Comments on: flax-golden tales

By: Jadeh Rodrigues

Jadeh Rodrigues — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:39:03 +0000

Hey Erin! I read your book and loved it! You have the power of make the words be more than just words. The way that you put the one who’s reading inside the book is incredible. I’m tottaly a reveur! The only thing that i didn’t like is the fact that you can’t really visit the circus. But in my dreams i can walk around with Bailey, Poppet and Widget. I can eat chocolate rats and see Celia and Marco in the garden on ice. I can visit Isobel’s tent. I can use red gloves and feel like a reveur. Everything is possible. I’m waiting for the next book! I know it will be magical as ‘The Night Circus’

Kisses, a Brasilian reveur

By: Brian Hartman

Brian Hartman — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:01:39 +0000

Finished your magical book last night. I’m a middle-age English major and this is my first comment to an author; that has to signify something. The sweep and ease and nonchalance astounded me. Yours is a voice quite rare and your characters believable. You bravely took on a very difficult genre, perhaps easy to do, but very difficult to do well, let alone magically.

I would absolutely read more about Celia and Marco, Bailey,Poppet and Widget.

Some dark times in history after 1902. I know you “ended” the book, but hey, magic is magic.

Final thought: Where are the Posters and T shirts? Checked Amazon and nothing. A circus without clowns and no posters or t shirts? Bailey dropped the ball on this, for sure. I made an Iron-on of the cover, and put it on a shirt to help advertise your book at my kids’ schools. I gave two copies of your book to friends, one of them an English teacher.

Wrapping my scarlet scarf with a flourish, I remain,

your fancier,

Brian Hartman

By: Pat Boudreau

Pat Boudreau — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:43:37 +0000

If I ever thought of wearing anything other than black, white, grey or silver with a splash of shocking red I have changed my mind.
I am a Reveur to the end.
Brava!

By: jerry

jerry — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:24:19 +0000

Season’s Greetings,

Thank you Erin. Randomly, I selected Night Circus from the library stacks (Random House audio book). Not since Fancies & Goodnights have I been so thoroughly captivated!! Your work is to be savored though it begs to be devoured. It is an intrinsic treasure.
Your Flax-Golden tales are little gems.

Your work is awesome! I love it!

By: Christina Lorenz

Christina Lorenz — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:14:15 +0000

I would just like to say “The Night Circus” is the most enchanting unearthly story I have ever read. You opened my eyes to a world of magic and mystery while challenging me to look beyond the obvious in life. I fell in love with the characters and their unique stories of how they came to be. This is the best book I have ever read and hope you publish another Novel very soon. I was hoping you already had a few out there because I chose to write about you for my literature class but this site has been very informative of who you are as a person. Please never stop writing because you have an ability to spin magic into words in a way I have never experienced before.

Aspiring Writer,
Christina Lorenz

By: cherry kwan

cherry kwan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:07:46 +0000

I got onto your blog out of curiosity after reading (and adoring–it’s my favourite book of the year) The Night Circus, and found these beautiful tales! Thank you for sharing them online for us all.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:34:18 +0000

I adore your flax-golden tales, they are as if spun from sugar, delicate and sweet. But full of implications too, that make your mind twist and makes you procrastinate while pondering, as if trying to figure out how to eat that sugar-spun delicacy.

I’m afraid they’ll disappear, they have a dreamlike quality.

By: Chris(ty)

Chris(ty) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:39:12 +0000

Hi Erin! I too wandered here from the NaNoWriMo peptalk. I loved the pep-talk, and I’m loving your website even more. I’m seriously considering splurging on a purchase for myself (eeh, gads, right before the holidays) and pre-ordering your book, it sounds like it’s right up my alley, as I too am fascinated with fairytales and magical worlds. What’s a girl to do, right? Anyway, thanks so much for your encouraging (and entertaining) words.

By: Becca

Becca — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:51:11 +0000

I also wandered on to your site here from the NaNo pep talk. I think this is such a great idea, to have a 10 sentence short story based off of an image. What a great writing prompt! I hope you don’t mind, I’ll try it out myself Always in need of some creative endeavors!

By: Marcheline

Marcheline — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:42:16 +0000

Just wanted to say I hope you changed your last name because of S. Morgenstern of “The Princess Bride.” Did you?