Recent content by Xela

I'm exceptionally excited for this. Originally, he meant to write a new Dunk & Egg novella for the anthology but instead (in part due to time constraints) pulled a huge chunk of the history he was writing for The World of Ice & Fire book coming next year. Not exactly as narrative as a Dunk & Egg...

It likely won't be within a year, alas.

Just wanted to post this thing I wrote about the books when asked for a spoiler-free summary from a Harry Potter die hard who was wondering if they'd like it a couple years ago. I posted this on a very different website (a professional video gaming forum) in the topic I made for the series that...

Ah man, you seem to do a lot of teasing so that they already know to expect something during certain episodes. \_o_/ If they don't mind, it's whatever, but it seems to me that it ruins the effect a bit. SeverinR, have you heard of torrents? Failing that, I can link to a site that works...

Awesome! You will not regret it.

Start on number 1 if you'd actually like to understand the intricacies. I can guarantee you that you remain ignorant to an awful lot of subtle yet important detail by simply watching the show. They cut out virtually all prophecy or dream sequences, which have grave importance to the series (like...

Ah, really? :/ Frey pies: Manderly had those Frey envoys killed on the journey to Winterfell for Ramsay and "Arya" [Jeyne Poole]'s wedding. Then served them in a pie similar to the song about the Rat Cook in the Nightfort. It's why he's so amused and lustily eating his pie while serving...

Got 61. Forgot Jon Connington, which is horrendous because I really like his character and his last chapter is simply vivid.

It's somewhat important to find fans of the genre of your novel. I wouldn't expect someone to react favorably to my dark fantasy if all they've ever read were Mary Kate & Ashley novels (exaggerated example, obviously). Find someone who is at least familiar with the sort of story yours attempts...

Finally found the thread about my absolute favorite series. :) Just wondering what the level of fandom is here. Are we all up on Frey pies, the gravedigger, unicorns and cannibals, the maester conspiracy theory, and all of the other speculative theories?

I used to work in restaurants, managing them and as simply a member of the crew. I would take names from the list of customers. I'd say just to pay attention to people's names/your surroundings a bit especially for names of tertiary characters. Protagonists and antagonists I spend more time...

Hey everyone, my name's Alex Pendergrass although on most writing websites I go by Xela... Let's see, I've been writing fantasy for about 12 years now. But only in the last few would I even begin to claim that it's of any quality. I've participated in NaNoWriMo a handful of times, winning in...