I think i love Friday the 13th!

[tvor]

It's never really been a bad-luck day for me, historically, not that i really am superstitious in that way. (Other ways, yes!) Remember this photo, the one i sold last year? The cheque arrived today! :)))) 100 lovely dollars. I think i'll probably have to take it to the bank to cash it/deposit it, mainly because I'm pretty sure it's in US dollars

Comments

[acey]

According to ( this ) Currency Converter you would get $102.45 CA for $100 US today. :)

[tvor]

Yes but the banks generally pay out a few cents on the dollar less buying or selling.

[steer]

The dropping of major characters thing is (supposedly) only for the books 4 and 5. He found those books had become too large and cumbersome and so dropped characters from each to make the story more manageable, concentrating on half the cast for each book. This is also why the books overlap in time and is supposedly also why it took so long

[tvor]

The Dornish bits were confusing. Maybe there's a point but i can't fathom it. And the things he's had happening to Arya are also very isolated. I keep thinking she's going to end up being the last one standing. Bran is going to end up the same way as the old one he's been talking to, (without spoilers) I can see that coming. Rickon has disappeared altogether and we've not see Sam for a good while either. He's going to come out stronger, I'm sure. What about Sansa?

The overlapping in time thing was ok, i didn't mind that so much and you're certainly right about cumbersome! I'm glad i didn't have to wait 6 years though, to get to the next installment. I just hope it won't be 6 year to the next one although i won't mind a break of a year or two or three!

[steer]

The Dornish are clearly politically vital to the King's Landing situation so how that resolves will have important impacts but their relative military weakness mean they have to strike from concealment and can't move openly (hence all the metaphors about vipers and the obsession with intrigue and poison). I did like the way how a whole plotline about questers, prophecies and bloodlines, resolved itself (rather horribly) in fire (trying to avoid spoilers) rather than becoming another "prince saves the day" story

[tvor]

Pretty much my favourites too and Arya. Agree about Sansa. The Arya plot line does seem incomprehensible at the moment and i'm sure it will mean something in the end.

I think with me, i'm not used to reading big sweeping complex epics like this and i don't always "get" all the subtexts like the political maneouvering.

[anonymous]

Good for you Diane - selling one of your photographs! (Mom).