Question meme . . .

[pegkerr]

If ellen_kushner was brave enough to post this, then hey, why not me?*

If you could force me to write anything, what would it be?

(*Realizing, of course, that I'm not saying I'll actually do it. I'm just curious as to how people will respond . . .)

Comments

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

On LJ or in general?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

'Anything' means anything! Your choice!

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

I wasn't quite sure if your creative writing was a sore topic, so that's why I asked - didn't want to upset.

But in that case my answer is a sequel to Emerald House Rising. It's my most-oft-loaned-out book and everybody returns it lamenting there are no more books in the universe.

[slrose.livejournal.com]

Me too!

That's what I was going to say.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

See my answer here.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It's unfair, perhaps, to tease you, but I did start one. It petered out after 10,000 words or so. That was several computers ago; I'm not sure I could lay my hands on any of the manuscript anymore.

I'd said in Emerald House Rising that wizards always worked in male-female pairs, and I set out to find a way around that rule in the (unnamed) sequel. What I remember about it was that the main viewpoint character was a castrato (a man who had been gelded to keep his boy soprano singing voice) in a wizard quartet: the castrato, another man, and a pair of women who were identical twins . . . so that they could joke that between the four of them, they added up to one man and one woman.

[corinnethewise.livejournal.com]

Me too on the sequel to EHR - of course no expectations that it will happen, but that would be totally awesome. I have this problem with all the fantasy worlds I like. I always want to read more because that's really the only place to find out more about that world!

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I wasn't aware of that! Thanks for letting me know.

[boldpurpletext.livejournal.com]

I don't usually reply to things just to say me too, but since this is kind of a survey... me too!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Lucius' first week in Azkaban.

[magentamn.livejournal.com]

I wish you could finish the Ice Palace fantasy. It really sounded like a book I would love to read.

[mkaout.livejournal.com]

I would like to see you begin a series for young women. Your girls are strong, capable, bright, witty, and have certainly inherited many of their traits from you. You take so much pride in their abilities and I suspect that you secretly pride yourself in how you (and Rob) have raised them. I could see you write a book (or 4 or 10) about a young woman (say Fiona's age) who does something amazing with her intelligence and strength. (Sci-fi? Mystery? Girl empowerment? Fiction, with rings of truth? [aren't they all?]).

And your girls would be a tremendous asset during the process and I bet they'd love to be a part of your creative process.

[dreamflower]

LOTR Hobbit-fic, of course!

[emerdavid.livejournal.com]

A mainstream novel. I thought the non-fantasy parts of WILD SWANS were terrific, and that you should do more like that.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Something in which your worry takes a back seat to your hope.

[aome.livejournal.com]

Really, I'd just love to see more fantasy fiction from you, given how much I enjoyed your prior works - any universe or plot. But I'd also enjoy reading your memoirs, your thoughts on faith, poetry (and I don't even really like poetry) a cookbook of your favorite recipes ... anything you felt like sharing.

[swords-and-pens.livejournal.com]

Anything that got you excited about the process again. Something that reassured and inspired you. Something you could finish and feel good about, no matter if it ever saw print or an audience or anything.

Basically, something for you.

[serendipoz.livejournal.com]

Actually I'd like to see a traditional British kids fantasy with kids in traditional British public schools and tuck shops and such.

I think you'd have fun with it and I'd enjoy reading it!

Joyce

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Ice palace book.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

A hymn for the next iteration of the Lutheran hymnal.