When I think of George R.R. Martin, I can't help thinking of Alan Moore, too. Both have been wildly successful in popular genres (fantasy, graphic novels). Both are old guys. Both don't know how to trim their beards. They're opposite sides of the same coin. Martin writes novels accessible to wide audiences (they couldn't get … Continue reading On writing: The cautionary example of Alan Moore
Category: Myth – George R.R. Martin
Don’t even publish your book: Tolkien’s option
With my recent conversation with Jim Rossi about self-publishing in mind, I turn again to J.R.R. Tolkien, whom I've been reading lately because of the publication of his Beowulf translation in May. He published The Hobbit and LOTR, and more besides these, but his translation of Beowulf never saw the light of publication in his lifetime. Though complete, and though he … Continue reading Don’t even publish your book: Tolkien’s option
Strange & Norrell: Where did that novel go?
A republished post by fantasy novelist Jo Walton asks a poignant question, Whatever happened to Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell? "It did about as well as any book can do," Walton writes, "….but five years later, it doesn't seem to have had any impact." Walton's piece first appeared in 2010 (hence the five years remark … Continue reading Strange & Norrell: Where did that novel go?
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