Thanks,
Colleen HP

At some point, Random House will put the podcasts on iTunes (some point fairly soon, since they’re meant to help promote the release of LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE and HAND OF DEVILS in paperback. BOTB comes out (I think) either this week or next, and HOD about six weeks later.

Anyway, once the podcasts are “up,” Random House sends me an RSS link, which I’ll put on my website (which I’m hoping is up and running again by then).

I recorded six podcasts last Monday–and while I don’t at the moment remember what all of them were [g], I know the first one was sort of a run-down of _everything_ I’m working on–together with an estimate of just when it might be published, and a brief excerpt or two.

Hmm…I also did one on battlefields–research and how you write about battles–with an excerpt in which Jamie is fighting his way inside Breymann’s Redoubt during the second battle of Saratoga.

One about Highland Games, SF/F Cons, and going to prison [g], and another all about the graphic novel–including a excerpt from the script.

Don’t remember the other two, but the technician recording me was laughing, so they were probably entertaining, at least. [g]

Whisky running over gravel? I love it! Highly Poetic. [g]

Fans are great. I love to meet and talk with people who are so involved with the books and interested in the characters. The only wee problem being that there’s only one of me….and a LOT of you. [g] Not that I’m complaining in any way, mind–just that there’s no physical way for me to be in all the places people invite me to, and still get any writing done.

Beyond the interest in the books, I’m always just staggered–and so pleased–to see the great friendships that spring up between people who were drawn together just because of having read the books. I think that’s kind of unusual–and a great blessing. [smile]

Loved Grandfather Mountain! Worked like a dog [g], but had a great time–and so nice to have dinner with you guys at the end of the day (and thanks so much for the lovely memento of the day!).

To be honest I don’t care what you talk about, it’s just great to listen to your voice, it’s like whisky running over gravel [g]
and I mean that in a completely non-stalkerish way!)

One thing I would be interested in hearing about is fandom. How do you cope with us rabid readers who appropriate your characters and become so emotionally involved with them? Are we parasites or symbiotic organisms?

Also, in follow-up to your GfMt. trip, it was such a pure pleasure to visit with you again. Your grace and stamina always amaze me.