Comments on: A More Complete Plea for Epigraph Help http://www.blakecharlton.com/2009/05/a-more-complete-plea-for-epigraph-help/ Med Student, Novelist, Essayist Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blakecharlton http://www.blakecharlton.com/2009/05/a-more-complete-plea-for-epigraph-help/comment-page-/#comment-193 blakecharlton Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:24:26 +0000 http://blakecharlton.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-193 Thank you, kindly for the luck. I needed it. And sorry for the late reply; the run up to the exam was a very hot fuss. I believe it was indeed "The Telling," which has been on my list-of-fantasies-it's-a-shame-I-haven't-read for a while now. I just downloaded the audiobook for Guy Gavriel Kay's "Tigana," which I'm enjoying immensely. Thank you, kindly for the luck. I needed it. And sorry for the late reply; the run up to the exam was a very hot fuss. I believe it was indeed “The Telling,” which has been on my list-of-fantasies-it’s-a-shame-I-haven’t-read for a while now. I just downloaded the audiobook for Guy Gavriel Kay’s “Tigana,” which I’m enjoying immensely.

]]> By: Mary Victoria http://www.blakecharlton.com/2009/05/a-more-complete-plea-for-epigraph-help/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Mary Victoria Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:30:11 +0000 http://blakecharlton.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-192 Ah, Le Guin is a rich mine of gems, and certainly worth pursuing. I don't know about the 'fair use' bit, though... I seem to recall she wrote a whole story about the power of words to create the universe ('The Telling,' perhaps? I'm all fuzzy on the title, it's late here in NZ.) Talk about magic. Good luck with the exam! Ah, Le Guin is a rich mine of gems, and certainly worth pursuing. I don’t know about the ‘fair use’ bit, though… I seem to recall she wrote a whole story about the power of words to create the universe (‘The Telling,’ perhaps? I’m all fuzzy on the title, it’s late here in NZ.) Talk about magic.

Good luck with the exam!

]]> By: blakecharlton http://www.blakecharlton.com/2009/05/a-more-complete-plea-for-epigraph-help/comment-page-/#comment-191 blakecharlton Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:18:11 +0000 http://blakecharlton.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-191 Thank you kindly, Marry. It’s a true joy to be discovered! Those are wonderful Borges quotations. I wish I could spend all day curled up with one of his stories trying to figure out how the pieces fit. We did develop a plan B. A quotation meant to pay homage to Ursula Le Guin (who’s Earthsea books very much inspired Spellwright): "If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do." From her book of essays. Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. I wrote to her agent for permission but it seems that Grove Publishing now controls that work. However, my editor believes that the use of such a small bit of text might fall under ‘fair use.’ But from what research I’ve done, “fair use” is a sticky subject. I’m now leaning toward not using a quotation in the book. Of course (along with many things in life) I’ve put off solving it until after the licensing exam, which is only next Thursday. *gulp* Thank you kindly, Marry. It’s a true joy to be discovered! Those are wonderful Borges quotations. I wish I could spend all day curled up with one of his stories trying to figure out how the pieces fit. We did develop a plan B. A quotation meant to pay homage to Ursula Le Guin (who’s Earthsea books very much inspired Spellwright): “If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.” From her book of essays. Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. I wrote to her agent for permission but it seems that Grove Publishing now controls that work. However, my editor believes that the use of such a small bit of text might fall under ‘fair use.’ But from what research I’ve done, “fair use” is a sticky subject. I’m now leaning toward not using a quotation in the book. Of course (along with many things in life) I’ve put off solving it until after the licensing exam, which is only next Thursday. *gulp*

]]> By: Mary Victoria http://www.blakecharlton.com/2009/05/a-more-complete-plea-for-epigraph-help/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Mary Victoria Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:16:40 +0000 http://blakecharlton.wordpress.com/?p=322#comment-190 Hello Blake, What a joy to discover you, your blog, and your writing! Did you ever come up with a plan B? On reading this entry, I was compelled to dive once more into my copy of 'The Library of Babel.' Wonderful, wonderful Borges. There were no appropriate offerings on the subject of magical language, but there is that one brilliantly quotable line: "You who read me - are you certain you understand my language?" Also fun for anyone in the writing game: "In order for a book to exist, it is sufficient that it be possible." -from one hexagon in the hive Hello Blake,
What a joy to discover you, your blog, and your writing!
Did you ever come up with a plan B? On reading this entry, I was compelled to dive once more into my copy of ‘The Library of Babel.’ Wonderful, wonderful Borges. There were no appropriate offerings on the subject of magical language, but there is that one brilliantly quotable line: “You who read me – are you certain you understand my language?”
Also fun for anyone in the writing game: “In order for a book to exist, it is sufficient that it be possible.”
-from one hexagon in the hive

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