T-Shirt of the Week.

I figured that since the book didn't get an Alex*, it should AT LEAST have its own t-shirt.

Also, I would like to be the Duchess.**

And I'd like to know how to do that swordfighting thing.  Note that I didn't say I would like to LEARN how to do that swordfighting thing.  No.  That would be waaaay too hard. 

I'd just like to magically BE more swashbuckly.

Who out there has not yet experienced the awesomeness of The Privilege of the Sword?  Rectify that situation, please.  Thank you.

Oh, and I'd like to enter self-congratulatory mode for a moment:  I am so dedicated to my T-Shirt of the Week posts that I came into work on a SNOW DAY.  Once I have my laptop -- which I will pay for with the proceeds from my Etsy shop, tra la*** -- silliness like that will no longer be necessary.

I'm going home to dye some more shirts.  Have fun at work, suckers.

*Dammit.  Dammit.  Dammit.  Dammit.

**At the end of PotS, I mean.  Though the Duchess in Swordspoint is pretty rad, too.

***Excellent plug, right?

Comments

[danielle]

question: if I rectify my ignorance of PotS, should I read Swordspoint first?

[Chrissy]

Thank you. I was trying to figure out what to read next. Danielle has a point though. What are we reading first?

[jessmonster]

That IS an excellent plug, I'm all about supporting other people's laptop habits and getting t-shirts out of it. Except I can't decide which one to get.

Sheesh, it's on my list, okay? I always read your recommendations eventually.

[Melissa]

Okay, I have a really dumb question: is this the same Ellen Kushner that hosts Sound and Spirit?

I'm rectifying my ignorance of her books either way.

[Tai]

I just read both novels, in order - definitely read Swordspoint first. They're *really* different and I think POTS is a lot lighter, but otherwise you'll spoil yourself. And it makes the backstory (and love story) much, much richer when you do read POTS. :)

[Eh]

I just read POTS today, and really liked it. A random observation: the abrieviation you used for Privelege of the Sword is also the abrieviation for Protector of the Small (that book by Tamora Pierce you said sucked. Actually, I liked it a lot in 4th and 5th grade. )

[Ellen Kushner]

LOVE THE T-SHIRT! I've blogged it on my LJ
http://ellen-kushner.livejournal.com/93074.html
and hope you get lots of orders.

Yes, Melissa, I'm the same one who does public radio show Sound & Spirit. It's not a dumb question at all; people usually ask it, one way or another. I'm glad you're discovering my books. S&S fans should probably start with my THOMAS THE RHYMER, which has more the feeling of the radio show, and is not part of the Riverside series.