tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post2752963362135979358..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-21279262506765858122011-01-15T14:43:56.617+00:002011-01-15T14:43:56.617+00:00Len, it's not a bad problem to have, is it?Len, it's not a bad problem to have, is it?Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-37770979562008733642011-01-15T10:59:11.622+00:002011-01-15T10:59:11.622+00:00Hi Tim, great interview. I sympathise re gallumph...Hi Tim, great interview. I sympathise re gallumphers. There are all sorts of things I would have changed in Herring Seller's Apprentice had I known it would be the first of a series.Len Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998938558543525457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-15811506757199090412011-01-15T09:06:23.893+00:002011-01-15T09:06:23.893+00:00Frances, I'm in a minority in preferring My Co...Frances, I'm in a minority in preferring My Cousin Rachel, but it's a compelling story brilliantly executed.<br /><br />Nevets, I think the gallumphers just about earned their keep; they worked better in Dragonchaser which, while not exactly light-hearted, was less consciously epic in scope.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-3741222156659187092011-01-14T18:19:07.318+00:002011-01-14T18:19:07.318+00:00Ah, the gallumphers. I can see where you're c...Ah, the gallumphers. I can see where you're coming from. On the other hand, I actually loved the gallumphers because you treated them so matter-of-factly and their name seemed to embody a lot of description, personality, and functional role. I didn't love the book for the gallumphers, but they were part of what I thought was well executed, as a reader.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-61025980532751199482011-01-14T17:41:25.197+00:002011-01-14T17:41:25.197+00:00Good interview, Tim. I especially liked your comme...Good interview, Tim. I especially liked your comment - 'sometimes by describing things in too much detail you serve only to limit the reader's experience'. That is so true. And I shall now go and find My Cousin Rachel, for if it's even better than Rebecca, it's got to be worth reading!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-9821907941003245632011-01-14T15:50:13.998+00:002011-01-14T15:50:13.998+00:00I regretted the introduction of "gallumphers&...I regretted the introduction of "gallumphers" (they made their first appearance in Dragonchaser). It would have been much more straightforward simply to represent them as horses.<br /><br />In The Last Free City, I expunged them altogether, although I did introduce a new creature--the bindlespith--which I felt was much more successful.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-21554320659899401142011-01-14T13:27:51.970+00:002011-01-14T13:27:51.970+00:00Great interview!
So, if you don't mind tellin...Great interview!<br /><br />So, if you don't mind telling, what about DotN still grates?C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-65637242004953115582011-01-14T13:20:59.990+00:002011-01-14T13:20:59.990+00:00It would be brilliant to read that, Aliya.
And no...It would be brilliant to read that, Aliya.<br /><br />And now I can catch up on what I missed from Tim's interview yesterday...C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-4839870992705627552011-01-14T10:59:55.105+00:002011-01-14T10:59:55.105+00:00Wouldn't it just... ; - )Wouldn't it just... ; - )Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-35863278231791184212011-01-14T09:15:37.218+00:002011-01-14T09:15:37.218+00:00I enjoyed it. It allowed participation rather well...I enjoyed it. It allowed participation rather well. Maybe we MNWers on Twitter should have a think about having some sort of online conversation and then transcribing it on the blog. I mean, it would be witty and erudite, wouldn't it?nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398443646324855212noreply@blogger.com