First Novel

[Hagen Engelmann]

I understand only the half. That makes me not happy

[fermi de Sousa]

Maggi, I assure you any similarity between the Wicked Bulb Witch Of The North character and your good self are purely coincidental and I refer you to my lawyers, Sue Grabbit and Runn.

Don't worry, Maggi, I'll send you the contact for my own lawyers, Dewey, Cheatham & Howe!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

I understand only the half. That makes me not happy

My apologies, Hagen, we are having fun with Martin about the publication of his first novel, which is set in the world of snowdrops and will be published next year.
 I have taken these posts away from the original thread, which concerned the arrival of the season's first dnowdrop catalogue and which will, O hope, reduce confusion in the matter.
M 

[Hans J]

here is what I have found today in wikipedia :

Snowdrops in literature and other media
In Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust, Dunstan Thorn and subsequently his son Tristran carry a glass snowdrop that chimes when held. The flower has a very small, but pivotal role in the story
In the anime film Twelve Months (Sekai meisaku dowa mori wa ikiteiru in Japan), a greedy queen decrees that a basket of gold coins shall be rewarded to anyone who can bring her galanthus flowers in the dead of winter. A young girl named Anya is sent out during a snow storm by her cruel stepmother and find the spirits of the 12 months of the year, who take pity on her and not only save her from freezing to death, but make it possible for her to gather the flowers even in winter
In the manga "Snow Drop" by Choi kyung-ah, Snow Drop was the name of the book that Yo So-Na's mom wrote. The name of the four characters in the manga was taken from that book: So-na, Hae-gi, Ko-mo, Gae-Ri. In this manga, snowdrop represented hope and warmth, because of the legend it carries in Korea
Snowdrops feature in Seamus Heaney's poem Mid-term Break in the context of mourning a dead infant[13]

here is the link :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdrop
 

[Hagen Engelmann]

Maggi, I`m so hungry to read, what Martin will tell us about Snowdrops ( and I know, he`s a master of the galanthophile but also of humor). But I`m afraid I can understand only the half. That is cheerless!