Arafyn
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Mark Lawrence:
How did you decide on your titles and covers for you books? The popular saying goes that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but that is exactly what I do when looking for a book. That's how I picked up Prince of Thorns. The titles for the Broken Empire obviously relate to the story, but did you think of the title before or after you wrote the first draft? Were you originally going to call it something else?
Mark Lawrence
Authors have little or no say about the covers on their books. That's the publishers' job.
Foreign publishers also often change the titles without asking the author. Often I feel they make very poor choices.
The title 'Prince of Thorns' I came up with years after writing the book. While I was writing it the working title was "The Hundred War".
The cover I first saw when the publisher said, "And this is your cover." Fortunately it's a great one.
Foreign publishers also often change the titles without asking the author. Often I feel they make very poor choices.
The title 'Prince of Thorns' I came up with years after writing the book. While I was writing it the working title was "The Hundred War".
The cover I first saw when the publisher said, "And this is your cover." Fortunately it's a great one.
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Diptarka Bhattacharyya
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Mark Lawrence:
Were you aware that you were creating a modern masterpiece when you were writing the broken empire, or did it come as a surprise? Also thank you for creating a thoroughly gripping, lean epic with masterfully crafted characters. Fifty years from now, this trilogy will be sitting next to Tolkien in the racks! :)
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Apr 09, 2018 03:56PM