Comments on: INTERVIEW: Juliet Marillier, Part 1 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/ about the craft and business of fiction Mon, 21 May 2012 13:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-123599 Juliet Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:24:58 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-123599 Thank you, Libby. I'm thrilled that my writing has made such a difference to you. I wish you Sorcha's goodness, Liadan's courage and Clodagh's warmth of heart. Juliet Thank you, Libby. I’m thrilled that my writing has made such a difference to you. I wish you Sorcha’s goodness, Liadan’s courage and Clodagh’s warmth of heart.

Juliet

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]]> By: Libby http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-123541 Libby Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:37:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-123541 Hi!! I just wanted to tell you that I love your books so much!! You have really helped me in the last few weeks- I'm bipolar and getting ready to move back into my dorm, which is very stressful. Usually this triggers all sorts of bad things to happen- but I recently bought the last three books of the Sevenwaters Trilogy and read them all as fast as I could (because they're amazing)!! Reading them and seeing how strong the protagonists were really helped me to feel like I would be able to handle school starting back up again. It really really meant a lot to me- last fall I did all sorts of bad things and almost lost all of my friends, my family and my savings. It might seem over the top to attribute this to your books, but you would be surprised how something as small as being fully engaged in something for a few hours can change a bipolar person's life. Thank you so much!! Libby Hi!! I just wanted to tell you that I love your books so much!! You have really helped me in the last few weeks- I’m bipolar and getting ready to move back into my dorm, which is very stressful. Usually this triggers all sorts of bad things to happen- but I recently bought the last three books of the Sevenwaters Trilogy and read them all as fast as I could (because they’re amazing)!! Reading them and seeing how strong the protagonists were really helped me to feel like I would be able to handle school starting back up again. It really really meant a lot to me- last fall I did all sorts of bad things and almost lost all of my friends, my family and my savings. It might seem over the top to attribute this to your books, but you would be surprised how something as small as being fully engaged in something for a few hours can change a bipolar person’s life.
Thank you so much!!
Libby

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]]> By: Kate http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-107410 Kate Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:42:46 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-107410 Hey juliet i am sure you have heard i love your books before but i can't refrian from saying it because it is the truth i love your books they mean so much to me ! whenever i am out of reading material or not drouwning in schoolwork i always choose one of your books to read!!! I am doing a research assignment for school on you at the moment! I love how your charecters arn't two dimentional they they are deep. your books are so .... i don't have a word ...unforgetable i don't put it down and forget about it i think about them alot... its not usful when in class doing chemistry!! My Fault!!I love your idea of beauty and the beast it's my favourite fairy tale! I am looking forward to it! Thanks for writting your books Kate... Hey juliet i am sure you have heard i love your books before but i can’t refrian from saying it because it is the truth i love your books they mean so much to me ! whenever i am out of reading material or not drouwning in schoolwork i always choose one of your books to read!!! I am doing a research assignment for school on you at the moment! I love how your charecters arn’t two dimentional they they are deep. your books are so …. i don’t have a word …unforgetable i don’t put it down and forget about it i think about them alot… its not usful when in class doing chemistry!! My Fault!!I love your idea of beauty and the beast it’s my favourite fairy tale! I am looking forward to it!
Thanks for writting your books Kate…

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]]> By: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102420 Juliet Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:25:25 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102420 Nicole, I'm sure my American publisher would be pleased to hear this particular piece of advertising worked so well! Thanks for your lovely comments on my writing. Heart's Blood (to be published Nov 09) is loosely based on Beauty and the Beast. Very loosely! Nicole, I’m sure my American publisher would be pleased to hear this particular piece of advertising worked so well! Thanks for your lovely comments on my writing.

Heart’s Blood (to be published Nov 09) is loosely based on Beauty and the Beast. Very loosely!

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]]> By: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102418 Juliet Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:22:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102418 Tia, thanks for these great comments. My higher education, including the study of languages and music, has definitely helped me to become a better writer. The in-depth study of musical structure and shape was almost directly transferable to the structures of storytelling. The more intuitive abilities picked up through musical performance gave me a sense of balance, flow, musicality in the text. I tend to read passages back to myself, and will know by sound what works and what doesn't. Studying languages other than one's own is extremely helpful for anyone writing fantasy or historical fiction. It improves our use of the English language, since the knowledge of French, for instance, will provide keys to the meanings of English words. Without a knowledge of other languages it's possible for a fantasy writer to blunder badly when naming characters and places, for instance. This applies whether it's the real world or an invented world. No matter what you are studying at college, anything that expands your knowledge and helps you to think in new ways will be good for your writing in the long run! Tia, thanks for these great comments. My higher education, including the study of languages and music, has definitely helped me to become a better writer. The in-depth study of musical structure and shape was almost directly transferable to the structures of storytelling. The more intuitive abilities picked up through musical performance gave me a sense of balance, flow, musicality in the text. I tend to read passages back to myself, and will know by sound what works and what doesn’t.

