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Chapter 10 – Davos Davos is in chains. He has been captured on Sweetsister, a tiny island north of the Vale of Arryn. He is brought before its Lord who is wondering what to do with him. Davos left the Wall with Salladhor Saan’s Lysene fleet to go to White Harbour and get Lord Manderly to…
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Chapter 8 – Tyrion Tyrion wakes to find the litter stopped and Illyrio missing. Seeing as they’ve been stopping every half hour for Illyrio to piss, this doesn’t seem odd. Tyrion gets out and finds Illyrio talking to two rough-looking horsemen, so he insinuates himself into the conversation and starts shooting his mouth off. There…
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Clips from HBO’s Game of Thrones set to Johnny Cash ‘God’s gonna cut you down’. It’s brilliant. I haven’t seen the TV series yet and I’m really looking forward to the DVD coming out. Blogging, writing and selling books This is a thoughtful post from Livia Blackburne on blog writing and selling books and John…
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Chapter 7 – Jon Jon has some difficult decisions to make. He knows Melisandre will burn Mance and then burn Mance’s son because she wants to give king’s blood to her fire. He summons Gilly and tells her he is sending her away with Dalla’s son and that she will leave her own son at…
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Inspiration is a funny thing. In the right mood I can be inspired by everything around me, yet at other times I am stuck for ideas. That suggests that inspiration isn’t something external to me, rather a state of mind in which I am able to generate ideas from the input available to me. The…
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Chapter 6 – The Merchant’s Man Quentyn Martell is in Volantis looking for a ship to take him to Meereen so he can marry Danaerys. He and his companions are pretending to be wine merchants looking to establish a trade. It seems most ships won’t go to Slaver’s Bay at the moment because of the…
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Chapter 5 – Tyrion Illyrio Mopatis is taking Tyrion to Volantis, where he will meet with Griff, and await the arrival of Danaerys. Illyrio believes she must have moved on from Meereen by now but has not had any news for a while. Tyrion questions Illyrio’s motives. Danaerys has sacked the cities of Slaver’s Bay…
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I’ve been stuck on H for ages. When I originally made my list, I thought I might talk about health, about whether your health is good, bad or variable and what impact that has on your writing. But the more I thought about the content of the post, the more it felt like whining. So,…
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Chapter 4 – Bran Bran, Hodor, Meera and Jojen are travelling north with Coldhands, an ice zombie dressed as a ranger and riding an elk. It’s cold. Really, really cold. When Bran slips into Summer’s skin he doesn’t feel the cold so much and can detect the life in the snowscape that seems lifeless when…
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Economics Deficits are a girl’s best friend. Or, running a country is not the same as balancing a household budget. Take that, free marketeers! Via Ms Magazine. Writing The picture at this blog shows exactly why reading is important. I’m also going to take on her comments about identifying my writing strengths. Astronomy Picture of the…
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