Aud tweetchat
I’ve used Storify to collect all the questions asked and answers given for the tweetchat I just did with Rocky Mountain College’s ENG 120 class all about Aud.
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Swooning over both sexes…
From: Annabel (high school junior)I’ve never written an email to an author before, but I just felt really compelled. So, I just…
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…
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From: MP I find it odd emailing an author after reading her book. In some cases, the book becomes such a personal…
Read moreI which I break another heart and am happy about it, chortle
From: Morgan Hello. It’s 4:11am and I just finished reading Blue Place, after finishing Ammonite barely a week ago. This… This is…
Read moreWriting is not a race
I’ve been thinking about time and writing (so have a lot of other people: see last Friday’s Sterling Editing blog post). Specifically, I’ve…
Read moreIs Aud butch?
From Joslyn You probably get this question all the time, but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere online, and the ardent fangirl…
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 morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part 1
From: Kate 1) I always wondered why the three aud stories came from different publishing houses? it breaks my heart to hear…
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 moreMessage from a viajera
From: Kida Valérie Charavel Hello, just wanted to share something… Discovered Aud in The Blue Place, and since then, just kept following…
Read moreMarket your book with QR code
QR (quick read) code is 2-D code that you scan with a QR reader app on your smartphone, which then takes you…
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):…
Read moreThe woman on the cover of The Blue Place
Kam Heskin, photo by Tim Francis So it’s official: the woman on the cover of The Blue Place is definitely Kam Heskin,…
Read moreThe woman on the cover of The Blue Place
From: Penny Love Struck First of all I would like to say I love your work. I enjoy the way your descriptions…
Read moremy younger self chats
Ooooh, here’s something I forgot existed, an online chat I did for Event Horizon in January, 1999, just a few months after…
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From: Alexandra I hope this message gets to you, I just wanted to say how much your book has touched my heart….
Read moreNight Train, by Martin Amis Ask Nicola
From: Barbara Sanchez I just read Night Train by Martin Amis at K’s recommendation on her blog. It blew me away for…
Read morewanting to go after my subconscious with a knife
From: Barbara (in a comment to this post) So where did Julia’s name come from? She’s hardly a secondary character. And Victoria…
Read morenaming characters
From: Donna When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning or do they just come to you?…
Read morewriting proces: intuitive or analytical?
From: Janine I took the plunge and began writing my first novel. It’s definitely character-driven, as I have no idea what will…
Read moreAndrew Vachss
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 moreFriday audio: The Blue Place #2
Here’s the next reading from The Blue Place, in which Aud and the mystery woman she bumped into in the rain meet…
Read moreFriday audio: The Blue Place #1
Today, it’s a reading, the first five minutes of The Blue Place. Enjoy. http://www.nicolagriffith.com/audio/player.swf
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Nicola Griffith 