[Teresa Edgerton]

I'm a long-time reader of Fantasy and SF. Although I read other types of fiction, Fantasy is my great love. In my opinion, it comes closer to the heart of human experience than more "realistic" types of fiction are usually able to do.

The Hidden Stars is not a cutting-edge fantasy novel. It doesn't try to be. There is an older type of storytelling that I admire very much, and that is what I'm aiming for. I've been known to read contemporary urban fantasy, I've been known to like it, but so far there has been no urge to write it. The books that influenced me most when I was growing up (there was little fantasy written for adults and young adults that was readily available then) were historical novels and swashbuckling adventures, mostly written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When Ballentine and Lin Carter began reprinting fantasy from that same period, I found the kind of books I loved most of all. And somehow, that style of writing still seem compatible with how my mind works.

So, to everyone reading this, please be welcome. And please regard this area as a place to discuss not only my own work, but some of your favorite "classics" as well.

[Sell Sword]

Hi, Madeline! When can we expect Book 2 of the Rune of Unmaking? Can you leak us any juicy tidbits?

[Teresa Edgerton]

Hello, Sell Sword, and thanks for dropping by.

Book Two, as yet untitled (I don't usually have trouble naming things, but for some reason I'm having a hard time now) is supposed to come out in the spring.

As for details I might leak: You'll be seeing a lot more of Ouriana's warrior-priests, the Furiadhin, and more about her cult in general. More magic, more war, more hardship for everyone, but also some very beautiful and surprising things. An important character will die and (one always feels obliged to say this in a fantasy novel) stay dead, while some "lost" characters will reappear.

[JohnH]

Glad to hear that (a title would make it "great news" and an actual release date would elevate it to a "yippeeeeee!") . Right now Rune of Unmaking: Book Two (untitled) is sitting on my list of Tentative 2006 Releases List (subtitled Promises Made; Promises Broken). It looks so forlorn without a title. Bare. Practically shivering in its state of undress. I look forward to the day we hear its draped in all its glorious frippery. Almost as much as the day I pry open the box and get my hands on it.

[Teresa Edgerton]

Hi, John! As forlorn as the book may look without a title, that's nothing to how forlorn I feel without that title.

I keep telling myself that the title is in there somewhere, and that I don't have to invent one, just discover it, but a time is rapidly approaching when someone (me or an editorial someone) is going to have to come up with something.

[Teresa Edgerton]

On March 19th, in San Francisco, I'll be reading a chapter from my new book at the Hotel Metropolis "Sneak Peek Literary Lounge." (Something about that name strikes me as vaguely provocative.) It will be at 6:00 -- in the mezzanine, I think. Reading first, Q&A after, and the hotel serves light refreshments. If you live in the area and would like to come, I'd love to see you there. For directions on how to get there, here is a link to the hotel's website:

http://www.hotelmetropolis.com/

[Hobbit]

Best of luck, Madeline. Hope all goes well!

Hobbit

[Teresa Edgerton]

Thanks for the good wishes, Hobbit. But I've just learned that they've cancelled the whole series. I don't know if I would have found out before the day if I hadn't made an inquiry about the lack of information at their website. Not too pleased about that, but on the whole I'm not disappointed. All their previous authors had either been poets or very heavily issue-oriented nonfiction writers, so I did wonder why they wanted me. But they said every month had a different theme and a different audience, so I thought, OK, I'm game to try it. The worst that could happen is that very few people will show up.

Now I realize that was not quite the worst that could happen. We might have contended with San Francisco traffic at that hour, and arrived just to find out that the event had been cancelled. So perhaps your wish for good luck saved me from that.

[Hobbit]

Sorry to hear it didn't happen; how bad of the people not to let you know!

But thinking about the traffic, I guess every cloud has a silver lining. :)

Hobbit

[Fallen-Petals]

My dad wa slecturing me on silver linings once then it rained!!! :D:D


I couldnt imagine traffic being good though its certainly something to think about......(Thinks LOL:)).....................................
I think The Gift by Alison Croggon is a classic, I learnt a lot from that book.
I love reading play writes aswell, like Shakespere. which kind of makes me odd!:rolleyes: