Comments on: Ravenwood: A Preview

By: Christal Knight

Christal Knight — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:37:21 +0000

I must say that in my 56 years not many books keep my attention. I get bored with most because they do not hold my interest, guess I’m an odd bird. My husband listened to a podcast of Ravenwood and keep at me to listen to it. He keep on until I gave in and let him download it to my phone. After a few days of his constant “have you started listening yet”, I gave in and turned it on. I’m so glad I did, what a lovely story. I love listening to it as I was putting around in my greenhouse. I think I’ve smile more listening to this story than I have in a year. I reminds me so much of my great-grandmother (in a way); she was a nurse, Dutch, moved to America, and married an Native Indian whose mother was a medicine woman, her mother-in-law taught her Indian medicine to use along with her modern medicine (modern for that time) and she traveled all over caring for people..
It sadden me when the story came to an end. I so look forward to what I hope will be a long running series.
BTW, the way the story was told was “PERFECT”, thank you. I’m finding the audio book work very well of me and my working, lovely stories like this one is a perfect seating in my greenhouse, surrounded by my plants and the woods outside. I am so looking forward to hearing more on Tanyth.
Sincerely yours,
Christal

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:46:34 +0000

Almost finished listening on Podiobooks. Tanith is an inspiring protagonist. I love the world you’ve created and your reading is top notch. Thanks for putting this wonderful work out into the world.

By: Laura H. Harris

Laura H. Harris — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:46:02 +0000

I truly enjoyed your audio book “Ravenwood!” The characters are very real and the daily happpenings in a small village seem so real. Your book is very entertaining and the musical scorees by Ivan Chew are beautiful and haunting in their tones! Love it! I will be listening to more of your works!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:08:23 +0000

Thanks Caroline.

I normally find fiction written by men with female leads very tiresome as well, which is why I didn’t try it for a long, long time. A couple of my first readers challenged me to fold it into this NaNoWriMo challenge, and I’m glad I did. I really like Tanyth and can’t wait to find out what she gets up to next.

Welcome to my worlds, Caroline, and I hope you continue to find good things to read here.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:03:22 +0000

My mother, would you believe, recommended this to me. I thought I’d give it a go and I was very impressed.

I normally find fiction written by men with female leads very tiresome, but this was excellent, and the narration spot on. Loved it so much I then subscribed to the Solar Clipper podcasts (not a normal genre for me) and find them equally gripping.

Thanks for making such wonderful worlds.

By: Mike Carlstrom

Mike Carlstrom — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:35:18 +0000

Darn it Nathan! Now I don’t know if I’d rather be sailing the skies in a futuristic clipper ship, or living contented in Ravenwood working the clay quarry. Both these worlds are vivid and enticing.

Great story, I too tried very hard to limit my consumption but ended up racing through the whole story in a weekend.

By: Bethprana

Bethprana — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:29:08 +0000

I just finished the Ravenwood book which I downloaded from itunes/podiobooks and I wanted to say that I was so very pleased with your wonderful tale. You have captured perfectly the concept of the crone and brought her to life so vividly that I have trouble believing that you were socialized as a man! All of your characters are rich and well developed. I also very much enjoyed the descriptions of the simple everyday tasks such as baking bread, chopping wood and watching over the children. I, of course, was constantly reaching for my teapot throughout the listening! Thank you so much for sharing this book with us!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:51:50 +0000

It’ll be coming out from Ridan. There’s so much interest in it, we’re thinking of moving it up in the production queue.

I’m looking forward to it, too. I can’t tell you how much fun I had with this book.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:42:11 +0000

I listened avidly to Ravenwood and was wondering if there was somewhere I could purchase it in a tangible ‘book’ form?
You would be brilliant if ever you had to do a blessing for anything! The world of Tanyth is wonderful and I look forward to more adventures – I wonder if she will make it to Gertie Pinecrest or not…! Thank you so much for sharing your vision for free, it is a wonderful gift! I’m excited for the return to Ravenwood, whenever it is!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:51:20 +0000

Thanks, Scott. There will, indeed, be more Tanyth. I’m looking forward to getting back into her world.