...Sarah, Thanks for the rundown. It looks like we will all be busy with our favorites. BTY...I received my first issue of the HNS periodical. I am so glad I bought a subscription.<BR/><BR/>Donnawisteriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620398484256424032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-12248597204631661612008-05-18T01:31:00.000-05:002008-05-18T01:31:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for the preview. I've added some t...Thanks so much for the preview. I've added some to my TBR. I am especially excited about the new John Shors! I loved Beneth A Marble Sky. I am also a big fan of Penman!Teddy Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145413222317511542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-53485934203376380952008-05-15T22:23:00.000-05:002008-05-15T22:23:00.000-05:00You're welcome!Like you I haven't been able to lea...You're welcome!<BR/><BR/>Like you I haven't been able to learn anything about <I>The Tsarina's Daughter</I>. I'm hoping the publisher's catalog will be available soon.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1113389119199595072008-05-15T15:05:00.000-05:002008-05-15T15:05:00.000-05:00Wow! Some great books coming out. Thanks so much f...Wow! Some great books coming out. Thanks so much for publishing the list. I am really looking forward to Tsarina's Daughter. Finally, has someone heard my cries? Could there be more Russian HF on the horizan? The The Heretic's Daughter looks great too, and the Secret letter.YA Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04147401205365756126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-84556777611612769652008-05-15T13:10:00.000-05:002008-05-15T13:10:00.000-05:00I'm reading The Little Book now for HNS review, an...I'm reading <I>The Little Book</I> now for HNS review, and am about half done. It is delightful, and surprising, and although I have an idea where the story is going, I'm by no means certain that's the path he'll take. <BR/><BR/>I read the PW review yesterday, and it gives way too much away. The publicity material I got said very little about the storyline, which is really what's needed in the case of a book like this.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-70147612169156113282008-05-15T13:02:00.000-05:002008-05-15T13:02:00.000-05:00Sarah,I notice in the "Books Read in 2008" column ...Sarah,<BR/><BR/>I notice in the "Books Read in 2008" column that you included "The Little Book" by Selden Edwards. From what I've seen elsewhere, it appears to be delightful. Are you planning to review it for HNS or Booklist?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908350392754381834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-11380832527920797602008-05-12T10:34:00.000-05:002008-05-12T10:34:00.000-05:00Re decapitated - or half decapitated.I have it fro...Re decapitated - or half decapitated.<BR/>I have it from a high up book buyer for a UK chain that decapitated is still selling big time as far as customers are concerned. Put a decapitated on the front and sales soar. Can't be more specific because I heard it with ref to an article that's still being written and where book sellers and chain store buyers were being asked. So headless ain't dead yet among the wider population.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-54675623190171130372008-05-12T10:18:00.000-05:002008-05-12T10:18:00.000-05:00BTW, the cover image for the Penman came from Putn...BTW, the cover image for the Penman came from Putnam's fall catalog.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-46946900135730505712008-05-12T08:03:00.000-05:002008-05-12T08:03:00.000-05:00Lots to look forward to here!Lots to look forward to here!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-77343710965686089292008-05-12T07:54:00.000-05:002008-05-12T07:54:00.000-05:00The cover for Devil's Brood doesn't stand out for ...The cover for Devil's Brood doesn't stand out for me either, but as you said, Elizabeth, it's the writing I'm interested in! It reminds me of the US paperback for <I>Time and Chance</I>, which said "generic medieval" to me. Still, I'd rather see that than a super trendy cover for her.<BR/><BR/>I think <I>The Time of Singing</I> is a great title. (From the Song of Songs?)<BR/><BR/>It's not clear from the cover image (maybe Amazon has an early version), but the authors of <I>Blindspot</I> are Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen many more decapitated heroines on fall books. Maybe that trend's on its way out (I hope so).<BR/><BR/>This is all making me regret not going to BEA!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-51377200518662525412008-05-12T05:55:00.000-05:002008-05-12T05:55:00.000-05:00Thanks, Sarah! I love some of these covers, in par...Thanks, Sarah! I love some of these covers, in particular Burning Sea, Blindspot, Four Seasons, Toss of a Lemon (iffy title, though...) and Tsarina's Daughter. <BR/>And only one decapitated heroine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-7383338244400807502008-05-12T04:09:00.000-05:002008-05-12T04:09:00.000-05:00Another visit to your blog where I end up adding o...Another visit to your blog where I end up adding one, two or even ten books to the TBR list! <BR/><BR/>I am pleased to see the cover for the Penman as well...makes it somehow more real, as if it is really going to happen!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-60794238559944163212008-05-12T03:34:00.000-05:002008-05-12T03:34:00.000-05:00Thanks for the preview Sarah. Very interesting ab...Thanks for the preview Sarah. Very interesting about Sharon Penman's cover. I'd been waiting to see what Putnam did with it. It's not stellar by the looks of it, but it doesn't need to be because the writing will speak for itself. I've just had the cover roughs through for my October release The Time of Singing - Henry II era as well. We were playing with titles earlier and I suggested, very tongue in cheek as I thought 'The Virgin Mistress's Virgin Lover' but having seen the last entry, I'm not so sure!!!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.com