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Amazon, blogging, Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin, Joe Abercrombie, Juliet McKenna, Kristell Ink
It had, of course, completely escaped my notice, but some time this week the hits on this blog crept past the 30,000 mark, which is freakin’ awesome -if I had a pound for every one of those hits I’d…live in a slightly nicer house, I guess 😉
Thanks guys. It means a lot to know that people are reading, and hopefully enjoying, my posts. It’s far more hits than I ever thought I would have when I started Making Things Up For A Living way back when.
Also in the Good News section this week, I have recieved a lovely and considered review of Spark and Carousel from a customer on Amazon .
You can read the full review behind the link, but they did say:
“The aristocracy could have come straight from a George R R Martin novel, while the lower classes could be meandering into a Brandon Sanderson one without raising an eyebrow. There’s sex that’s enjoyable for women in the book, as well as persecution-free bisexuality and homosexuality. It’s a novel that would probably not have been written this way twenty or thirty years ago.
In terms of the writing, I would put it on a par with the novels of Joe Abercrombie. There’s less of a sense of humour in Spark and Carousel, and the characters, while memorable and charismatic, are not quite as larger-than-life as Abercrombie’s, but they feel more real and believable as a result. If I had to sum it up in one glib sentence, I’d describe it as “Juliet McKenna meets Joe Abercrombie” – if you enjoy the novels of either, you’ll enjoy this one, too.”
Which is, I’m sure you’ll agree, quite humbling and a little bit wow. So thank you very much to the reviewer!
Of course, I have seen Juliet Mckenna meet Joe Abercrombie, and the results were both spectacular and terrifying, particularly without insurance. Make of that what you will… 😉
Joanne Hall 