onefinemess | December 18, 2010
[note: This is an old post I never finished my thoughts on, but I thought it was still worth posting as-is.] A thought frequently occurs to me as I’m reading a fantasy novel: “Wow, this ancient kingdom that they are always referring to sounds really interesting – why isn’t the book set THEN?” It’s not [...]
onefinemess | June 6, 2010
Once again, I’m amused/nonplussed/annoyed/confused/gassy about the current state of “fantasy” covers. Nothing personal against any of the authors – as I have a pretty good idea how much say authors can be limited to when it comes to covers, and the books may well be wondrous troves of deep, enriching fantasy goodstuff. So, let’s just [...]
onefinemess | January 30, 2010
Are urban fantasy covers “ruining” it? Rendering it trashier? And keep in mind I ask this as a writer of UF. I put “ruining” in quotes because well, it’s all relative isn’t it…? So, am I getting at? Well, let’s start with an illustration. I picked out four books, somewhat at random, on my last [...]
onefinemess | October 27, 2009
So, I’ve been working on my second “book” for about a month now. I’m 32k in, which should be about halfway. I’m also at chapter 15 out of my planned 20 on my outline. Although the final chapters will be denser than the beginning ones, it seems like I may need to add some things; [...]
onefinemess | July 5, 2009
Warbreaker by: Brandon Sanderson His latest, although evidently it was written a while ago, or something. He also released early drafts of it on the web for free. I probably should have checked them out, to see more about how his process went but I hate reading books on computer. So. Yeah this was good, [...]
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