tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4017003035320648561..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Historical Fiction for Teens? You must be mad! - Celia ReesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90594840293197481542011-07-22T07:08:04.240+01:002011-07-22T07:08:04.240+01:00I am so curious...what is the name of the model yo...I am so curious...what is the name of the model you used for the cover of the "Witch Child"?myasheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15862333370291946297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-162346958783837482011-07-19T22:19:45.389+01:002011-07-19T22:19:45.389+01:00Fascinating to hear how it came about, Celia. Jus...Fascinating to hear how it came about, Celia. Just finished Fool's Girl and I loved it. I also really enjoyed Pirates, but I've not read Witch Child, yet. Looking forward to it even more after reading this!Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67619505093998975462011-07-19T17:54:51.840+01:002011-07-19T17:54:51.840+01:00What a great story, Celia. It's so good when a...What a great story, Celia. It's so good when an editor/agent calls to ask for exactly the thing you want to write (or have written!) And it's a wonderful book.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68802530676577170382011-07-18T22:32:51.216+01:002011-07-18T22:32:51.216+01:00some great comments. Thanks, everyone!some great comments. Thanks, everyone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-42496830373193951592011-07-18T20:14:03.512+01:002011-07-18T20:14:03.512+01:00Very interesting post. I'm currently doing edi...Very interesting post. I'm currently doing edits on my book Road to London after a similar experience and which - thanks to Mary Hoffman's advice - had a happy outcome. I loved your Fool's Girl and congratulations on being nominated for the Young Quills Award. Quite by co-incidence, I started reading Witch Child last night and I know I'm going to love that one, too.Barbara Mitchelhillhttp://barbaramitchelhill.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-28322040384189711602011-07-18T16:34:39.078+01:002011-07-18T16:34:39.078+01:00I have read Witch Child and the sequel Sorceress s...I have read Witch Child and the sequel Sorceress so many times i cant count. Love those book. And Pirates also. You were the onw who got me in to historical fiction. Thanks alot! :DSannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31476951794071707412011-07-18T14:50:10.408+01:002011-07-18T14:50:10.408+01:00This was a really interesting post. Thanks, Celia!...This was a really interesting post. Thanks, Celia!Leila Rasheedhttp://www.thewritingden.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15403411758201833212011-07-18T13:17:31.540+01:002011-07-18T13:17:31.540+01:00From Mary Hooper:
after reading and loving WITCH ...From Mary Hooper:<br /><br />after reading and loving WITCH CHILD I started thinking of the wonderful plots one could find in history, so you started me off, too, Celia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1515143406983830512011-07-18T12:54:51.928+01:002011-07-18T12:54:51.928+01:00I loved Witch Child, and it's humbling to thin...I loved Witch Child, and it's humbling to think that without that phone call from your agent, it might still be sitting on a dusty hard drive! (I had a similar tip-off recently from our own Mary Hoffman that rescued my Pendragon series from just such a fate.)<br /><br />These lucky breaks are so important to a writer, yet the book is important, too, because there's little point knowing about a market if the book does not exist. (I shall tell myself this next time I seem to be writing totally the wrong manuscript and everyone in the industry is telling me "you're mad"... )Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74825416674965041282011-07-18T12:43:55.129+01:002011-07-18T12:43:55.129+01:00Witch Child was/is a corker and good on you!Witch Child was/is a corker and good on you!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44376814206280109652011-07-18T12:19:40.941+01:002011-07-18T12:19:40.941+01:00I'm just glad that all those nay sayers were p...I'm just glad that all those nay sayers were proved wrong and pleased that Witch Child is read and liked 12 years on. That's another good thing about writing Historical fiction. It doesn't date!Celia Reesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90341464288116242992011-07-18T11:17:25.531+01:002011-07-18T11:17:25.531+01:00I still recommend Witch Child when kids ask me whi...I still recommend Witch Child when kids ask me which are my favourite books ;-) they're delighted when I say I think it's brilliant because half of them are already studying it!Jo Cotterillhttp://www.ilovesweethearts.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27469831279102044702011-07-18T11:09:29.633+01:002011-07-18T11:09:29.633+01:00Your books were definitely on my mind when I was c...Your books were definitely on my mind when I was considering writing my own book. Witch Child is excellent. Thanks CeliaIrfan Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11268135834563691663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45048437381600096192011-07-18T10:49:24.742+01:002011-07-18T10:49:24.742+01:00Good on you, Celia. I did enjoy Witch Child.Good on you, Celia. I did enjoy Witch Child.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36182076100560588252011-07-18T10:24:02.938+01:002011-07-18T10:24:02.938+01:00Thank you for leading the way for us, Celia!Thank you for leading the way for us, Celia!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7704961312590865412011-07-18T08:57:55.606+01:002011-07-18T08:57:55.606+01:00Thank you, Vicky! And good luck with the book.Thank you, Vicky! And good luck with the book.Celia Reeshttp://www.celiarees.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67361096184014312902011-07-18T00:41:42.219+01:002011-07-18T00:41:42.219+01:00I have my first YA historical fiction coming out i...I have my first YA historical fiction coming out in three weeks, so I'm feeling particularly indebted to authors such as yourself. I love your books!Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.com