Comments on: One down, many to go… http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/ Patricia C. Wrede talks about writing Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: pcwrede http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 pcwrede Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:15:08 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-2006 Gayle - Nimmie likes to sit on my lap while I'm at the computer; she also likes to sit right in front of the monitor when I'm not paying her enough attention. It's very effective! And thanks for the kind words on the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. My dinner parties are smaller now, because the table and dining room I have in my current house won't fit more than six comfortably. Gayle – Nimmie likes to sit on my lap while I’m at the computer; she also likes to sit right in front of the monitor when I’m not paying her enough attention. It’s very effective! And thanks for the kind words on the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. My dinner parties are smaller now, because the table and dining room I have in my current house won’t fit more than six comfortably.

]]> By: Gayle http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Gayle Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:11:51 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1999 What a lovely kitty. My Tija just turned 15 and was chasing a shoelace I dangled for about 15 minutes the other day. I often have to type with one-hand because she likes to come up and cuddle over my shoulder and arm. I try to always have a book within reach of any place I sit. ;) I also always have several projects on the go. Your tea parties sound much like my own entertaining, although I usually do dinners with at least nine - and sometimes 15 - vegetables at one meal! Since this is my first comment I have to say how much I enjoy your books. "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles" is one of my favourite books (I have it all in one volume) and I have given it as a gift a couple times to young girls and they have enjoyed it also. I have read it several times and will be doing so again soon. What a lovely kitty. My Tija just turned 15 and was chasing a shoelace I dangled for about 15 minutes the other day. I often have to type with one-hand because she likes to come up and cuddle over my shoulder and arm. I try to always have a book within reach of any place I sit. ;)

I also always have several projects on the go. Your tea parties sound much like my own entertaining, although I usually do dinners with at least nine – and sometimes 15 – vegetables at one meal!

Since this is my first comment I have to say how much I enjoy your books. “The Enchanted Forest Chronicles” is one of my favourite books (I have it all in one volume) and I have given it as a gift a couple times to young girls and they have enjoyed it also. I have read it several times and will be doing so again soon.

]]> By: Mary http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Mary Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:11:55 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1998 Nimue looks and sounds like a lovely cat! My family has two, both fifteen, but the tiny one is as spry as a kitten. She *loves* to cuddle up during my legs while I'm reading, because I don't physically move. I know what you mean about twisting sideways. I don't have the heart to move her, so when I am done with my book, it is quite a stretch to get another book without moving her at all. One last thing, though. How did you come up with such an interesting and pretty name as Nimue? Nimue looks and sounds like a lovely cat! My family has two, both fifteen, but the tiny one is as spry as a kitten. She *loves* to cuddle up during my legs while I’m reading, because I don’t physically move. I know what you mean about twisting sideways. I don’t have the heart to move her, so when I am done with my book, it is quite a stretch to get another book without moving her at all. One last thing, though. How did you come up with such an interesting and pretty name as Nimue?

]]> By: David http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 David Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:05:58 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1997 I'm sitting here with a cat on my lap; his head is by the mouse pad and every time I move the mouse my hand gets licked. He'll have to move soon because my legs are crossed and one of them is going to sleep... We went to my sister's today and did my father's taxes -- his final and the estate's. Well, my brother-in-law had done all the work and all I had to do was read them and sign. Now, is there a story where people use magic to calculate and pay their taxes? I’m sitting here with a cat on my lap; his head is by the mouse pad and every time I move the mouse my hand gets licked. He’ll have to move soon because my legs are crossed and one of them is going to sleep…
We went to my sister’s today and did my father’s taxes — his final and the estate’s. Well, my brother-in-law had done all the work and all I had to do was read them and sign.

Now, is there a story where people use magic to calculate and pay their taxes?

]]> By: pcwrede http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 pcwrede Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:29:17 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1994 nct2 - I like fantasy worlds where magic is something everybody does...and if everybody can do magic, magic is going to get used for all sorts of everyday things, and in all sorts of different ways. It's not quite "magic as a substitute for technology," but it can look like it, because the sorts of everyday jobs that people really want to get done without so much work - laundry, dishes, cooking, weeding - are going to be the same. Meg - I'm not even counting all the UFOs (Un Finished Objects) lying around my house. I just inherited two more from my mother - one is a quilt top, and the other is a cutwork tablecloth that she started right after she and Dad got married (I found the receipt for the DMC thread in the bag). There's a bunch of cross-stitch, and piles of sewing, and...way too much else to mention. NONE of which is getting looked at, even, until this dratted book is done. nct2 – I like fantasy worlds where magic is something everybody does…and if everybody can do magic, magic is going to get used for all sorts of everyday things, and in all sorts of different ways. It’s not quite “magic as a substitute for technology,” but it can look like it, because the sorts of everyday jobs that people really want to get done without so much work – laundry, dishes, cooking, weeding – are going to be the same.

Meg – I’m not even counting all the UFOs (Un Finished Objects) lying around my house. I just inherited two more from my mother – one is a quilt top, and the other is a cutwork tablecloth that she started right after she and Dad got married (I found the receipt for the DMC thread in the bag). There’s a bunch of cross-stitch, and piles of sewing, and…way too much else to mention. NONE of which is getting looked at, even, until this dratted book is done.

]]> By: Meg Justus http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Meg Justus Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:27:27 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1993 One of many good things about my condo is that I cannot expand my outdoor growing space. I have four good-sized flower beds, and with that I must be content. I am in the process of starting another quilt project, though. To add to the two I already have going. Your Nimue is a lovely lady. May you have more years together ahead of you than you think you will. One of many good things about my condo is that I cannot expand my outdoor growing space. I have four good-sized flower beds, and with that I must be content. I am in the process of starting another quilt project, though. To add to the two I already have going.

Your Nimue is a lovely lady. May you have more years together ahead of you than you think you will.

]]> By: nct2 http://pcwrede.com/blog/one-down-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 nct2 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:49:24 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=529#comment-1992 Congratulations on getting the taxes done. That's no small feat. And it's interesting to get a glimpse of what you do in your spare time. After reading Thirteenth Child, my mother-in-law said "I wish I could have magic to speed things up... Oh, wait. I do. It's called a dishwasher, a microwave, a washing machine, a dryer,...." Congratulations on getting the taxes done. That’s no small feat.

And it’s interesting to get a glimpse of what you do in your spare time.

After reading Thirteenth Child, my mother-in-law said “I wish I could have magic to speed things up…
Oh, wait. I do. It’s called a dishwasher, a microwave, a washing machine, a dryer,….”

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