teresa edgerton

This is more of a discussion thread, so there's a possibility of spoilers. There shouldn't be anything too major though, since the topic hasn't really happened. I was just thinking: what do you think would be happen if the Empress is killed? The death of a wizard does a lot, as we see in the...

As I promised a while back, I am holding a contest -- actually two contests -- to celebrate (and yes, to promote) the release of the mass-market edition of my epic fantasy The Hidden Stars. The contests will run for 48 hours, beginning at whatever time comes up when I submit this message...

This thread is prone for spoilers, so if you haven't read the book yet, you might want to avoid these posts for now. * * * My question to you all is simple: which were your favorite scenes? And to you, Mrs. Howard, which was your favorite scene to write? For me, the most memorable scene...

For those of you who have been somewhat tempted to read my epic but have been put off by the price of the trade paperback (I seldom buy them myself, so I can sympathize), the much more affordable mass-market edition of The Hidden Stars will be coming out in a couple of months. I didn't want to...

After much debate over what I wanted for Christmas, I decided to buy the book. This will be my gift for the "eve" (I pick one each year). I'll begin to read it tomorrow morning for the holidays (playing with the kids and watching a movie will surely tire me out). I'm sure I'll enjoy. :) You'll...

I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of year. I love Christmas stories (yay Charles Dickens!), Christmas decorations, Christmas foods, and Christmas traditions, new and old. Particularly the latter, which have always fascinated me. Maybe because living where I do, there aren't very many...

Up one set of escalutors. Turn left. Second aisle of shelves. First stand. Bottom shelf. That is where I eyed my future copy of The Hidden Stars at San Francisco's Borders bookstore just off of Union Square last week. I know when the copy will be mine. August 25th, 2005. Why? The date is when...

I think it's time we had ourselves a more formalised interview with Madeline Howard here. :) In which case - I'd like to devote this thread to questions specifically for this interview. Please note: You *may* ask questions that she may have answered elsewhere on the boards - but that doesn't...

If you like your fantasies to be complex and rich in detail, then I wouldn't hesitate to recommend 'The Queen's Necklace'. This book has a timeline that would make Robert Jordan blanch, and detail to match Robin Hobb - but without all the tragedy, thank goodness! Take flamboyant, colourful...

In going through some boxes, I came across these notes taken in preparation for a panel discussion a while back. According to Algis Budrys, in an article I read many, many years ago, all stories can be reduced to one of three basic plots: The man who learned better. The brave little...

April 1, 2005 LONDON The literary world was shocked today when poet and playwright William "the Bard" Shakespeare announced at a press conference that he was the true author (or "onlie begetter") of The Hidden Stars, a fantasy novel which has been widely ascribed to California author Madeline...

Before start reading this review, people, please, bear in mind I'm not fond of fantasy in general and of Tolkien-like in particular. Ready ? Here we go. One stormy night, an powerful witch-princess dies giving birth to an infant girl. This little one is supposed to be the One, who will...

Ok, just roughly in the middle of the Hidden Stars (hope I'd have more time to read lately), I'm not requiring spoilers but I've already have two questions for the author : Why did you focused so much in relation between parents and adult child ? And how did your own education influenced...

OK, so I'm not Stephen King or J. K. Rowling, but I have been through the publishing process and, such as I am, I'm here and willing to answer any questions you might have, to the best of my ability, whether it's a technical question about manuscript format, or something more esoteric like the...

Chapter Six All day, the two wizards lived with a prickly sensation across the skin, a persistent warning of present danger. Again and again, Sinderian's restless pacing took her up to the quarterdeck, where she scanned the ocean from horizon to horizon. Though her heart said danger...

Just finished The Hidden Stars. I felt like it really started to move at the end...I am anxious to read the next one. ;) Kelpie, you are quite the storyteller. I particularily enjoyed the relationship between Sinderian and her father, Faolein. Also, enjoyed the invented language(s)--am I...

It occurs to me that maybe you have been extremely sneaky, Ms Kelpie/Howard, and may have switched these two characters outside of the reader's eye view. It's a hunch, but with the way that Sinderian keeps managing to dig her way out of holes, I just wonder whether there is more to Sinderian...

By the grace of I, Brian (thanks Brian), I would like to announce a contest. The prizes are signed first edition copies of my epic The Hidden Stars plus (something you can't get in bookstores) signed maps of the world of the story. The winners will be the first three people to PM me the...

When you set out to write a story, do you approach it as an architect or a builder would -- planning everything out in advance, then following your blueprint and building from the foundation up, with perhaps an added beam or brace here and there where the structure seems to need it? Or are...

What a wonderful debut novel! I stand in awe of Kelpie's storytelling abilities - this is far beyond anything I can conceive of writing in the next twenty years. Imagine, if you will, a story that begins with three wise men following signs and portents in search of a woman due to give birth...