Welcome back for Episode 47 of Speculate! The Podcast for Writers, Readers and Fans. In this episode we continue our series of shows on Ian McDonald’s The Dervish House as we interview the author himself on subjects from research to language to writing process–and how at times seducing the reader is a better way to go than making everything obvious up front. If you enjoy our discussion with Ian, make sure to check back next week when we release our final episode in this triptych, an analysis of some of the writing techniques used in the book. Until then, thanks as always for listening, and please continue to spread the word about the show!
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Thanks, guys.
I’ve been a fan of McDonald since River of Gods, and really do like his YA book. I’ve not yet read (shame!) my copy of The Dervish House. Yet.
I found his closing comments about the real life job to be interesting–and at odds at what I hear other authors profess
Thanks for the feedback as always, Paul, and yep–read that copy as soon as you can, it’s well worth it. Agreed about his closing comments…I’ve heard people discuss ways to juggle a writing career and a day job many times, but not usually with positive comments about the day job part!
Right, it makes absolute sense (see people, interact with them, get into a different environment) once he says it. But its not a commonly expressed opinion, especially the upsides (aside from the financial)