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I don't know why I enjoy that there are so many different references instead of using the same stories as examples over and over, or why I get a kick out of recognizing them... but there went a reference to The Goose Girl.
— Jul 31, 2019 10:42AM
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Emily
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"I've met readers who tell me they never read songs in books. Never."
That's me! The only exception is for Beta reading, even though I never have anything to say about the songs except that I don't care about them. It seems bad to skip when you're Beta reading.
— Jul 31, 2019 07:27AM
That's me! The only exception is for Beta reading, even though I never have anything to say about the songs except that I don't care about them. It seems bad to skip when you're Beta reading.
Emily
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"Wreck havoc!"commands (in those words exactly) the end of the chapter on Creating Governments for your fictional world XD
Also, I appreciate that she recognizes that a Democracy and a Republic are not the same thing.
— Jul 29, 2019 09:14AM
Also, I appreciate that she recognizes that a Democracy and a Republic are not the same thing.
Emily
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And there goes a Lunar Chronicles reference in the "Creating History" chapter.
— Jul 28, 2019 08:38AM
Emily
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That creature creation chapter shall be very useful for reference in future, methinks.
— Jul 20, 2019 01:05PM
Emily
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Can't say I expected a reference to Shadow and Bone (specifically the stag, this being the chapter about creature creation), but there it is.
— Jul 05, 2019 02:30PM
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Jill Williams has good taste
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I mostly appreciate her enormously varied taste.And that, even though she confesses she prefers to write fantasy, she doesn't hold Tolkien as the end all and be all of the fantasy genre, and admits that it has flaws, or aspects one should either avoid imitating or at least be cautious about.
I suspect you would particularly appreciate that she became a writer because of Harry Potter, but not in the way you'd normally expect. She's got a chapter near the end about how it was that she ended up an author when as a child she wanted to be a fashion designer.
Lord of the Rings is brilliant, but I would never claim it was flawless. The man needed an editor who wasn't afraid of him, preferable one that was intimidating in their own right.
