{"id":39049,"date":"2021-04-02T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=39049"},"modified":"2021-04-02T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:49:27","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-systems-in-fantasy-4-with-kristin-cashore-plus-that-winterkeep-giveaway-for-nz-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2021\/04\/02\/on-supernatural-underground-now-magic-systems-in-fantasy-4-with-kristin-cashore-plus-that-winterkeep-giveaway-for-nz-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic Systems In Fantasy #4 with Kristin Cashore — Plus That “Winterkeep” Giveaway for NZ Readers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from yesterday, my Magic Systems In Fantasy<\/strong> interview with Kristin Cashore<\/a> is now live on Supernatural Underground.<\/p>\n

Here is the opening salvo, just to increase your eagerness to read on. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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“Helen:<\/strong> The Graceling<\/strong> Realm<\/strong> series involves several realms, from the Seven Kingdoms, the Dells and Pikkia, and now the Torla continent that includes Winterkeep. How important is the associated magic in making each realm distinct, but also connected?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin:<\/strong> It\u2019s true that as I\u2019ve expanded my world to include new realms, I\u2019ve given each part of the world a distinct kind of magic \u2014 and you\u2019re absolutely right, I\u2019ve tried to make the different kinds of magic feel connected, or all-of-a-piece. I\u2019ve created thematic links between them, in the hopes that my readers will be more willing to come along for the ride.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the first book, Graceling…”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And here’s that link to the full interview:<\/p>\n

Kristin Cashore Talks Magic In Winterkeep and the Graceling Realm Series<\/a><\/h3>\n

Now for the giveaway details!<\/p>\n

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NZ cover<\/p><\/div>\n

Giveaway of Winterkeep<\/em> (Graceling Realm #4) for NZ Readers<\/h3>\n

Firstly, thank you to Kristin and Hachette NZ for making a hard copy of Winterkeep<\/em><\/strong> available for giveaway here in NZ.<\/p>\n

All you have to do to enter the draw is leave a comment here on this post, or on the reminder post that I’ll run next Thursday 8 April.<\/p>\n

Entries will close at midnight, NZ time, on Friday 9 April<\/strong>; I’ll make the draw via Sorting Hat (aka Random) over the weekend, and announce the result<\/strong> as my blog post for Monday 12 April<\/strong>. I’ll also contact the winner directly via my webmail to get the posting address.<\/p>\n

In the unlikely event the prize is not claimed by midnight Wednesday 14 April, I’ll redraw on Thursday 15th.<\/p>\n

Good Luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following on from yesterday, my Magic Systems In Fantasy interview with Kristin Cashore is now live on Supernatural Underground. Here is the opening salvo, just to increase your eagerness to read on. \ud83d\ude00 “Helen: The Graceling Realm series involves several realms, from the Seven Kingdoms, the Dells and Pikkia, and now the Torla continent that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giveaways","category-other-writers","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39049"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39063,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39049\/revisions\/39063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}