{"id":31211,"date":"2016-01-26T19:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T06:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31211"},"modified":"2016-01-26T19:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T06:08:39","slug":"earthquakes-prussian-generals-ursula-le-guin-more-i-am-interviewed-by-romantic-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/01\/26\/earthquakes-prussian-generals-ursula-le-guin-more-i-am-interviewed-by-romantic-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquakes, Prussian Generals, Ursula Le Guin &#038; More&#8212;I Am Interviewed by Romantic Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three-uk-cover-revealed\/daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png\" alt=\"UK\/AU\/NZ\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-650x1024.png 650w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> What do writing, surviving earthquakes, writing, Prussian Generals, writing, rocking on the porch,\u00a0writing, <em><strong>Daughter of Blood<\/strong><\/em>, writing, and Ursula Le Guin all have in common?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> They all appear in my pre-publication interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtbookreviews.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Romantic Times<\/a> (RT). \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample from the interview:<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>&#8220;What is the hardest part of writing a quartet?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/01\/revealed-at-last-the-us-cover-for-daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three\/daughter-of-blood_front-cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"USA\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Someone famous (I don\u2019t know who) is supposed to have said that there are two main ways of writing. The first is to \u201csit on the porch and rock\u201d until you get the story complete in your head and then just write it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To read the full interview, click on:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 id=\"stcpDiv\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtbookreviews.com\/blog\/87501\/author-qa-helen-lowe-earthquakes-prussian-generals-and-rocking-porch\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Lowe on Earthquakes, Prussian Generals and Rocking on the Porch <\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What do writing, surviving earthquakes, writing, Prussian Generals, writing, rocking on the porch,\u00a0writing, Daughter of Blood, writing, and Ursula Le Guin all have in common? Answer: They all appear in my pre-publication interview with Romantic Times (RT). \ud83d\ude09 . Here&#8217;s a sample from the interview: &#8220;What is the hardest part of writing a quartet? 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