jonathanmoeller (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jonathanmoeller) wrote,@ 2007-10-03 08:55:00 |
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Sword & Sorceress 22 interviews: the Catherine Mintz edition
We are pleased to present a short interview with Catherine Mintz. Catherine is the author of numerous short stories, and wrote "The Decisive Princess" for Sword & Sorceress 22.
1.) Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am a cat-loving person who is horribly allergic to cats. Most of the rest is on my website and blogs.
2.) What made you take up writing?
I was unaware there was a choice. Getting published, of course, is a different matter entirely.
3.) Tell us about your S&S 22 story "The Decisive Princess".
It's a take-off on a much older and very well known story, which assumes the main character has the wits and skills her father gave her.
4.) Can you share a teaser paragraph from "The Decisive Princess"?
Let us begin at the beginning:
"There was once a barbaric king, who, aspiring to be well-thought-of by his more civilized neighbors -- the source of goods which the king resold at an extraordinary markup further north -- instituted a novel method for dealing with those guilty of crimes against the state. He combined elements of southern law with his own thoughts in such a way that he could, with pride, show the resulting spectacle to envoys. In this manner he provided both an entertainment and a not-too-subtle assurance that he was under their sway, something that he had no intention of allowing to happen."
Be sure to visit http://catherinemintz.com. And tune in next week for an interview with another Sword & Sorceress 22 contributor.
(Full details of the interviews can be found here, and the complete series can be found here.)
We are pleased to present a short interview with Catherine Mintz. Catherine is the author of numerous short stories, and wrote "The Decisive Princess" for Sword & Sorceress 22.
1.) Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am a cat-loving person who is horribly allergic to cats. Most of the rest is on my website and blogs.
2.) What made you take up writing?
I was unaware there was a choice. Getting published, of course, is a different matter entirely.
3.) Tell us about your S&S 22 story "The Decisive Princess".
It's a take-off on a much older and very well known story, which assumes the main character has the wits and skills her father gave her.
4.) Can you share a teaser paragraph from "The Decisive Princess"?
Let us begin at the beginning:
"There was once a barbaric king, who, aspiring to be well-thought-of by his more civilized neighbors -- the source of goods which the king resold at an extraordinary markup further north -- instituted a novel method for dealing with those guilty of crimes against the state. He combined elements of southern law with his own thoughts in such a way that he could, with pride, show the resulting spectacle to envoys. In this manner he provided both an entertainment and a not-too-subtle assurance that he was under their sway, something that he had no intention of allowing to happen."
Be sure to visit http://catherinemintz.com. And tune in next week for an interview with another Sword & Sorceress 22 contributor.
(Full details of the interviews can be found here, and the complete series can be found here.)
