May-08-2010, 05:22 PM (UTC)
Hey!
We're not the only ones who think Robin's dragons resemble cats. But Robin seemed to indicate there's no particular reason they should, so guess any theories of there being some deeper significance (related to things like Others fear of cats etc) seem not to be supported????? Not sure - check out Sara Creasy's question at Babel Clash and Robin's answer in the comments.
http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/05/01/.../#comments
In fact, check the whole series of posts on Babel Clash by Robin and Sara! Good stuff.
Oh this killed me though - (Robin's comment on another post):
"Regarding Sara’s comments about compromising on a first book . . . well, I’ve been writing novels for close to 30 years now, and in some ways I still make compromises on every one of them. I really try to listen to my editors. They always have a perspective on my stories that is difficult for me to achieve. I’m fortunate to work with two editors: Jane Johnson for the UK editions and Jennifer Brehl for the US ones. When they BOTH agree that something needs changing, well, I ignore that at my peril. I can think of only one case where I plowed stubbornly ahead. And six months later, re-reading that book, I went, “Oh, no! They were right! I should have changed that!” (And no, I’ll never tell what bit that was!)"
OOooooh I'd love to know what that thing was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it was just something tiny though......
In fact I'd love to know what the original novels were like before the editors suggested changes were implemented. I actually had no idea there was so much editorial change.....
We're not the only ones who think Robin's dragons resemble cats. But Robin seemed to indicate there's no particular reason they should, so guess any theories of there being some deeper significance (related to things like Others fear of cats etc) seem not to be supported????? Not sure - check out Sara Creasy's question at Babel Clash and Robin's answer in the comments.
http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/05/01/.../#comments
In fact, check the whole series of posts on Babel Clash by Robin and Sara! Good stuff.
Oh this killed me though - (Robin's comment on another post):
"Regarding Sara’s comments about compromising on a first book . . . well, I’ve been writing novels for close to 30 years now, and in some ways I still make compromises on every one of them. I really try to listen to my editors. They always have a perspective on my stories that is difficult for me to achieve. I’m fortunate to work with two editors: Jane Johnson for the UK editions and Jennifer Brehl for the US ones. When they BOTH agree that something needs changing, well, I ignore that at my peril. I can think of only one case where I plowed stubbornly ahead. And six months later, re-reading that book, I went, “Oh, no! They were right! I should have changed that!” (And no, I’ll never tell what bit that was!)"
OOooooh I'd love to know what that thing was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it was just something tiny though......
In fact I'd love to know what the original novels were like before the editors suggested changes were implemented. I actually had no idea there was so much editorial change.....
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