Ten years. That's how long I think Susanna Clarke spent on writing her alternative history of English magic, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I used to think, " 'Swounds, ten years? How is that possible?!" Yes, it's a very big book, easy to mistake for an old phone book, but ten years? Now, as … Continue reading A touchy subject: How writers make their livings
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Strange & Norrell: Where did that novel go?
A republished post by fantasy novelist Jo Walton asks a poignant question, Whatever happened to Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell? "It did about as well as any book can do," Walton writes, "….but five years later, it doesn't seem to have had any impact." Walton's piece first appeared in 2010 (hence the five years remark … Continue reading Strange & Norrell: Where did that novel go?
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