03-21-2013, 05:32 AM
Quote:It's not the fiction, the issue. It's the tiny frontier between fiction and reality... If in the synopsis it would state that the IX disappeared because of a dragon, the ambiguity would vanish.
True, the ambiguity would vanish but so would the readership. The author can't drop a "spoiler;" it's saved for the climax. mile:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb