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One day I hope. I'll have to reread them and think about whether they should see the light of day. There's an extended set piece where the knights are chasing a parrot ... it's fun but a bit of a digression!

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Ohhhhh I think you’re pretty good at building worlds. Fillory. Brakebills. Nice try but I’m not falling for that one.

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Any chance we’ll ever get to read some of the pieces that ended up on the cutting room floor? After finishing the book I was really curious about what you didn’t include..

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I recall the old editing advice: Kill your darlings! Painful but wise.

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Thanks for sharing. There is something undeniably alchemical in novel writing. I found myself marvelling in similar ways reading your "Magicians" trilogy and other series, which "tie things together" so deftly.

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