Bits and bobs of news
Snippets of news from the last few days, including nuns, Menewood, Topeka Library, and more.
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Doing the Work
Aud is my commitment to excellence made flesh/word and walking around; she uses whatever it takes to get the job done. She is the tension between the joy and discipline that is my art (or craft or life or bane, depending) filed to a point and stabbed into the tabletop.
Read moreI am not on the cover of my novel
From: Ed HallDamn. Is it my imagination, or have you wound up on the cover of another of your books? Detail from…
Read morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part III
[Recap of Part I and Part II: The Blue Place was published in 1998 by Avon, which was then absorbed by HarperCollins;…
Read morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part II
[A continuation of Part I, in which The Blue Place, originally titled Penny in My Mouth, is published by Avon.] What I…
Read moreBlog tweakage
Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…
Read moreRandomhouse Author Portal
I’ve been playing with the Randomhouse Author Portal: RH have done an excellent job. I can now access all my sales data–including…
Read moreThis, right here, is what publishing needs to fix
(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…
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I stumbled across this review [link fixed] of Stay last night and, I dunno, something about it really tickled me, so I…
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From: Janine I took the plunge and began writing my first novel. It’s definitely character-driven, as I have no idea what will…
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From: Lou Bank (loubank@10ap.com) Hi, Nicola! I saw that in your description of Stay, you referred to the “hard-boiled moral conviction worthy…
Read morelight coming back: Jennifer Durham
A couple of years ago I got email from a reader telling me she’d enjoyed Stay, and how it resonated for her….
Read moreAud lives inside others
From: Anita Just wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed the Aud Trilogy… I DID get the ending of Stay and…
Read moreFriday audio: Stay #4
Okay, here’s the fourth and last reading from Stay. It’s 22 minutes of action baby, *action*: http://www.nicolagriffith.com/audio/player.swf (direct link) The one embarrassment…
Read moreaudio Friday: Stay #2
Here you go. The second Stay reading (about 11 minutes). This is the one where Aud contemplates Geordie Karp in the restaurant,…
Read more"I’ve just finished reading Stay"
From: Pat Combs I don’t really do this–well maybe I do now, write to writers I like. I have followed your work…
Read moreFriday audio: Stay #1
This is the first nine minutes (8 mins 43 seconds) of the second Aud novel, Stay. I have two more Stay readings…
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From: Andrea Taylor I recently stumbled upon your books at my local library and I am hooked on Aud. I had to…
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