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Mark Lawrence:
What was the first book - or the book in general - you read that made you think, "Y'know, I'd like to give this whole writing thing a try one day"?
Mark Lawrence
I gave the story-writing thing a try because I enjoyed writing in other situations. I wasn't inspired to it by any book. My normal reaction to reading a book was to be certain that I couldn't write anything so good.
Having written a book (with no ambition to publish it) I was semi-inspired to try for publication by reading truly terrible fantasy novel that I won't name (and that to my great surprise has a Goodreads rating of 3.58). I read it and thought that the author must have been married to the publisher, or, failing that, that if they could get published then even I might be able to.
Having written a book (with no ambition to publish it) I was semi-inspired to try for publication by reading truly terrible fantasy novel that I won't name (and that to my great surprise has a Goodreads rating of 3.58). I read it and thought that the author must have been married to the publisher, or, failing that, that if they could get published then even I might be able to.
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Catalin
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Mark Lawrence:
Hey Mark! I've finished both Red an Grey Sister last week, and although I've started The Prince of Fools now, I still find myself thinking about Abeth. Since the world is interesting and full of mysteries, is there a chance for some sort of prequel trilogy/book, in which we delve deeper in Abeth's history?
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