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Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 5
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Note about me:…
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Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 4
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Note about me:…
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Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 3
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Note about me:…
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Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 2
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Note about me:…
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Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 1
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Note about me:…
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Name of the Wind analysis — prologue
Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! Unfortunately, when I…
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Comp Titles — What? Why? How? HELP!
Dirty secret time: what an editor wants to see when they read your comp title — your analysis of comparative and competitive titles that parallel your book — is how much YOUR BOOK will sell. Now. An agent will want story hooks, that’s fine. Some of them like comping games, films, even weird middle school boardgames,…
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Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio — Name of the Wind in Space?
I honestly was simultaneously skeptical and curious about this book Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio, wanting it to really hit me hard, fearing it would really disappoint me. I found so much of a thrill in this book. So much laughter and tears. So many things that echoed the anger I feel at the…
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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter cosmere novel by Brandon Sanderson
Of all the Year of Sanderson cosmere novels — and I enjoyed every single one of them: Tress, Sunlit, Frugal Wizard — Yumi and the Nightmare Painter sticks out as the best of the set. I think, probably, that Frugal seemed to stretch him the most narrative, Tress in terms of voice, Sunlit was just straight fun for…
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The Sunlit Man cosmere novel by Brandon Sanderson
Again, it maddens me how versatile and good this writer Brandon Sanderson is — this time with The Sunlit Man cosmere novel. I hope I can continue developing and learning and growing as he has. The Sunlit Man is a potboiler. It’s the kind of novel you read in 8-12 hours straight, so I recommend starting…
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In Memoriam Zoe Kaplan, requiescat in pace
Zoe Kaplan, whom I interviewed here a few months back and who placed a story in Of Gods and Globes III, passed away the night of Wednesday, October 9th. She was just 28 years old, the age of my kid sister. She was Jewish — in the middle of #ReadsofAwe, worked at a Jewish boarding school…
