General FAQs - About Writing


In 'About Writing' you will find some answers to questions on the writing process.
  1. Where did you come up with all this info on medevil warfare ?
  2. How did you and Janny Wurts work together on the Empire Trilogy?
  3. What exactly does "Uncorrected Proof" mean?
  4. What's your favorite characters that you have created?
  5. I noticed most chapters start somwthing like 'XXX shouted' or similar, any special reason why
  6. How did you originally develop the world of Midkemia and Empire of the Tsurani?
  7. Are the books characters to a certain extent based upon real life people ?
  8. Why did you decide to go with dragons instead of some other creature like Demons or maybe Chamura when creating the Dragon Lords?
  9. Why did you choose The Kingdom of Isles instead of Kesh?
  10. Do you consider the reader when writing your plots ?
  11. Did you have a rough history of the Riftwars and Midkemia when you started writing ?
  12. Why didn't we see Character 'X' in book 'Y'
  13. When i sit down to write like this i totaly lose the story
  14. I want to be a writer, but how ?
  15. Is there a Jakob Böhme connection?
  16. Why was Arutha Jamison's generation skipped in the storyline?
  17. Do you have any Tips for an aspiring writer
  18. Did you have any publishers reject Magician when you first tried to sell it ?
  19. After the success of Magician were you pressured to write a second book as good or better?
  20. Will there be any more revised books?
  21. How much time do you spend writing each day?
  22. What changes have been made to book titles?
  23. How much background was written for Midkemia , before the books?
  24. Is there a basic Plan to the Midkemian books?
  25. What advice would you give to someone writing their first novel?
  26. What continents in our world resemble places in yours?
  27. What is your favorite part of the novels to write?
  28. On writing #1
  29. On writing #2 - How much can I expect to earn?
  30. Do/did you use any formula for the names you use in your books?
  31. How did you write in Collaboration with Janny Wurts?
  32. What do you feel when you kill off characters?
  33. Do you have a character that you enjoy writing about more than the others?
  34. Where did the name Tsurani come from ?
  35. Did you know the entire Riftwar Saga when you started to write the Magician?
  36. Do you find it hard to remember locations, and charaters names?
  37. How do you arrive at book titles and have any had alternatives?
  38. Do you have any say as to whether or not the chapters are named?
  39. How do you go about writing a book
  40. What's your take on that idea that a writer can only write about what they have experienced.
  41. What is an Advance Reader Copy (ARC)? A copy the publisher send to critics?
  42. Did you have a day job when you started to write?
  43. I hear Magician was typed on a real 'Typwriter', what happened to them.
  44. Have you ever been tempted to cameo yourself or someone you know in any of your books?
  45. How and what to expect.. REF on Writing
  46. REF on Books
  47. Why is it Honoured and not Honored in the books
  48. Why does the description of some characters sound like others
  49. Why is a word or a phrase sometimes italisized
  50. Why the character list at the front of Shadow of a Dark Queen
  51. Do you try and keep continuity
  52. Why are you so optimistic about your characters, no one in Magician seemed to be 'bad'
  53. What themes does Magician have
  54. Why does Ray kill off characters
  55. Evil Characters
  56. Are the books characters to a certain extent based upon real life people ?
  57. Where do place and character names come from ?
  58. Writers Secrets 104
  59. How did you come up with the idea for Faerie Tale?
  60. What is Raymond E Feist's writing style