tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post4927069019432115466..comments2024-01-31T01:40:57.553-06:00Comments on Adventures in Reading: The Fantasy Novelist's ExamJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-82933156548646717402007-04-22T17:42:00.000-05:002007-04-22T17:42:00.000-05:00My favorites are#22 Did you make the elves and the...My favorites are<BR/><BR/>#22 Did you make the elves and the dwarves great friends, just to be different?<BR/><BR/>#26 "Did you draw a map for your novel which includes places named things like "The Blasted Lands" or "The Forest of Fear" or "The Desert of Desolation" or absolutely anything "of Doom"?"<BR/><BR/>#31 "Did absolutely nothing happen in the previous book you wrote, yet you figure you're still many sequels away from finishing your "story"?"<BR/><BR/>#32 "Are you writing prequels to your as-yet-unfinished series of books?"<BR/><BR/>#33 "Is your name Robert Jordan and you lied like a dog to get this far?"<BR/><BR/>#51 "Do you ever use the term "mana" in your novel?"<BR/><BR/>#53 "Heaven help you, do you ever use the term "hit points" in your novel?"<BR/><BR/>#69 "Is the best organized and most numerous group of people in your world the thieves' guild?"<BR/><BR/>#73 "Is the countryside in your novel littered with tombs and gravesites filled with ancient magical loot that nobody thought to steal centuries before?"<BR/><BR/>Sadly, some of this stuff can be attributed to dudes like George RR Martin and Scott Lynch.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503431960424131533noreply@blogger.com