On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Apr 15, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Todd Newton wrote: > > > Spoiler space - Empire Trilogy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *snip > > "Who is Kevin?" I said, "Trust me, I think this will work." > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > > www.crydee.com > > > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > Was the fact that Kevin's son would become emperor a part of the story > line from the start, or was it something that evolved along with the > writing? > > And was this what promted your message to Janny? > > > > We had no idea where that romance would go. Or even, at first, if it > would be a romance. Janny was 100% against introducing him, until I said, > "He's Errol Flynn in Captain Blood," and she said, "Oh, damn. That will > work." The marriages and having a son who became emperor evolved much > later. > > Best, R.E.F. > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > I always pictured him as Anjin-San in Shogun -- If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory. -Tony Robbins
