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    GoT and ASoIaF Discussion Thread [SPOILER-FEST - READERS ONLY]

    Arya, Tyrion, Jon Snow, Daenerys, and Bran, I think, the only main characters who should survive through it all to the very end, though I don't know whether some of them will die in the end. At least that much was in GRRM's leaked pitch letter he gave to his agent to offer the series to...
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    Length

    @Fyle I know this may sound like a moronic idea, because it may not be that applicable to your book, but have you considered splitting it in half? You may have considered it already, I don't know. In a book that's 260K words long you ought to have big events happening more often and maybe...
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    Length

    You have to find out by getting an agent who would offer your manuscript to publishers all over the place. They will give him feedback on the manuscript and he/she will tell you. Good luck, mate :)
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    GoT and ASoIaF Discussion Thread [SPOILER-FEST - READERS ONLY]

    Please, those of you who watch the show, know that this storyline is completly cut out of the TV version and thus you have nothing of value to say. This thread is for the book wankers. The Varys' monologue you're speaking of is a very well crafted one. He doesn't say that Aegon is the real...
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    GoT and ASoIaF Discussion Thread [SPOILER-FEST - READERS ONLY]

    I think Dany will get the Iron Throne in the end, possibly marrying the fake Aegon to forever unite the legitimate and the illigetimate branches of the House Targaryen. The marriage, I admit, is just a bleak possibility, but I think we're heading to Dany conquering Westeros. Why do I think so...
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    Length

    You're most welcome :)...How I wish to have written at least third of what you did...oh well... My original goal was to write a book of about 150K words. Now I cannot imagine myself writing something that's even that long. I'm now aiming for 110K or 115K, expecting to be edited down to 100K or...
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    Writing tips that stuck with you

    This is not advice I learned from an external source, though it certainly stuck with me :D This works only if you have an e-book reader - you put your book onto your Kindle or Kobo or Nook, whatever it is you have, and read your book with the mindset that you're reading an actual published...
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    Writing tips that stuck with you

    At this stage, my writing is starting to finally pick up. What caused my problems and unwillingness to write until recently was the fact that I felt like my story was moving forward in a way I didn't feel comfortable with. I felt the story was rushed, because obviously, I want to move on to the...
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    I didn't like the Silmarillion

    Some people here said that Silmarillion is a history book for the world of Tolkien. I'd actually say it's kind of a Bible, rather than a history book (and considering how many people actually read the Bible, I'm not surprised Silmarillion doesn't get read that much). The writing style is very...
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    2. Daniel Abraham Discussion

    I know only his The Dagger and the Coin series. I like it and dislike it at the same time. While the characters are good and I can relate to many of them, because Abraham is interested in the same things as me (based on the themes he has in this specific series), but the world of TDatC seems...
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    Norse(Vikings and Such..)

    Then Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories are just the thing for you. In no way it could be said that they are black-and-white in their stance on Vikings. The main character is a Saxon noble brought up by the Danes during the period of 9th century when they raided the British Isles and the whole...
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    G.R.R.M the American Tolkien?

    That is utter rubbish! I have to admit I got into the books after seeing the first two seasons of the show and by that point I already knew who the characters were. Getting into the books was therefore easier, because I was already familiar with the world. But then they blew me away so much that...
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    Huzzah, fellow partners in crime :)

    Thanks for the heads up, I'll try to remember those warnings :D As for the answer: "If any of the parties participating in this contract are shown not to be in their right mind the entire agreement is automatically nullified." :D
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    Huzzah, fellow partners in crime :)

    Hey there people! What a nice place this is. I like that a nice wee community like this exists, to share ideas, provide feedback, help with writing tips and even research tips... I've always been a fan of fantasy, mainly stemming from my passion for history that was cultivated by my...
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    Length

    I have this from an author published by Tor UK and he tells me that publishers these days don't want a book that's longer than 150,000 words because even though you have a vast market writing in English, the foreign publishers for languages that have a far smaller number of speakers have less...
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