who are you guys?

[ewein2412]

I tend to downplay the friendslist thing, but I am really massively curious. Especially to those who have friended me this year... (if I don't obviously know who you are), a la sdn, tell me 3 cool things about yourself. What drove you here?

handworn, I am drawn to the ubiquitous nature of Philadelphia in your journal. It is always a good thing to have Friends in Philadelphia.

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[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Actually, this is the first time I've posted on here....Let's see, I found your blog through a posting on Sartorias via Martha Wells, and said...hey, I know eegatland! So i just added you to my friends today.

We met last year in Scotland, and I am about half-way through the Sunbird.
That gives you an idea how slowly I read (I read about a novel a month). I waited until January as you suggested and bought the paperback, put it onto my stack where I just started it last week. (OK, I admit I've skimmed ahead to the end, but I haven't READ it all yet.) I gave my paperbacks to my brother-in-law to purt in his library, so now your books are available at another Mesquite, TX high school. I'm going to go ahead and buy the hardbacks, although I'm beginning to think finding the Winter Prince in hardback might be difficult!

3 interesting things.....hmmm

1) Been on a camel trek through the Outback in the Australian winter. Froze my butt off, slept on the ground, ate flies, smelled like camel dung, learned a lot. Recognized 2 constellations, and discovered that if I ever go to a new planet, all the constellations will be named Triangle One, Triangle Two, Triange Three.... Seriously, you ever want to know about camels, I can help.

2) I fence saber and foil, although right now I'm on haitus from that because my physical therapist says no more getting hit over the head.

3) I believe Calculus is one of the greatest art forms ever developed.

[ewein2412]

If all I knew about you was those three things, I would form a very different visual image of who you are... (for one thing, you would be male). And then I would put you in my next book.

Actually, I've already done all the writing about camels that I'm likely to do for a while, but I hope I managed to fake it well enough that it doesn't grate.

If you ask very very nicely I can probably cough up one of my hardbacks of The Winter Prince (though most of them are already library rejects!)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I was actually told once at a witers' workshop (by a critiquer) that they were surprised that I was a woman. They thought I wrote like a man, which nearly made me die laughing (because my husband characterizes my work as being a little girly). The POV character in this instance was male, though, and I'd had to do a lot of thinking about how to think like he would....

For many reasons, more men end up doing math than women, but that doesn't mean they're any better at it. Society just reinforces them more in certain intellectual fields. That is slowly changing. I always encourage girls to take Calculus.

Fencing is particularly good cardio exercize. The camels? I'd prefer horses any day.

You may not recall, but we met in the lunch room at InterCon where you were sharing a table with a girl from Isreal in a cape. You kindly let me share the table and we discussed, among other things, your banner-flying ambitions. I hope you've had sometime to fly lately!

I haven't gotten to the camels yet. Anyway, just wanted to say hi.

[ewein2412]

I know exactly who you are and recall you very well, and I would be embarrassed if I didn't, especially seeing as we've exchanged email between WorldCon and now!

Thank you for saying hi, anyway!

Camels

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I finished The Sunbird yesterday! I loved it. I'm glad to see Medraut's talking again...there's only so much pennance one can do, and you were right in that it hurt Telemakos more than it helped Lleu.

The camels were perfectly correct. You were right in that they have to be hobbled. We kept them hobbled even while lettng them graze. A hobbled camel can still make pretty good time, though, so you actually have to watch them while they graze, and then tie them down for the night.

I'm hoping to hear about a new book sometime soon.

Re: Camels

[ewein2412]

The camels were perfectly correct.

phew! (wipes brow) I think that hobbling feature was one of my last minute changes. I had just finished reading Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands and took out all the camel insults, as well (Goewin calls T's camel "noble" at one point)

I'm hoping to hear about a new book sometime soon.

You and me both! My editor is reading it right now.

Re: Camels

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Cool.

Yes, the camels carried our supplies for us, including our water. Not that we had much in they was of supplies. I had two ziplock bags to live out of for a week. Most of the space was dedicated to water, food and swags (the Australian pup-tent/sleeping bag hybrid))

A couple of the camels were quite beautiful and over all, they were pleasant individuals.