A generous nod at 'Shelter'...

[desperance]

...from mrissa, whose opinion as you know is worth your time:

"Chaz Brenchley, Shelter ... The shift of friendships and other relationships around large, odd events is a great pleasure to read..."

Comments

[morgaine-x.livejournal.com]

I'm not at all surprised at the comment even though I haven't yet read Shelter; I've always thought you captured relationships in a realistic and somewhat poignant manner. I remember reading Dead of Light oh so many moons ago, and early in that book you described a group of friends in a way that truly caught the dynamics of the tribe I was then a part of. And in Dispossession, the dance between Jonty and his wife as they discover each other, I have re-read countless times, and still find magic in.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you. Is true, I have always liked writing about friendship and love and blood-brotherhood and such. (Something I don't do so much, I realise suddenly, in the fantasies. Hmm. I suspect that's an over-reaction, not wanting to do the bunch-of-mismatched-strangers-all-off-on-a-quest thing...)

Also? I have, slowly, got used to the idea that real people do actually read my books. That they re-read them? Still fills me with a kind of dizzy wonder...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

The way you did friendships in Shelter would be the antithesis of the mismatched-strangers-on-quest thing, not part of it.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

There's one copy for sale on amazon.com, used, for.... are you ready for this? US $109.96!!!!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

There are some very, very weird prices around. Every now and then I glance through Abebooks, and find people selling the same edition of the same book for wildly various prices. I suspect the truly expensive ones don't actually, y'know, sell...

(Also, I believe profoundly that secondhand booksellers should be obliged to pay me royalties, damn it...!)

[samarcand.livejournal.com]

Next you'll be demanding that readers pay for each re-reading...

And you know I re-read your books fairly regularly, don't you?

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

I wish... but there is an argument that royalties have already been paid. Otoh, someone is making money reselling the book, so shouldn't the author benefit? Otoh-sub2, most used booksellers make modest living, not rich ones, and provide readers access to less expensive books and also a place to keep OOP stuff in circulation...