I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.

That man said he’d take your head too.” “Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it.

I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.

You are an honest and honorable man...Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.