Hello computer-friends. You’re probably wondering where I’ve been. In a hole, is where, working hard on the Tess of the Road sequel. It’s still called Tess of the Sea, and am very close to finished. Just a few more twiddly fixes, and then it’s off to copyediting. As soon as there’s a date, I’ll let … Continue reading Seraphina in Irish, and other delights
My friend Karen New, a fabulously talented composer, has written music to “Blessed is he who passes, love,” the last set of lyrics in Seraphina. And not just a melody, no, but a madrigal in four voices which we will sing in Inchoiring Minds next quarter. It’s beautifully done, very Renaissance-y (pretty sure that’s a … Continue reading A song from Seraphina
Y’know, just in case you still need a present for someone. Not that any of you are procrastinators, to be sure, but it’s possible some unforeseen accident has taken all your presents away. Perhaps they were hit by a meteor, or they ate some bad oysters. These things happen. (This post is brought to you … Continue reading The SERAPHINA paperback has landed
So I finally got a few copies of the soon-to-be-released Seraphina paperback, which is very exciting. Here it is sitting demurely on my windowsill: Notice that little yellow stripe along the right-hand edge of the cover? That’s what’s called a “step-back” (oh these fancy publishing terms!). You’ve seen such things before, even if you didn’t know … Continue reading The Seraphina paperback, coming soon
Coming soon! I am particularly intrigued by the tagline, which translates as: Everyone lies. You, too. In North America, by contrast, Random House used: Can one girl unite two worlds? The Italian edition says: The girl with the heart of a dragon. Now I kind of want to go through and make a study of … Continue reading Seraphina in Spanish
Hello, friends! I am still visiting family, but I just had to pop in for a moment and tell you that my husband discovered that someone has started a Seraphina wiki site. It contains many, many spoilers, so don’t peek unless you’ve already read the book. They’ve got an impressive number of pages already – … Continue reading Seraphina wiki
Tuesday evening we had a charming soiree at KidsBooks, a wonderful children’s bookstore here in Vancouver. It was by invitation (mostly — we had a few walk-ins too, which was awesome). I invited everyone I could think of, and was delighted with how many people came. I even had friends come up from Seattle and … Continue reading Seraphina’s wonderful opening night
(It’s been a while since I wrote an Origins post! If you’re interested in the previous instalments, here’s the first one, or you can check out the “Roots” category under the “Preoccupations” heading on the sidebar.) I sometimes hesitate to bring up my influences because it can create inaccurate expectations. If I list Tolkien as … Continue reading Seraphina: Origins IV
In about 2006, I read several books on Sensory Processing Disorder. It turned out to be irrelevant to the real-life challenges I was facing at the time, but I still found the literature fascinating. I had already started thinking about brains; this gave me another angle for consideration. Sensory Processing Disorder is, in essence, a … Continue reading Seraphina: Origins III
(I know, I said I was only posting three times a week. Apparently I’m starting that next week.) It took me eight years to write Seraphina. More accurately, it took me eight years to write four distinct novels, three of which were called Seraphina. The first was called Theodosia. I started writing it when I … Continue reading Seraphina: Origins I
Rachel Hartman 