Comments on: [GUEST POST] Helen Lowe on Celebrating Epic Fantasy (PLUS: Giveaway for “The Gathering of the Lost”!)

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:22:44 +0000

Hey, Kim–thanks for dropping by! And I’m very much looking forward to our “character” interview on the Supernatural Underground on 16 April: I know it’s going to be huge fun.

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:20:16 +0000

Thanks, Donna–good to see you here!

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:19:04 +0000

Glad you found it useful, Mike.:)

By: Kim Falconer

Kim Falconer — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:49:17 +0000

Helen! Congratulations! I can’t wait to read this latest release! (I’ve got a copy coming for my kindle so I’m not in the draw.) Just wanted to say wooo hooo!

By: donnas

donnas — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:59:25 +0000

Congrats on the release!! Looking forward to reading it.

By: Mike Martinez

Mike Martinez — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:06:21 +0000

Wow…I wish I had come across that “Writing Strong Women” post earlier! Thankfully, I don’t think I muddled up my female protagonist too badly. I always looked at the women in my writing as people, first and foremost, and that, I think, allowed for far better characters. Still, I’m going to keep that post handy going forward.

Congrats on the new release! May your success be…wait for it…EPIC.

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:32:39 +0000

John, I want to ‘know more’, too… Cause for an SF Signal investigation?

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:30:45 +0000

I also read really fast, given the chance–I read Brandon Sanderson’s “The Way of Kings” in a couple of days and that is a BIG book!

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:01:11 +0000

>Given time and space
Are you hinting that you can control time and space and that’s how you read so fast?

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:24:42 +0000

Oh no, no, I may have muddled the issue. I’m not done, far from it.

I just get ribbing that I read like a demon. Given time and space, I could crank it out in a day, but I don’t get a full day to do that often…

Actually Malian and her new friend are in a twelve sided room “right now”…

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:53:45 +0000

Beth, Thank you so much for commenting–I really appreciate your support for my writing.

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:52:54 +0000

SharonS–I am excited to hear what you have to say about GATHERING!

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:50:51 +0000

Hi Laura, I am so glad you enjoyed ‘The Heir of Night’ — I “think” you will enjoy “The Gathering of the Lost” as well

By: Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:34:20 +0000

Paul, wow that is impressive reading speed! And yes, SFX described that aspect of the book as “refreshing” but I did post at least once on the subject — as part of friend and fellow author Mary Victoria’s guest author series on “Writing Strong Women” here: http://maryvictoria.net/?p=854 (A few other authors you may recognise posted in the same series, such as Kaaron Warren, Blake Charlton and Saladin Ahmed.)

By: Beth Miller

Beth Miller — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:15:23 +0000

Hey Helen,

Just wanted to wish you a happy release day! So thrilled that Gathering is finally out in the world!

Beth