But first, an announcement.
Mélusine is going to be translated into Chinese.
(!!!)
This is my first novel-length foreign rights sale (a couple of stories have gone to Czechoslovakia), and I am geeked beyond words.
Which segues nicely into the first question:
Q:
Are there any plans to publish the Doctrine of Labyrinths series, The Bone Key, or A Companion to Wolves in other countries?A: Okay, here's the thing. This is yet another of those aspects of book publication over which the author has practically zero control. About all I can do is say,
Yes, I would love to see my works translated into as many languages as possible. (Dude. I need the money. Also, I think it is BEYOND COOL. Because I am a big geek. See above.) It's up to
non-American publishers to choose to buy the rights. (I know for a fact, as it happens, that several German publishers have turned down
Mélusine, and it makes the baby pandas cry.) So, much as I wish I could make it happen by force of will alone, I'm not actually the person to ask.
[Something in my turkey sandwich just went KRNKKCH! Mercifully, it does not seem to have been any of my teeth. o.O]
Q:
Any plans to return to write another Shadow Unit episode in future seasons despite the very much not-fantasy setting?A: Not in Season 2, I don't think, because I am pretty well burned out (although more collaboration à la "Ballistic" might happen, depending on how the other writers' lives are going), but there are tentative plans to collaborate on an episode with
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Q:
This isn't exactly a question, but I am broadly curious about the theatrical traditions alluded to and occasionally quoted from in The Mirador. Mehitabel's stories of the theater are some of my favorite parts. I guess I wondered if there's a lot of submerged stuff that you know about all that, or if the snippets are just what came along when you needed them. Please ignore if this is a really irritating question.A: The person who asked this is the only person I know who could ask such a fascinating question and then apologize for it. :)
( depending on how you define spoilers, this might be spoilery )
Q:
If there was just one book that you could make everyone in the world read, what would it be?A: Mine!
Sorry, no. Honestly, my answer to that question varies radically from day to day, and it's a different answer if you mean "read
and understand."
Some options, however, include
Hamlet,
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,
Nineteen Eighty-Four, and
A Room of One's Own.
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