writerly queries

[ewein2412]

1) Any professional YA authors out there who have the time and energy to write an essay on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and/or Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy?  Borders are commissioning a couple of anthologies of critical essays aimed at young readers.  The deadlines are quite soon (the Riordan essays are due 1 Dec 07); pay is $500 plus royalties for a 3000-5000 word essay.  If you're interested let me know and I'll pass your details on to the Powers That Be.

2) Anyone know of an agent who deals with manga or graphic novels in general?  IT'S FOR A FRIEND, HONEST.  Well actually it's for my husband, whose company is considering turning a game into a graphic novel.

that's it for the moment
 

Comments

[ewein2412]

you're not wrong, but she was idle to begin with--she does it "to amuse herself, or at any rate to pass the time while the men were away at war"

[tiboribi.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. It's been ages since I read The Once and Future King. I have this very odd relationship with it. There will always be something that will make me say "Oh! I should read The Once and Future King! (At one point, it was my commencement address. Maybe now it will be these livejournal comments.) "I will pick it up, devour a book, think it is wonderful and amazing, and then stop, suddenly, about two chapters into the next book. I have been about two chapters into "A Candle in the Wind" for like three years now.

[ewein2412]

I read it about a million times in my teens, but I've mostly forgotten it now--along with lots of salient facts that I thought I'd NEVER forget, like the color of Mordred's hair

[tiboribi.livejournal.com]

I usually have no patience for Lancelot and Guenevere, but I really liked them in it. It's possible that my most recent distraction is because while I was reading it and made some comment about that, someone foisted the Fionavar Tapestry into my lap.

[marguerlucy.livejournal.com]

huh... its obvious that its been too long since I picked it up, as I seem to have melded "morgause" and "morgan le fey" into one person.

*goes off to wiki* oops hee hee.

I have a similar relationship to Gone With The Wind. I think I've stopped at her marriage to that first husband (for no good reason) every time i've tried to read it. Like 150 pages in. I'll never finish it lol.

[marguerlucy.livejournal.com]

ah so wait, is it Morgause or Morgen who boils the cat? or is she the same person in "Once"? ok i should just look it up when i get home, but god help me you lovely people have helped while away so many lovely minutes at work!

[ewein2412]

it's morgause who boils the cat. it's morgan le fay who lives in the castle made of lard. (does that clear things up?)

[marguerlucy.livejournal.com]

HAHA. awesome.

Hmmm. Well now I dont know which one I should be. Probably le Fey. the magical element adds more fun for costumes. Maybe Morgause for next year :-D

[ewein2412]

you could be Elaine.

hahahaha just kidding. Actually, I meant that as a lame Arthurian joke, as Elaine is their somewhat more obscure 3rd sister, but as I typed it I remembered that I have an unpublished novel featuring a character who DOES come to a Halloween party dressed as Elaine. (Only it's her cousin Elaine, but she is a fairly obvious counterpart to that particular Arthurian Elaine, among others)

I have an aunt Elaine (she is my father's sister). She has got Excalibur hanging in her living room. I am not kidding--she owns the sword Richard Burton used as Excalibur in the 1960 Broadway version of Camelot.

[tiboribi.livejournal.com]

Is that Lucy?

[ewein2412]

god, you scare me sometimes.

yes.

[tiboribi.livejournal.com]

Well, Lucy was awesome. I always did want to read the rest of that book.