{"id":670,"date":"2010-07-19T20:22:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T08:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2011-01-10T09:53:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T20:53:37","slug":"first-public-reader-response-to-the-heir-of-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/07\/19\/first-public-reader-response-to-the-heir-of-night\/","title":{"rendered":"First Public Reader Response to &#8220;The Heir of Night&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_672\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Heir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-672\" title=\"Heir\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Heir-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Heir-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Heir.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;The Heir of Night&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve just had my first, public reader response to <em><strong>The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em>\u2014if you don\u2019t count the wonderful cover quote from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robinhobb.com\/\">Robin Hobb<\/a><\/strong>\u2014in this case from my fellow <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com\/\">Tuesday Poem<\/a><\/strong> poet, <a href=\"http:\/\/jopre.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>Joanna Preston. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joanna has posted her response to <em><strong>Heir<\/strong><\/em> on both her <a href=\"http:\/\/jopre.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/16\/writing-beyond\/\"><strong>A Dark Feathered Art blog<\/strong><\/a> and also on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/topic\/80588#2088688\"><strong>Library Thing<\/strong><\/a>. Each post is a little different from the other, so you may like to check out both.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, like every writer, I\u2019m always thrilled when a reader likes my work\u2014but in Joanna\u2019s case she\u2019s a pretty tough sell when it comes to the written word, so I\u2019m doubly glad <em><strong>The Heir of Night <\/strong><\/em>cleared the bar!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong>: I just <em>had <\/em>to add this post, but there&#8217;s also a commentary and giveway&#8212;of an <em><strong>Heir of Night <\/strong><\/em>cover flat&#8212;around the influence of landscape on creative writing that&#8217;s still running, under <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/07\/19\/influences-on-story-2\/\"><strong><em>&#8220;Influences on Story (2)&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/a> immediately below.\u00a0 Because tomorrow is <a href=\"http:\/\/tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com\/\">Tuesday Poem<\/a> day (where landscapes of Mars will feature) the commentary and giveaway opportunity will run until <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">9 am Wednesday morning<\/span>, NZ time. So do check it out and participate. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve just had my first, public reader response to The Heir of Night\u2014if you don\u2019t count the wonderful cover quote from Robin Hobb\u2014in this case from my fellow Tuesday Poem poet, Joanna Preston. Joanna has posted her response to Heir on both her A Dark Feathered Art blog and also on Library Thing. 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