Studying languages other than one’s own is extremely helpful for anyone writing fantasy or historical fiction. It improves our use of the English language, since the knowledge of French, for instance, will provide keys to the meanings of English words. Without a knowledge of other languages it’s possible for a fantasy writer to blunder badly when naming characters and places, for instance. This applies whether it’s the real world or an invented world.

No matter what you are studying at college, anything that expands your knowledge and helps you to think in new ways will be good for your writing in the long run!

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]]> By: nicole http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102296 nicole Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102296 Hi Juliet! First of all I have to tell you that I discovered you quite by accident in a way I never expected. I ordered some clothes from a Delia's catalog and it came with an advertisement for Wildwood Dancing when my purchase came in the mail. It was the first and only time I have seen a book advertised in such a way and so, I thought, 'what the heck, I'll give it a try.' I am so glad I did! I enjoyed Wildwood and Cybele, but then I read Foxmask and I was addicted :) I am so impressed with your amazing talent. Thank you so much for your insightful answers in the interview above- I love hearing about the writing processes of talented authors and your answers were particularly thoughtful and articulate. I was wondering though, you mentioned working on a book in the Beauty and Beast framework and I was wondering if that was still something you were working on or would be published soon? I read many years ago Robin Mckinley's 'Beauty' and loved it, but I would be so interested to see what you could bring to the story! Thanks Nicole Hi Juliet!

First of all I have to tell you that I discovered you quite by accident in a way I never expected. I ordered some clothes from a Delia’s catalog and it came with an advertisement for Wildwood Dancing when my purchase came in the mail. It was the first and only time I have seen a book advertised in such a way and so, I thought, ‘what the heck, I’ll give it a try.’ I am so glad I did! I enjoyed Wildwood and Cybele, but then I read Foxmask and I was addicted :)

I am so impressed with your amazing talent. Thank you so much for your insightful answers in the interview above- I love hearing about the writing processes of talented authors and your answers were particularly thoughtful and articulate.

I was wondering though, you mentioned working on a book in the Beauty and Beast framework and I was wondering if that was still something you were working on or would be published soon? I read many years ago Robin Mckinley’s ‘Beauty’ and loved it, but I would be so interested to see what you could bring to the story! Thanks

Nicole

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]]> By: Tia http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102047 Tia Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:56:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-102047 Fabulous interview - I just finished rereading Son of the Shadows and know I will have to read the whole series again. I hope you know how appreciated the hard work, the research, and the respect you put into your novels is. When I found your Daughter of the Forest (probably when I was about 13 - I'm 19 now), it really raised the bar for fantasy. Which, sadly, made finding other good fantasy harder *grin*. I'd be interested to learn more of how your higher education influenced your writing - I read somewhere (probably Wikipedia, knowing my love for that flawed source of information) that you credit it for honing your writing. I'm in my second year at college, and, quite frankly, grasping for any motivation that will entice me to stay. So, if you find time between researching/writing/editing, and don't find it too intrusive, I'd love to hear about how your education helped you. Fabulous interview – I just finished rereading Son of the Shadows and know I will have to read the whole series again. I hope you know how appreciated the hard work, the research, and the respect you put into your novels is. When I found your Daughter of the Forest (probably when I was about 13 – I’m 19 now), it really raised the bar for fantasy. Which, sadly, made finding other good fantasy harder *grin*.

I’d be interested to learn more of how your higher education influenced your writing – I read somewhere (probably Wikipedia, knowing my love for that flawed source of information) that you credit it for honing your writing. I’m in my second year at college, and, quite frankly, grasping for any motivation that will entice me to stay. So, if you find time between researching/writing/editing, and don’t find it too intrusive, I’d love to hear about how your education helped you.

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]]> By: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100666 Juliet Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:10:10 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100666 Thank you, Sam, I'm delighted that you enjoyed the Bridei Chronicles. Having my stories called magical encourages me to get right back to work! Thank you, Sam, I’m delighted that you enjoyed the Bridei Chronicles. Having my stories called magical encourages me to get right back to work!

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]]> By: sam http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100582 sam Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:02:24 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100582 hi juliet love your books ive read them all except cybeles and wildwood but i will soon i think.just finished reading the 3 bridei books as brilliant as your others .thank for your magical storys cant wait for more hi juliet love your books ive read them all except cybeles and wildwood but i will soon i think.just finished reading the 3 bridei books as brilliant as your others .thank for your magical storys cant wait for more

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]]> By: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100337 Juliet Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:14:37 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/20/interview-juliet-marillier-part-1/#comment-100337 Hi Henrike, Thank you for this nice comment! I would love to write a fourth book in the Bridei Chronicles - it all depends on my publisher. Yes, it is related to sales numbers. The series was less popular in some parts of the world than some of my other books. There is some news about the German editions of the Bridei Chronicles on my website - all three books will be out this year in new mass market editions. Hi Henrike,

Thank you for this nice comment! I would love to write a fourth book in the Bridei Chronicles – it all depends on my publisher. Yes, it is related to sales numbers. The series was less popular in some parts of the world than some of my other books.

There is some news about the German editions of the Bridei Chronicles on my website – all three books will be out this year in new mass market editions.

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