Recent content by FireBird

If Paolini is ever considered classic in the future something is seriously wrong. He is a fun read for some people but nothing makes them classic. The four Inheritance books are as derivative as you can get. I forced myself to read the last book because I read the first three and all I could...

The Hobbit is still scheduled for a December 2012 release with two more movies in 2013 and 2014. The link doesn't work btw.

Princess running away from an arranged marriage, even though she would have known it was going to happen for her entire life. Villians who are brilliant suddenly becoming bumbling idiots in the presence of the hero. Introduce villians by having them kill puppies. (I'm looking at you...

I'm a big fan of bittersweet endings. I want that happy ending to have a big cost, or that tragic ending to have a little bit of sunshine in it.

I would rather read about one interesting antagonist than 15 different ones. Why do you need 15? I'm wondering what the point is. By your description, it really sounds like you are writing for a video game and not a book. Instead of 15, why not 3? One per book. Have that one person have friends...

Just because almost every post has mentioned Abercrombie, I'll add The Heroes. It's his most recent book and IMO his best. His next book also comes out in less than a month, Red Country. I'm going to recommend Guy Gavriel Kay. The guy is a damn genius. Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan, The...

I finished the game today, and I'm not sure how much I liked it. I loved the stealth combat and the sheer amount of choice you have in how you go about in the game. The actual combat is ok, but it mostly consisted of me using slow time and slaughtering everyone in sight. This was on hard too...

I already planned to buy the novel on the 13th, so thanks for this.

I can hate an MC as long as they are interesting. Being interesting to your reader is what matters to me. I could care less about likeable.

Downloaded. I'll listen to it at work tonight. Thank you.

Just to clear this up, this was GRRM making a joke. Everyone does not die in the fifth. Wait, since when? As far as I know there is only The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring left.

I'm a guy and I liked the series. I loved the first three books. Phedre has a such an elegant pov and the author makes incredibly good use of her narrating the past. I'll always love Melisande too. However, the second half of the second book really dragged for me. It just felt so...pointless. I...

This is sort of like asking if you want an apple or an orange. Personally I would have him with the girl from group B, but thats just my opinion. That being said, I don't know anything about your characters at all. There is no right or wrong answer here. Which one has a greater emotional impact...

Ever read the Malazan series by Steven Erikson? I think thats as epic as epic gets. Seeing how much stuff that guy shoved in his books, I'm willing to believe you can pull it off if you write it well. Are all of these complications neccessary to the story? If they are, keep them in. Do you...

This is not true at all. Multiple POV's in the first person have been done well before.