Sasha Kurup
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Mark Lawrence:
Could you please, please write another funny fantasy book, a la mode 'the red queen' trilogy? It is my favourite. It is so difficult to find elsewhere the tone you set in the book- a serious fantastical world seen through the eyes of a comical, witty character. The vice-versa is more commonly found. What inspired the departure from your usual style to one with so much humour? Hope you and your loved ones are safe
Mark Lawrence
Since I'd only had one trilogy published at that point it seems a bit of a stretch to call it a departure from my usual style :D
The inspiration for Jalan and for the tone is Harry Flashman, the character and the books by George McDonald-Fraser. And of course GMF took the character from Tom Brown's School Days, written in the 19th century.
No plans to write more in that vein, but there's a novella concerning Jal and Snorri's further adventures in The Red Queen's War special edition omnibus (from Grim Oak Press) and a Jalan story in Road Brothers and another in The Art of War (anthology).
The inspiration for Jalan and for the tone is Harry Flashman, the character and the books by George McDonald-Fraser. And of course GMF took the character from Tom Brown's School Days, written in the 19th century.
No plans to write more in that vein, but there's a novella concerning Jal and Snorri's further adventures in The Red Queen's War special edition omnibus (from Grim Oak Press) and a Jalan story in Road Brothers and another in The Art of War (anthology).
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Craig
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Mark Lawrence:
Hi Mark, love the series and I'm almost at the end. As a fellow author who wants to pants my way through a fantasy story but feels unsure, can you let me in a little bit on your process? I know you make it up once you've got a character but how much is just pantsed? The Broken Empire series has a number of twists that seem to be pre-planned.
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