Comment from Joyce
Please do a Dragon Holder Part 2
Finish your Mom’s biography
PS I Loved Six write more
Hi Joyce,
Thanks! I liked Six too.
I’m not planning a Dragonholder part 2 partly because Robin Wright did a more in-depth biography, A Life With Dragons.
I am hoping to re-issue Dragonholder with the marvelous Rowena cover that so pleased Mum (“She took twenty pounds off, bless her!”).
Also, I can’t do a Dragonholder part 2 if I’m busy working on more sequels to Six!
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Hi! I’m Charis and I’m newish to the world of pern, I read Dragonsong about nine months ago. I would like to send a letter but I’m not sure how so I decided to leave a comment instead. First off, I was distraught when I found out that Anne had passed away, she truly was an amazing writer. It is my greatest hope that you and your sister continue to write about the world of pern. Also, I have a couple questions.
I loved Dragon’s Kin, will you be writing any more about Whers?
Also, I couldn’t help but notice that around the pern fan-art and roleplay world people have used both split and spaded tails. I was wondering if you could tell me if dragons have forked or spaded tails. You see, I am hoping to start a Pern RP and would like to keep the dragons as physically close to canon as possible.
Todd — Dorchester is finally doing rights reversions and claims they can’t locate the rights holder for your mother’s book No One Noticed the Cat. You can give them your info at http://www.dorchesterpub.com
Thanks! I’ve passed this on to the appropriate people.
Charis,
Thank you for your kind words.
I keep hoping to write more about the watch-whers but I haven’t found the right story. If you haven’t read, Dragonheart, yet, you might want to do so (more watch-whers).
Canon is a real problem for writers. Because we like breaking rules so we usually prefer to keep everything fluid. But for you, what I’ll say is that in the dragon painting that Mum considered closest to her Pern dragons, the dragon had a spade tail. On the other hand, genetic variations will crop up in dragons (just as in humans) and I can’t say whether the tail would be a logical site for much mutation.
Cheers,
Todd