L'auteur était en chat hier soir :
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comment ... _us_bleed/Comme par hasard, certaines têtes connues sont passées le charrier.
Entre deux/trois bêtises :
[–]tisasillyplace Let's say that you had to fight a battle in one of your worlds and you were allowed to bring a team of fellow authors with you.Who would these writers be and what powers would each of them have? (Including yours.) How would this battle play out? perma-lien[–]SamSykes I imagine it to be much like The Planeteers of the 1990's cartoon show, Captain Planet. You remember that, right? Where a group of ethnically-blind, environmentally-conscious teenagers would go around using their magical rings to summon the eponymous Captain Planet, who would then rise out of the ashes and stop whatever villain was currently doing some crazy shit like drowning seals in oil or something?It'd be like that, except we'd all have literary themed powers.Sam Sykes, with the power of violence!Elizabeth Bear, with the power of assholes!Peter Brett, with the power of apocalyptic settings!Cherie Priest, with the power of despair!And Joe Abercrombie, with the power of uncomfortable sex scenes!By our powers combined, we summon George R.R. Martin!But you said my world, right? Or one of our worlds. And all our worlds are filled with giant, head-eating demons or scary zombies or vicious politics and we are all small, soft nerds.So the battle would not go well.[–]megazver Please write a Pride & Prejudice bondage erotica fanfic.This is really more of a request. perma-lien[–]SamSykes Mister Darcy cowered in the corner, sprawled out upon a bed of his own liquids. The salt of his tears blended with the acrid stench of his urine and for a moment, despite it all, he was grateful that the smell of his own human brew could deter the other aromas of wax and femininity in the air."I say, old boy, you don't look too well," Elizabeth spoke from the bed. Body and voice were as a pair of serpents contracting, undulation affecting tone, breathless gasp forcing another thrust of her burdened hips. Even as her voice had twisted to a simian howl, it bore an unfortunate elegance that made Darcy shudder. "Perchance you've noted that your claims of masculine prowess have been usurped?"She demonstrated thusly, grinding against the quivering buttocks of the bound and writhing Charles Bingley, who wailed thusly: "Oh, dang man. Oh man, oh dang. Dang it. Daaaaaaaaaang iiiiiiiit."Yeah, I never read Pride and Prejudice.
L'auteur est aussi revenu sur la question des clichés, cf l'article traduit hier... [–]Tim_WardI haven't read your stuff, Sam, but I've heard great things. I was reading your "Books" page on your website and thought your story idea for Tome was intriguing. The overall concept of a young man with a sword going after a book, and the types of enemies he'll face doesn't seem on the surface to be very original--though you can tell from the description that it will be (adding "evangelical" to demons is an example of a nice twist). How did you make sure that any common tropes and ideas became unique and strong enough to make your story stand out? perma-lien[–]SamSykes Truth be told, people like tropes. They find them interesting and worth revisiting for a reason. But they hate the same trope delivered the same way the same time over and over.I basically just made them my own.You could call a shict an elf, I guess. Except elves tend not to be paranoid xenophobes who view humans as monkeys and think that it's probably not a big deal if you kill and eat one.You call Gariath a barbarian, I guess. Except barbarians aren't quite so eloquent and don't suffer from depression as much.You could call Denaos a rogue, maybe. But not so many rogues have done what he's done and tried to make up for it.That's all you can do, really!
J'attends la suite. 
:pEt sinon... 
