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	A note from Harriet Posted by Harriet on December 14th, 2007 in the Robert Jordan's Blog category
	Dear everyone, Brandon Sanderson came to see me for a couple of days this week, and he is as terrific as he sounds in the interview. I am really glad that things have worked out so that he can, and will, complete A MEMORY OF LIGHT. He will do a job that Jim would approve, I believe. And I’ll be working with him throughout the writing. And so will Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons, who have worked Jim through a number of books, and who are both now completely available for Brandon’s support. It is a great relief to have Brandon on board. This (choosing the writer to finish the series and getting the work launched) was the single thing I most wanted to do for my dear Jim. All the rest of the avalanche of stuff had to take a back seat — and there has been a lot that needs to be dealt with. So now I can deal with it — figuring out one colossal bad investment, dealing with the apparent collapse of the British literary agency (now apparently reconstituting itself), figuring out how to meet the payroll, all this mundane stuff. All will be OKAY, I hasten to tell you. It’s just that it all needs to be dealt with, and that means TIME. There is an e.e. cummings poem, I carry your heart, that you can google. [The poem is included below.] I did, and burst into tears. It tore my heart open and soothed it, too — because I do carry Jim’s heart in my heart and I always will, until we meet again, which I hope and pray we will. When I said ONWARD I did not mean away from Jim. Not at all. I meant that we must always keep going, making, giving, loving, living, as best we can, through blizzard and desert. It is what we are called on to do. A friend wrote me at Jim’s death, “the transition from love in the flesh to love remembered is endless and inconsolable” and oddly this was very comforting, because I believe it is true. It isn’t the most important thing. The most important thing is to keep going, ONWARD, with his love, in his love. He loved you guys, too, you know, even if you never met him. How else could he have written these wonderful books? So, hold him in your hearts and LIVE — it’s what he wanted us all to do. Greetings of the season to you all. And love. Harriet i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) e e cummings
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279 Responses to “A note from Harriet” Pages: [28] 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 … 1 » Show All 279 Myke Ociones Says: November 18th, 2009 at 10:36 pm Harriet, I was at a lost when I found out that my favorite author, Robert Jordan, had passed away, I asked the publicist about it and I found out that his work will continue and I was happy. I knew that with your help Mr. Rigney’s/Jordan’s work will continue and his legacy as the “greatest novelist” will remain. I sincerely hope that your heart is lightened by the knowledge that there are a million or more people who miss him so and have learned from the lessons in his novel. Just remember his works are a treasure to readers like me. Cheers! 278 Arekin Emrald Says: August 11th, 2009 at 6:28 am I must say, I am most impressed with the many books your husband has left us with. The series was brilliant and genius. This series will go on until the end of time like Lord of the Rings, Potter, Narnia, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, and others that I forgot to name. Those books are so important to society because they have such a great plot. This series collects fans daily as is made apparent from the many contributers to the WoT fan based sites. Mr.Sanderson if you are reading this, I would like to tell you I have full confidence in you finishing up the Wheel of Time. “Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.” Good luck, sir. 277 Pam Finn (UK) Says: February 18th, 2009 at 6:09 am I have just read about your sad loss. Please know that your husband’s books have given me hours of pleasure and have taken me to another world when this one became too much. I look forward immensely to reading A Memory of Light when it is published. Kindest regards Pam 276 Sam Says: October 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 am Harriet, Your husband’s books have been instrumental in my own right of passage from a boy, through adolesence, and young adulthood. My father took me hiking for the first time in 1990 in the grand canyon of PA. At many points I wanted to give up. I would have given almost anything to find an easy way out. there was none. I had to endure it. And I did. and every year after until I was 23. 11 years. The Eye of the World is the book my father brought to read on the trip. He handed it to me on that trip and asked me to read to him. I stuttered very badly, but he never accepted my own feelings of inadequacy or shame. He was tender, but stalwert. I love him very much. The Wheel of Time represents and expression of the human journey with all it’s torturous trials and sudden, surprising successes. Many homecomings and journey beginnings happen to us. The only truly hard part is accepting the change that is working in our lives. Thank you for providing me, and everyone, this space to share some thoughts. If you read this, you must have read countless others. I appreciate your strength and patience. 