I do know whatโs been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. Iโve tried those a few times, and they say, โJust hit this button and weโll generate 50 fantasy names,โ and they all turn out to be โGrisknuckleโ.
George R. R. MartinA great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a lot of it doesn't really deal honestly with the consequences of war, what war does to us, as a society, what war does to us, as individuals, and the struggle for power, in the same way, and what we're fighting for.
George R. R. MartinOnce, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.
George R. R. Martin