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Teresa Edgerton

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Born

in Van Nuys, California, The United States

August 23, 1949

Website

http://teresaedgerton.com

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

JRR Tolkien, Charles Dickens, Mervyn Peake, Hope Mirrlees, Patricia Mc ...more

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October 2011

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I believe I began telling stories as soon as I learned to talk. More than sixty years later I am still inventing them.

On paper, my life looks more glamorous than it was in actual fact (most peoples' lives do). My husband and I met at our local Renaissance Faire. I've made and sold puppets, spent twenty years as a professional fortuneteller, worked in a craft store, and been an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. My hobbies are Halloween and Christmas.

Currently, I am working as an editor for Tickety Boo Press, heading a new imprint Venus Ascending, which will be publishing fantasy and science fiction romance novels. For submission guidelines http://www.ticketyboopress.co.uk/tere...

My own published work includes eleven fa ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Teresa Edgerton Perseverance is the most importance thing. Of course the more you write the more you learn and improve. But in submitting their work for publication t…morePerseverance is the most importance thing. Of course the more you write the more you learn and improve. But in submitting their work for publication too many writers give up too easily. Talent means nothing if you don't have the drive to keep on in the face of rejection. A smaller talent may eventually succeed by sheer persistence.

But if you don't truly love it, if you want to be a writer more than you want to write, then perhaps you should stop and find something else that you do love, and do that. If you can't give writing your whole heart, then maybe it's not for you.

Some people, whether they are ever published or not, just have to write. They can't give it up. They can't bear to be anything else but a writer. (Though they may have other jobs that put food on the table.) They don't need my encouragement, or anyone else's encouragement, to keep writing—though they may need encouragement about submitting their work.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Teresa Edgerton Actually, I struggle with writer's block. A genuine block -- not the kind that lasts a day or a week, but the sort that lasts months or years -- can b…moreActually, I struggle with writer's block. A genuine block -- not the kind that lasts a day or a week, but the sort that lasts months or years -- can be devastating. But in my experience that kind of block is not the problem; it's the symptom. Like the symptoms of physical disease, it's not always easy to discover the cause. It could be a physical illness, like un-diagnosed diabetes or anemia. It could be clinical depression (which I believe is the most common cause). It could be traumas and stresses in your everyday life.

So the cure is not some silly little exercise your friends might suggest (or even some of their better ideas, which can work very well for the one day or one week depression), but to fix whatever is causing it. Sometimes it's easy. You go to your doctor and get blood work, and he or she tells you to take iron pills or watch your sugar intake, and before long you are healthier and back writing. Sometimes it's hard. You have to work your way through problems with your family or your personal relationships (although some writers find these material for their writing).

Sometimes you can't fix it and you just have to fight and do the best you can. I suffer from severe clinical depression, which is a widely misunderstood disease. There are a lot of treatments, a lot of medications that work for some people and not for others, so you and your doctor have to keep trying them out until you find the one that works. If there is one. In the meantime, you have to try and mitigate it, and one way is not to let people make you feel guilty or useless, which is what many people —well-meaning people, unpleasant people, people who just don't get what it is, all sorts of people— will try to do. The depression just gets worse, because you probably already feel guilty and useless.

I try to surround myself with things that inspire me, things that lift my spirits. I take walks, read good books, try to eat better.(less)

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Teresa Edgerton’s books

Average rating: 3.88 · 2,155 ratings · 204 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Goblin Moon (The Goblin Moon Duology #1) 3.80 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Child of Saturn (The Green Lion Trilogy, Book 1) 3.99 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon in Hiding (The Green Lion Trilogy #2) 4.06 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Work of the Sun (The Green Lion Trilogy #3) 4.02 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gnome's Engine 3.84 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Necklace 3.60 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle of the Silver Wheel 3.95 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grail and the Ring 3.82 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon and the Thorn 3.88 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journeys 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Teresa Edgerton's Blog: Confessions of an Ink-Stained Wretch

The Queen's Necklace

HarperCollins recently surprised me by reprinting my novel The Queen's Necklace, out of print for many years. Apparently they have decided it is time to introduce this story to a new generation of readers -- and I agree.

For those interested, herewith a description of the book from some old publicity materials (and a few blurbs to further pique your interest):

The Queen's Necklace is a standalone no Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Teresa Edgerton

The Queen's Necklace (1 book)
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Teresa Edgerton (Goodreads Author)

3.73 avg rating — 683 ratings

Mask and Dagger (2 books)
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3.79 avg rating — 637 ratings

The Green Lion trilogy (3 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 574 ratings

The Celydonn Trilogy (3 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 266 ratings

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Polls

AUGUST FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the August 2015 Fantasy BOTM.

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

11 votes, 15.3%

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

10 votes, 13.9%

The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams

9 votes, 12.5%

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

8 votes, 11.1%

The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley

7 votes, 9.7%

Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson

6 votes, 8.3%

The Red Knight by Miles Cameron

6 votes, 8.3%

The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe

6 votes, 8.3%

The Queen's Necklace by Teresa Edgerton

5 votes, 6.9%

Watchmen by Alan Moore

4 votes, 5.6%

72 total votes

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Teresa’s Quotes

“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

tags: art, artists, evil, happiness, pain

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