{"id":34032,"date":"2017-02-02T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34032"},"modified":"2017-01-24T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T07:56:21","slug":"the-return-of-a-geography-of-haarth-meet-the-minor-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/02\/02\/the-return-of-a-geography-of-haarth-meet-the-minor-players\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of &#8220;A Geography of Haarth&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Meet The Minor Players&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 151px\" 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=\" wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png\" alt=\"UK\/AU\/NZ\" width=\"141\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"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-95x150.png 95w, 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: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the anniversary of <em>Daughter of Blood&#8217;s<\/em> publication just a few ago, on 26 January, I thought it might be a good time to herald the restart of two previous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall of Night<\/a>-related post series.<\/p>\n<p>The first one, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/a-geography-of-haarth\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Geography of Haarth<\/a> (see the category in the far-right* side bar), ran from January 25, 2013, through to November 25, 2014. The series explored the full range of locales and places from the WALL series&#8217; world of Haarth, accompanied by a quote from the books in which the place appeared, whether <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/heirofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Heir Of Night<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new posts will focus on the geography of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a> in particular, although some of the earlier locales may be updated to include quotes from the three books (of four) published to date.<\/p>\n<p>The second post series, <strong>Meet The Minor Players<\/strong> (see under <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/about-the-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\">About the Characters<\/a>, again in the far-right side bar), was of shorter duration, running from August 13 &#8211; December 24, 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 164px\" 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=\" wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\" width=\"154\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"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-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s also incomplete as it was first interrupted by the publication of <strong><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/strong> and subsequently deferred in favour of life, the universe, and everything else&#8230; I&#8217;m sure you all know how <em>that<\/em> goes.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ll be picking up the old threads and continuing my focus on the minor players, because as I said in my Legend Award finalist&#8217;s interview (oh-so-long-ago now in 2013!): <em>\u201cSometimes I think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In terms of when and how, I anticipate the two series running on alternate Thursdays &#8212; although by way of warning, I shall ruthlessly interrupt their normal programming whenever big news (either my own or another&#8217;s) or an interview or guest post (etcetera) shoulders to the head of the blog queue.<\/p>\n<p>So I hope you&#8217;ll drop by of a Thursday, to make the Grand Tour of Haarth and either reacquaint yourself with old friends or meet some new ones. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<pre>* No political associations should be inferred from this adjective; \r\nit is purely a locational descriptor. ;-)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the anniversary of Daughter of Blood&#8217;s publication just a few ago, on 26 January, I thought it might be a good time to herald the restart of two previous The Wall of Night-related post series. 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