[Holly-L] fanning

[Holly Lisle]

Hi, Becky,


I love horses -- had them when I was a kid. Before that, I just pinned 
a scarf on my shorts and galloped through the house on all fours, 
pretending I was a horse.  My best friend Laura and I must have driven 
my mom nuts.  We drew horses, talked horses, set up jumps in the house 
to gallop over .....

I was a little more sane by the time we both turned eight, but not much.

The things you like about my fantasy are the things I like doing in 
fantasy.  That's pretty encouraging.  If you like horses, by the way, 
TALYN will be right up your alley.  I'm getting back to my fantasy 
roots with that one -- horses play critical plot parts at several 
points in the book, the Tonk are descended from nomadic horse-breeders 
... parts of it are a whole big horse thing.

Nice talking to you, by the way.

Holly

On Friday, July 29, 2005, at 09:57 AM, Becky Huffman wrote:

> The Rose Sea was the first one of yours that I read and I just fell in 
> love with Kara.  I know it's an emotional/identity thing because I'm a 
> horse breeder and trainer - but also because those elements are so 
> often so poorly done and you did them so well - almost anyone can nail 
> the big stuff with a little research, but there are so few that get 
> the nuances right enough with horseman/breeder stuff that it doesn't 
> throw me out of the story.  Also with Fire in the Mist. - not just the 
> horses, but all the animals.  The other thing I especially like is how 
> you manage to make the magic such a natural part of the flow of the 
> story.  I can't define the difference of how you do it,  - maybe 
> something about how accepting the characters are of it.  So many 
> authors try to explain it to the reader but it seems that when it's 
> something that the characters have been living with all their lives, 
> it's hard to do smoothly.   I've missed some of your more recent stuff 
> - my dad got me addicted to Alex Cross last year - but I read the 
> three chapters of Last Girl Dancing last night - Wow! ... LOL ... It 
> got bumped to the top of the list.  We make a weekly trek to the mall 
> for live crickets for the gecko and the book store is next door to the 
> pet store, so I'll be able to pick it up on Tuesday.  I think if I'd 
> had it in my hands last night I wouldn't have put it down until I hit 
> the back cover.
>  
> anyway - enough fan-gurling <blush>, hopefully the stammering doesn't 
> come through on the email.!
>  
>  
> Becky Huffman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Holly Lisle
> To: Holly Lisle Mailing List
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Holly-L] fanning
>
> Thanks, Becky. That's very kind of you. I'm glad I can help -- and let 
> me know which heroine you like best. <g>
>
> Holly
>
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