tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227783147917206365.post1365883212382699416..comments2024-03-29T00:40:14.544-07:00Comments on Writer's Blog: It's dark in herePeter Johnstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632985885571023385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227783147917206365.post-84591218622571646392012-02-09T07:39:24.761-08:002012-02-09T07:39:24.761-08:00Love Joe Abercrombie but never really connected wi...Love Joe Abercrombie but never really connected with GRRM. Difficult to find the right balance between complete git and likeable rogue. Love first 30 minutes of Han Solo (Han fired first!) but then he's just another hero. So i guess it might be easy to start with an antihero but loose it along the way. Wonder if i should get Echo to commit some final unspeakable act. Hmmm.Peter Johnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632985885571023385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227783147917206365.post-31466518943223600122012-02-09T01:53:22.325-08:002012-02-09T01:53:22.325-08:00Oddly I just wrote a very similar post related to ...Oddly I just wrote a very similar post related to anti-heroes in fantasy as a guest blog (link below if you want to read).<br />They are more fun but trickier to write, I find. Fantasy especially is replete with them, not least since the boom in gritty fantasy such as George RR Martin's work or Joe Abercrombie's. I think their appeal is down to escapism. We can live out a lot of our own demons through these characters and also identify, in some part, with the disorder they have about them.<br />really enjoyed the post.<br /><br />If you wanted a peek at my guest blog...<br />http://alisondeluca.blogspot.com/2012/01/holding-out-for-anti-hero.html#linksRoss M Kitsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328214670002553096noreply@blogger.com