Whoa, why'd she e-mail you? I was once told about a contest she was doing but I completely forgot to turn in my entry! It'd be really cool to meet her though.
Tamora Pierce!
- Thread starter OneSkyOneDestiny
- Start date
|
REGISTER TO REMOVE ADS |
|
- Status
I think she may have emailed OSOD just cause OSOD mailed her. (Not sure though, OSOD needs to see)
Yes it would!!!!
I just e-mailed her. Telling her how I wanted to be a writer, and how much I loved all her books. So she e-mailed me back!!!!!!
I just e-mailed her. Telling her how I wanted to be a writer, and how much I loved all her books. So she e-mailed me back!!!!!!
...Legasp. *copies* What did she say!? The only reason I had wanted to join the contest was cause I knew she'd be reading something of mine. XD
OSOD should be nice and share information on email contact!!!
Its on the website. Hang on. And I'll also post what she wrote to me....
OSOD, you rock! I think I've read this before. I just know that she is an extremely nice woman.
http://www.tamorapierce.com/mail.htm
There's the information about emailing her. Follow her rules!!!!
Ok, I emailed her.. and it was about.. oh... a year before I got an email back. However I understand how busy she is, so this didn't bother me at all. I would rather have books to read from her, then fretting about one email. But she Does TRY to get emails to you, as sooon as she can.
Here's the one she sent me:
Dear (my name),
Thank you, I'm glad you like my books so much!
Congratulations on your writing! The best way to improve is to be persistent. More than anything, this is what will make a difference to you. It is what will change you from a bad writer into a good one and from an unpublished writer into a published one. Being willing to try new things and experiment also helps, but persistence is the most important quality anyone needs. It means that even if you don't finish everything you start, you keep on writing. Sooner or later you'll get fluent enough that you'll be able to finish more pieces of work. Persistence means that the more words you put on paper, the better you'll get at using them so they'll speak more clearly for you. Be persistent in spite of what others may say. You have to believe that the thing that makes you want to write knows better than they do--and better than you do--what it's doing. And while you're sending things out to publishers, be persistent about writing new things, because the more work you send out, the better your chances are of being published.
As for the Circle kids, I've just gotten started with them! The next Circle book I'll be writing is a single, stand-alone book about them, THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS. It's about their reunion and trip to Namorn so Sandry can meet her greedy Namornese relatives. It has just been released in the US, Canada and Australia. Some of the secondary characters from the previous Circle books will appear in this one. After that, I plan to do a book in which Tris goes to Lightsbridge under an assumed name to earn her license in basic magic so she can make a living without tearing the scenery apart, and a book which shows what happens to Briar, Rosethorn and Evvy when they reach Yanjing after the events of STREET MAGIC.
I will also be doing books about Evvy, Pasco, Glaki, and the young Niko and the young Gorse, but they will be published first as audio books by Bruce Coville's Full Cast Audio company, and published in paper after that. We just finished recording the entire Circle of Magic quartet with different people reading the different characters. I'm the narrator, Bruce Coville is Niko, and my husband Tim plays Dedicate Crane and other parts. I love what we're doing so much that I've agreed to do four new Circle books just for Full Cast!
I would like to come visit you in (my state), but it all depends. It's possible Random House may send me someplace near you during my fall tour: you should write to Random House Children's Books Publicity Department if you want to influence their decision. If your school or public library wants to have me visit and is willing to pay my speaker's fee and my travel costs, have them e-mail me directly. In the past, sometimes several schools and libraries have gotten together and paid to bring me to visit, so I have a mini-tour, thanks to them.
Also, be sure to keep checking my webpage. I put up any places I'll be visiting as soon as I confirm I'll be going there, so it's possible someone near you is bringing me there already. I really do try to do as many visits as I can manage while still writing books, because I like to talk to fans, and they seem to want to talk to me. I hope we'll get to meet soon!
Thank you for your mail. I hope that your writing brings you the satisfaction--and cool mail!--that my writing has brought me!
Best wishes,
Tamora Pierce
There's the information about emailing her. Follow her rules!!!!
