glenna mcreynolds the chalice and the blade quotes

One of my favorite quotes is 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.' Tennyson. It was marvelous, intoxicating (and no, I didn't make a lot of money on that first book). My feet didn't touch the ground for weeks after I had made my first sale. Glenna McReynolds: Getting your first book published is absolutely incredible. Literaturschock: What did you feel when your first book was published? Glenna McReynolds: What question do I wish people would ask? How about 'How does it feel to see your book become a movie?' Of course, nobody has made a movie out of the books! But I sure wish someone would! Literaturschock: What is a question you are never asked that you wish people would ask you? I could think of nothing more important or fulfilling, nothing 'cooler' than being a writer. So I started thinking about what would be the single most incredible thing I could do? Writing novels was my answer. At the time, I was an accounting major at the university, but I realized if there was something I wanted to do, I had better do it now and not wait until I had my whole life neatly organized and planned and secure. The sudden tragedy of his death caused me inconsolable grief and forced me to re-evaluate my life.

Glenna McReynolds: I became a writer after my father drowned. Literaturschock: What was the one event in your life that told you 'I'm going to be a writer?' He's always finding great books in his library and bringing them home. My husband is a great source for research books. I'm married to a school librarian, and we have two children. Glenna McReynolds: My family and I live in Colorado, one of the Rocky Mountain states, and we do love to ski and hike and camp. Literaturschock: Could you tell your German fans something about yourself? (family, hobbies and so on)

Glenna mcreynolds the chalice and the blade quotes