Ask the Author: Julie Bozza
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Julie Bozza
So sorry I missed your question until now! Unfortunately I have yet to find a good book that focuses on Delacroix. But I'm going to try this one: "The World of Delacroix: 1798-1863" by Tom Prideaux. (There's some 2nd-hand copies on AbeBooks.)
Julie Bozza
It always felt spooky walking back to bed in the night, with the distant streetlamps casting shadows through the wind-tossed trees, and my own reflection in the full-length windows walking towards me slightly distorted by the old glass. It was spookier still when I watched my reflection steadily advance on me, on the night I realised that the window had been left wide open.
Julie Bozza
He roused me from sweet dreams with a kiss gently pressed to my forehead. Then a drop of water followed, heavy with salt, and I realised that he'd only be weeping if I was already dead.
Julie Bozza
... I feel as if I should have a totally awesome and shiny answer for this, but even after a good 24-hour mull I just don't! What am I missing, fellow readers? Am I just in too much of a funk at the moment to see the obvious?
Julie Bozza
This summer I shall mostly be reading about India, for purposes of research as well as enjoyment. My focus is mostly on the late 1700s and early 1800s, on the Sikhs specifically, and more generally on the country's relations with Britain. I have a few titles on my list already, but recommendations are always welcome!
Julie Bozza
Oh! Thank you so much for sharing! I hardly know which is more beautiful -
the man, the butterflies, or the story itself. Thank you again. ♥
the man, the butterflies, or the story itself. Thank you again. ♥
Julie Bozza
Thank you so much for the question, L.M., and for liking Dave and Nicholas so much as a couple. How you describe them is ... well, it's music to my writerly ears! That is just what I was hoping to convey, and I love them, too, for much the same reasons.
So I am sorry to have to say that I don't think I will be writing any more about them - or, at least, not anything novel-length. I feel I have told their story. Though I do love them and their world - it's still all very vivid with me - so there is a chance I might write another short story or two, in the future ... I can't promise anything, but I'm not ruling it out, either!
Meanwhile, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Valentine's Day with your own Love Interest. ♥
Thank you again!
So I am sorry to have to say that I don't think I will be writing any more about them - or, at least, not anything novel-length. I feel I have told their story. Though I do love them and their world - it's still all very vivid with me - so there is a chance I might write another short story or two, in the future ... I can't promise anything, but I'm not ruling it out, either!
Meanwhile, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Valentine's Day with your own Love Interest. ♥
Thank you again!
Julie Bozza
I suspect I won't be the only one to answer with Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy ('Pride and Prejudice'), and I think there's good reason for them being so popular. They each have to go on a journey of change, and grow beyond their pride and their prejudice, their faults and misjudgements, before they can be together - and that makes their individual and joint stories particularly engaging.
Of my own stories, my favourite couple is Dave Taylor and Nicholas Goring ('Butterfly Hunter' trilogy). They each take such good care of the other in different ways, and lovingly let each other be their best (and worst) selves. I have no doubts at all about their Happy Ever After.
In other stories, I love Temujin and Jamuqa and Borte ('Amgalant') because they are each such glorious individuals, and ... it's gloriously complicated, too. Yesugei and Hoelun (Temujin's parents in 'Amgalant') are also glorious individuals, who are just so fiercely perfect for each other. They had an unconventional beginning, to say the least, but their love went so deep that it changed everything in their world.
And for similar reasons (i.e. it's complicated and it's so fundamental that it changes their world), I love Arthur and Guenever and Lancelot ('The Once and Future King'). The way TH White writes about the maturity of their three-way shared and star-crossed love is really beautiful.
Of my own stories, my favourite couple is Dave Taylor and Nicholas Goring ('Butterfly Hunter' trilogy). They each take such good care of the other in different ways, and lovingly let each other be their best (and worst) selves. I have no doubts at all about their Happy Ever After.
In other stories, I love Temujin and Jamuqa and Borte ('Amgalant') because they are each such glorious individuals, and ... it's gloriously complicated, too. Yesugei and Hoelun (Temujin's parents in 'Amgalant') are also glorious individuals, who are just so fiercely perfect for each other. They had an unconventional beginning, to say the least, but their love went so deep that it changed everything in their world.
And for similar reasons (i.e. it's complicated and it's so fundamental that it changes their world), I love Arthur and Guenever and Lancelot ('The Once and Future King'). The way TH White writes about the maturity of their three-way shared and star-crossed love is really beautiful.
Julie Bozza
Apologies for not seeing your question before now, Charlotte! If you're asking me as mod for the Manifold Press group, then I'd say no, that's really intended to focus on the Press output. But if you want to pitch / submit your work to us, see our Prospectus here: http://www.manifoldpress.co.uk/prospe... (Though it is sorely in need of updating. My bad.) Or if you're in the UK, come pitch to us in person at the Queer Company event! http://manifoldevents.co.uk/
Julie Bozza
Hello, wonderful Ije! :-) Yes, I will be doing a paperback of Mitch - though not right away. Certainly within the next month, and sooner if I know you are waiting for it. :-D
Julie Bozza
Thank you, Charlie! Excellent question. It made me ponder for a while ... as in some ways, all my books are like that. I have to write them, regardless of being time-poor (as most of us are). But I suppose the obvious answer is that it's my novel about John Keats' four months in Rome, titled 'The Fine Point of His Soul'. I think I managed to put off writing it for about five years, and then the actual writing process was more torturous than any other of mine. (I hope the reader won't feel that, mind!) But the thing had to be written, and in the end I'm really pleased with how it all turned out. I hope that anyone who gives it a try will be happy with it, too.
Thank you again!
Thank you again!
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