Oh! Yeah!

[swan_tower]

This news came in while I was out of the house a few days ago, and by the time I came home hours later, it had slipped my mind.

Francophones among you may be interested to know that Bibliothèque Interdite has made an offer for a French translation of Warrior and Witch. That's my second foreign sale (the first being German), and a step closer to something I could actually read. (i.e. Spanish. Or better yet, Japanese -- not that I could read it at anything better than a snail's pace, but it would make for interesting practice.)

So now I get to have more adventures with international tax law. Isn't being a writer just nonstop fun?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Ca c'est merveilleux.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Gracias. <g>

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I have this bad habit of following folks' journals without having always read thier work.

...my best friend highly recommended your books to me about a month ago, and I hadn't gotten around to reading them. I must now REALLY fix this!

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed all of her books that I've read so far, though I still need to pick up the second Onyx Court book. (The OC is a different kind of book than W&W, but very good.)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I've hit a point where I'm friends with way, way too many writers to actually read all of their books. So I'm not exactly going to throw stones. :-)

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I finished Warrior while waiting for the doctor today. ...then I went back to the beginning and started re-reading to make sure I'd caught all the details, because once I understood the world, the book was much more interesting. Sadly, Pandemonium wasn't open when I stopped by, so I'll have to pick up Witch tomorrow. I can't wait to find out what happens next!

Incidentally, I live a few miles from Harvard. May I treat you to coffee at some point?

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

You could -- except I live on the other side of the country now. :-)

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Curses!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Congratulations ;o)

I've read some novels in French, and it's amazing how the translator affects the author's voice....who knows, I might try yours ;o)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd be curious to see that for myself. Unfortunately, while I can pick out some German and a larger amount of French, it isn't nearly enough to judge anything like style.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

And I'm certain francophones would read it differently than I would, as well... ;o)

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale!

I'd have to double-check, but I don't recall French taxes being *too* much of a headache...

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I got something like twenty-five of the forms you have to apply to the IRS for (since you can request a bunch each time you do it), and one of them was for France, so that should be one headache I get to avoid.

Hopefully.

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Most countries seem to take the generic letter anyway. I do the same thing, and I've never noticed any difference between the one for Germany, France, and so on.

[moonartemis76.livejournal.com]

Excellent news! I feel I should own the German and French copies even though I can't *really* read them...

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

There's really no need. It's a pain to get hold of them, what with ordering from other countries, and as you say -- you can't read them.

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Sweet! :D

Book Cover Question

[papillonblu.livejournal.com]

Dear Marie Brennan:

I'm not sure if you're getting a lot of requests for who the model is, or what agency represents her, but we sure are at our blog site! Please, we can do all of the leg work viz-a-vie publisher, divisions, inquires, and such (we do realize you're busy!)however, the amount of requests we're getting is really quite large.

We would appreciate any and all detail(s) that you could offer us such as where the original publication took place and for what target market; this information will assist us in narrowing where she may be represented.

We are indeed happy for you with your latest announcement regarding the additional translations which of course is a true testament of your talent. In conclusion, we thank you in advance and eagerly await your response. Cheers!

jon paul
levioosa at gmail dot com