Tag: J.R.R.Tolkien
A Toast to Tolkien!

A Toast to Tolkien!

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I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with J.R.R.Tolkien. While I love the fantasy world he created and the impact it has had on the fantasy genre and the world as a whole… I’m sorry but I find him incredibly difficult to read. The Hobbit is fine but Lord of the Rings is a mammoth and …

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First drafts of famous novels

First drafts of famous novels

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Before I published my first novel in September the pinned tweet on my Twitter account was First drafts are allowed to suck. I think that the point of a first draft is to exist so the author can improve upon it. Often than not the first draft is almost unrecognisable from the finished article. The …

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