{"id":32179,"date":"2016-05-07T11:46:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T23:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=32179"},"modified":"2016-05-07T11:46:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T23:46:46","slug":"its-interview-time-with-civilian-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/05\/07\/its-interview-time-with-civilian-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Interview Time &#8212; with &#8220;Civilian Reader&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the writing &#8216;verse, interviews always come thick and fast around book publication day and then gradually taper off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><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<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/strong><\/a> seems to have generated a longer tail in that respect, however, and today I&#8217;m chuffed to be able to link to an interview with one of my older friends in the world of books, blogging, and speculative fiction, the equally estimable and <em>in<\/em>estimable Stefan Fergus of <a href=\"https:\/\/civilianreader.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Civilian Reader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among many other matters, he asks both:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>CR: What can fans expect from the third book?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>HL: &#8230; the Twitter synopsis goes something like:<\/em> \u201cIntrigue, war, &amp; friendship in the face of darkness as two heroes race against time to find a lost shield and solve a 400 year-old mystery <em>&#8230; [more follows]\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>CR: Three books in, what lessons have you learned from the process of writing and plotting the series? <\/strong>&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>HL: &#8220;I think the most profound lesson I have learned is that even when you are telling one story in four parts, every book is different and you have to approach it that way from the start. &#8230; <\/em>[more follows]<em>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To read the rest of my answers and check out the interview in full, click on:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/civilianreader.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/05\/interview-with-helen-lowe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Civilian Reader: An Interview With Helen Lowe<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>And as always &#8212; enjoy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the writing &#8216;verse, interviews always come thick and fast around book publication day and then gradually taper off. 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