Recent content by Nathan J. Lauffer

Nathan J. Lauffer submitted a new blog post: Game of Thrones: An Unfair Maligning by Nathan J. Lauffer The Internet Hath Spoken Among the many things that I'll miss about Game of Thrones are the memes. They were often funny and insightful, even when I didn't agree with their point of view...

I have decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month having never written any version (except a little in high school). How do I prepare? What do I need to know? I know I have a few months, but I'm having a baby (my wife is doing most of the work for now, but that will change once...

It's interesting that you mention that you are trying to emulate a "comic book feel", Christopher. The Walking Dead is a comic book series. Rise of the Governor is the first non-graphic novel in the series. I theorized that it might be in present tense due to the fact that stories in comic...

I read a lot of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and never really thought about whether it was written in the past or present tense. It turns out that it's almost always been written in the past tense. Recently, I started reading a book called The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor for a post I'll...

Concerning the Aria story line, I really like the scene in the book where Aria and Gendry come across the hanging bodies and Gregor Clegane. I felt like it gave a really sharp sense of peril. I actually didn't catch Tyrion's little trick in the books. I missed it because it was this long...

Mike's initial post disappeared after he edit it. We're trying to figure out what happened.

They say you haven't truly arrived until you've had your sanity questioned on a public internet forum. :) I'm only 230 pages into Clash, and I agree with everything above. In the book Aeron Greyjoy took Theon to daddy dearest when he got off the boat. The sister-groping hasn't happened yet...

Last Sunday was the premiere of the second season of Game of Thrones on HBO. This season is based on the second book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Series, called A Clash of Kings. I'm approximately 220 pages into the book, and am trying to read along side watching the series...

Yes. After reading a book A Whole New Mind, I because extremely interested in sequential art (which is the art behind graphic novels/comics). I then read Understanding Comics, and now I am dying to do something like that. I think I could learn to draw, but I haven't exercised that skill set...

I reluctantly started watching TrueBlood a few years ago, and have been watching it ever since. I've never read the books, however. At first, I didn't think much of the series (and at times I still don't). However, it has a rich mythology and strong character development, so it's kept me...

Does anyone write the opening of their stories last? You could do some interesting foreshadowing that way.

I'm with Donny on this. The Scouring of the Shire is near and dear to my heart for the exact reasons that he stated. I was heart broken when it wasn't in the movie. Fortunately, I found out ahead of time, so I wasn't expecting it. I think that there can often be "loose ends" to wrap up after...

Yes, but in order to continue the franchise the pulled a bunch of horrible tricks. In the case of Highlander 2, they said, "Actually, the immortals are aliens, and if more come to earth then the Game continues!" Then there is the Renegade Version of Highlander 2, where they said, "We are going...

A Highlander reboot is slated for 2014. Highlander is one franchise that could REALLY use a reboot. I was obsessed with it when I was a kid (I still have Ramirez's speech from the beginning memorized). However, when I watched it as an adult I realized it's actually a better mythology than a...

I would be very interested in knowing everyone's thoughts on the first episode of Game of Thrones. I enjoyed it greatly, and it kept true to most of my favorite scenes. There were only two differences that bothered me. The wedding night with Daenerys and Drogo wasn't close to the book...