Ok, I emailed her.. and it was about.. oh... a year before I got an email back. However I understand how busy she is, so this didn't bother me at all. I would rather have books to read from her, then fretting about one email. But she Does TRY to get emails to you, as sooon as she can.
Here's the one she sent me:
Dear (my name),
Thank you, I'm glad you like my books so much!
Congratulations on your writing! The best way to improve is to be persistent. More than anything, this is what will make a difference to you. It is what will change you from a bad writer into a good one and from an unpublished writer into a published one. Being willing to try new things and experiment also helps, but persistence is the most important quality anyone needs. It means that even if you don't finish everything you start, you keep on writing. Sooner or later you'll get fluent enough that you'll be able to finish more pieces of work. Persistence means that the more words you put on paper, the better you'll get at using them so they'll speak more clearly for you. Be persistent in spite of what others may say. You have to believe that the thing that makes you want to write knows better than they do--and better than you do--what it's doing. And while you're sending things out to publishers, be persistent about writing new things, because the more work you send out, the better your chances are of being published.
As for the Circle kids, I've just gotten started with them! The next Circle book I'll be writing is a single, stand-alone book about them, THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS. It's about their reunion and trip to Namorn so Sandry can meet her greedy Namornese relatives. It has just been released in the US, Canada and Australia. Some of the secondary characters from the previous Circle books will appear in this one. After that, I plan to do a book in which Tris goes to Lightsbridge under an assumed name to earn her license in basic magic so she can make a living without tearing the scenery apart, and a book which shows what happens to Briar, Rosethorn and Evvy when they reach Yanjing after the events of STREET MAGIC.
I will also be doing books about Evvy, Pasco, Glaki, and the young Niko and the young Gorse, but they will be published first as audio books by Bruce Coville's Full Cast Audio company, and published in paper after that. We just finished recording the entire Circle of Magic quartet with different people reading the different characters. I'm the narrator, Bruce Coville is Niko, and my husband Tim plays Dedicate Crane and other parts. I love what we're doing so much that I've agreed to do four new Circle books just for Full Cast!
I would like to come visit you in (my state), but it all depends. It's possible Random House may send me someplace near you during my fall tour: you should write to Random House Children's Books Publicity Department if you want to influence their decision. If your school or public library wants to have me visit and is willing to pay my speaker's fee and my travel costs, have them e-mail me directly. In the past, sometimes several schools and libraries have gotten together and paid to bring me to visit, so I have a mini-tour, thanks to them.
Also, be sure to keep checking my webpage. I put up any places I'll be visiting as soon as I confirm I'll be going there, so it's possible someone near you is bringing me there already. I really do try to do as many visits as I can manage while still writing books, because I like to talk to fans, and they seem to want to talk to me. I hope we'll get to meet soon!
Thank you for your mail. I hope that your writing brings you the satisfaction--and cool mail!--that my writing has brought me!
Best wishes,
Tamora Pierce
Totally cool. I might send her one once I stop acting like a fangirl and act like a regular person. XD
Awesome!!!!! She is really night. I think she rocks. And I love her work.I just think it's wonderful that she actually takes the time to respond to people when they send her things.
I know!!! And she apoligized for how long it can take and everything. I didn't mind. You forget after a while, and then it's totally awesome when you find that in your mailbox!
I bet that was exciting, wasn't it? Just to open it up and see that!!! I really want to write her now.
Then write away. I'm sure it will be totally awesome. She would send you something back eventually. Whether it took ohhh a year or two. She is lovely like that you know!
I'm probably going to end up doing it once I can actually decide something intelligent to write to her.
Awesomenes.. I don't even remmeber what I sent her. her books are just so bloody awesome thought. I love her stuff. My mom bought the Circle opens series.
I know she did. Like I've said before, I have all of the Tortall books. Those were my personal favs.
Yep. Mine too. They were very awesome. Just compeletely good books. Much with the perfect writing and all such things. THough I hate it when you find errors in the book. That is beyond annoying.
I've gone through books and looked at all of the erros before. Laurell K Hamiltons last one had a few.
I hate and hate and hate and hate grammatical errors in a book.
- Status