275 Ron Nicholson Says: September 27th, 2008 at 7:20 am Like the others, I only found out that the worlds best fantasy writer had passed away. My belated condolences to you and your family. My wife is also a avid reader and the WoT is our favourite series of fantasy novels. It was always a fight to who got to read a new book on publication (she always won!). We look forward to the concluding book to find out the fate of all the characters, however we plan to read the whole series from the start on the arrival of book 12. God bless. 274 ALBERTA Says: August 16th, 2008 at 12:19 pm Dear Harriet, Almost a year gone now. And yes, yes, yes…. now my son, started to read the Wot-serie. I love it to see him walk day by day with a WOT book with him. O yes he ask a lot, but I only started to say. R.A.F.O. Thanks Robert Jordan for all this moments. Big Hug Harriet from the Netherlands. 273 Daniel Skovli Says: August 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm Harriet, I realize that you wrote this entry well over 8 months ago, and that the chances of my words reaching you are very slim; but I would still like to offer my deepest condolences and wish you the best of luck with the upcoming book and for the future. My fascination with the Wheel of Time started as late as sometime in 2006, but as a total addict (and loving it) I somehow plowed through all the books in some 6 months and have since been eagerly awaiting the final novel in the series. What I am trying to say, I suppose, is that I hope you are well and that I humbly appreciate all the great work RJ and yourself have done over all these years. Producing a work of art that is easily the best written and most enchanting epic story I have ever had the pleasure of crossing paths with. For that, I am eternally grateful. Sincerely, Daniel 272 Anthony Domina Says: July 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm Harriet, I hope somehow that you are able to read this as I would’ve liked to have sent a formal letter in the mail but did not have an address. It was months ago that I originally heard the news of your husband’s passing and inside of me I felt that a part of me had died. In the year 2000 when I first started college was when I first picked up Eye of the World. I was a boy who drowned his life in videogames and television, yet the Wheel of Time pulled me away from all that and gave my life meaning. It filled a void inside of me that I never knew needed to be filled and I feel truly blessed that God put that first book in my hands so long ago. Today, I find myself on the brink of completing my own fantasy novel, and I never would’ve had the heart or the drive to see it through without the inspiration of your husband’s books. I don’t know if what I am writing will ever make it out in the real world, but my greatest worry is that it will not come close to doing him justice as I feel I owe him so much. Know that one of the greatest joys in my life is introducing the Wheel of Time to friends who never knew about it and watching their faces glow with excitement when they have a chance to talk about what they read, and my face glows when I see that I have planted a seed and then I am able to watch his works touch yet another life. Before I close, know that when I find that perfect person who is meant for me, that my criteria for her is that she must read the enitre Wheel of Time series and be able to discuss it with me. Your husband has brought such joy into my life that I will not conisder myself truly happy when I am ready to marry unless I can share with the woman I love this series that has made me the man I am today. As a result of his passing, my heart will forever weep. I am truly sorry for your loss, but please know that your husband has forever changed my life as I am sure he has changed the life of thousands. -Tony 271 Catherine Laming Says: June 27th, 2008 at 11:43 pm Harriet, There are no words that can be said that have not already been said countless times, but nonetheless I felt the need to raise my (proverbial) voice with the thousands of others in grief for one of the greatest minds, hearts, souls to have ever lived. This was the first, and I believe only, time I have full out cried for a total stranger. He inspired me beyond anything else to keep writing, keep dreaming with confidence of realizing those dreams. May this, and the hundreds of other messages, comfort you with the knowledge that you are the farthest thing from alone in missing the great Mr. Rigney/Jordan. God bless. -Catherine Pages: [28] 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 … 1 » Show All Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website

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