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Justyn Perry, Lynn Perkins and Mel Farrow are helping me give Kathy Plett input on which quotes from Part 5: Far Arena to use for buttons. We're thinking of using Lynn's art for one button and one or two of Mel's chibies for others. Kathy Plett will pick eight ideas from our list. She's got the tough job. :-)

Here's a quote from Lynn on one of the prospects for a button:

>"May the gods ignore you" has become a houshold saying here;-)
>--Lynn

Justyn really liked Horth's infamous quote from this book.

> Some people need killing. (this is my biggest favourite)
> -- Justyn

Labels: buttons, Justyn Perry, Kathy Plett, Lynn Perkins, Mel

posted by Lynda at 07:58   0 comments permalink comment? e-mail lynda@okalrel.org 0 comments links to this post

 

I hope that your work on your next book is going well. I know you and  
Brian have a pretty aggressive publication schedule set out, and I'm  
sure it's a daunting task to bring all of the storylines in your head  
to the page. sometimes it can feel so limiting to put things on the  
page -- suddenly, the events are all so defined. Often I prefer the  
liberties I can take in my imagination before stories become trapped  
in the bindings of a book.
             from an e-mail message Feb 22, 2009

This comment from ORU editor Richard Janzen struck a resonance with me, as I take a deep breath and face tackling book 7. Miss Alison. Grateful for the support of Brian Hades, Justyn Perry, Marie Bilodeau and Lynn Perkins on the publishing front. Paul Strickland recently volunteered to help with profiles of first expansion and other "connected" people for Bridges in June 2009. Krysia Anderson gave me a nice surprise last night, when I got home from a long day of wrestling with ergonomic problems at work, by engaging in discussion of her short story in progress for anthology 4. And I read a bit of the post-wedding scene that book 7 starts with, in which Sam O'Pearl is contratulating herself on pulling off a trick event-of-the-century ... just before Eler starts a brawl.

Labels: Alison Sinclair, Brian Hades, Lynn Perkins, Paul Strickland, Richard Janzen

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Recent e-mail from Dave Anderson (aka David-Glenn Anderson) tells me he's met Lynn Perkins, artist for Part 3: Pretenders and Part 5: Far Arena, at Philcon. I'd sent Dave a package of ORU goodies for Philcon.

Labels: David Glenn Anderson, Lynn Perkins

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The cover of Part 5: Far Arena is up on a catalog page at Edge! I love how artist Lynn Perkins has depicted Erien, the 'Throne Price' of Part 4, in the cover art. Lynn actually reads the books! And enjoys the series. I have high hopes of seeing her work on Part 6, as well. About 80,000 words into Part 6 and hoping to finish over the Xmas break.

Labels: Far Arena, Lynn Perkins

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