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« on: November 16, 2006, 06:55:51 PM »
The line ouside of Best Buy was around the corner since I got into work.
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Thanks, Midnyht. Â Robin Hobb is great. Â Be aware, however, those books don't follow a traditional 'epic fantasy' plot, which is part of what makes them so great. Â They are really just focused on Fitz and a person and his life. Â
The more I read by Hobb, the better she gets.
Wow, yeah. That would be extremely fast.
[I started to say something about how your much longer books would probably end up being a more complicated editing process, but then I read it over and realized I'm making little sense and should probably try to say it again in the morning.]
But I do think I made sense with this part--
Then you have to account a lot of time for production, design, and all that (to get all that stuff in time for the sales team), especially if you're going to do ARCs. Plus the time for blurbs, reviews, etc. We're getting ARCs done a good 9 months or so before publication date for the first book so that the sales force will have it in time. Not sure how Tor's timeline works on that end, but I'm assuming it's similar from distributor to distributor (given what I know about how it worked when we worked with Tor's distributor).
Building back from publication dates, that ends up being a longer time than most would expect.
He useally visits NYC at least once a year if not twice.
If only I had found out about this site like..... a few years ago. XD