Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 282 - 287 George Martin Urges Updates Online

"Writing novels is more liberating."

In the office, Wang Jian wore shorts and a T-shirt, typing away.

As the weather in New York stepped into summer, he began to completely let loose.

"Dressing up in suits to attract journalists in Hollywood is utterly dreadful."

Wang Jian muttered to himself while clicking his mouse to enter the comment section, eager to see the evaluations of his readers.

After a few days of updates, the theme of the new novel had gradually begun to reveal itself.

"Ha, Iron Man in a Magic World? Can’t wait for the moment the protagonist puts on the armor!"

"No, it’s clearly more like Batman! While the priest is chanting, the protagonist should drive the Batmobile and run them over!"

"Don’t let the witches drive; they might accidentally kill the protagonist!"

"What have you been through, the person who commented above?"

"Initially, when I heard that the wheels of Fate had begun to turn slowly, it felt quite epic. Gradually, it became a bit awkward.

But in this novel, the gears truly are in motion!"

Wang Jian read the comments and nodded slightly.

It seemed that most readers were indeed interested in leveraging technology in a Magic World.

However, there was one highly supported comment that puzzled Wang Jian.

"In the novel, the protagonist being a Prince can still courteously care and love the oppressed and harmed witches."

"Sisters, this is the kind of partner we need, not those filthy men in the real world who only know how to drink and sleep around!"

This...

What is this even about!

Could it be that in the eyes of feminists, the oppression of women in the real world is evident everywhere?

Wang Jian gently tapped his fingers on the office desk, smiling and shaking his head.

"Doesn’t matter, as long as they subscribe and pay."

"Even if they interpret this work as a story about domineering CEO Arthur and a silly lovable witch falling in love, it’s acceptable."

At that moment, Tom walked in, handing Wang Jian a publication.

"Wang, the new issue of ’Literary Weekly’ has been mailed to us."

Wang Jian nodded, took the magazine, and began to skim through it.

The high membership fee of the Writers Association did have its rationale.

The magazine, jointly founded by the association and Time Magazine, provided reviews of some members’ new works.

Although it might not make every work a bestseller,

it did expose many literature enthusiasts to these works, thereby ensuring a certain baseline performance for some of them.

Hmm?

Wang Jian flipped open the magazine and paused.

To his surprise, his new work was also listed in the recommendation section.

He knew that the magazine usually favored physical publications and had never recommended online novels before.

Even "Mist" by Stephen King, the "king of bestsellers," had not appeared in the magazine.

Moreover, the magazine appeared to take a very serious approach in reviewing his new work.

They even invited Gary Gygax, the father of DND, to write a review.

"Since ’The Lord of the Rings,’ there have been two works that describe legion-level battles in a fantasy world in a very captivating way.

One is George Martin’s ’A Song of Ice and Fire’, and the other is Wang Jian’s ’King Arthur’.

If one overlooks the multiple perspectives at the beginning, the upgrade path of ’Ice and Fire’ is very clear.

As the dragons grow each time, the protagonist’s strength also increases gradually.

Wang Jian’s work, on the other hand, has chosen a new angle.

It features witches acting as engineers to advance technology.

Its upgrade path is each advancement in production capabilities.

Both novels also share a common feature: a powerful external enemy."

"The Army of the Dead" in "Ice and Fire," "God’s Whip" in "King Arthur."

Well, I must admit, I’m more excited about the flood of Iron Men marching across the desert than dragons battling the dead.

On one hand, Wang’s theme was too novel, there had never been a similar work.

On the other hand, considering the writing pace of both, by the time "A Song of Ice and Fire" Volume Three gets published, "King Arthur" would likely have already concluded."

Wang Jian slightly opened his mouth as he read this.

After adapting so many novels, his sensitivity to text had indeed improved.

Wang Jian believed that both the original works in his mind and the adapted versions were somewhat inferior to "A Song of Ice and Fire."

Such strong support was probably another maneuver by the Writers Association behind the scenes.

He pondered for a moment, then decided to give George Martin a call.

Regarding the promotional effect of the magazine, Wang Jian was naturally quite satisfied.

But to step on George Martin to promote himself seemed somewhat unscrupulous.

"Martin, sorry," Wang Jian said with a bit of embarrassment.

"What?" George Martin was initially stunned, then relieved, and laughed, "It’s okay, it’s normal for novels of similar themes to be compared." frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

Then, feeling awkward, he said, "Wang, could you speed up your writing pace?"

Hmm?

Wang Jian was surprised to hear this.

"Out of curiosity, I looked at your work," George Martin said somewhat embarrassedly. "Now, I’ve got nothing but firearms and artillery on my mind."

"When writing today, I almost wrote the Dragon Mother riding a dragon to spew fire as her flying a bomber to drop bombs!"

"When you’re done, then I can write in peace."

Oh come on...

Wang Jian muttered internally, "You really can come up with any excuse to delay your manuscript!"

After hanging up the phone, he reviewed the outline again.

"I can’t finish writing that fast, I need to wait until that movie flops before concluding."

Depending on that sporadically reliable plugin in his mind.

Who knows if a new novel might emerge after that.

"Just..." Wang Jian clicked his mouse, noticing "King Arthur" had now surpassed "Mist" to become the top subscription title.

"That’s losing a lot of money..."

Suddenly, he was surprised to find that a female-oriented work, "My Genius Girl Friend," had also reached the top ten in subscriptions.

This achievement was previously only attained by "Prison Break" through TV and film adaptations.

"A novel portraying a girl’s growth in the backdrop of Italy is competitive too?"

Then if...

Publishing this novel in Italy could make more money?

Wang Jian pondered for a moment and made an internal call to Tom.

"Does Random House belong to Bertelsmann, having a significant influence in Europe?"

After receiving a positive response, he asked, "So, our collaboration with Random House is for global publication, right?"

After Wang Jian expressed his idea, Tom went to contact Random House.

Moments later, he came to the office.

"Wang, Random House in principle agrees to publish this novel."

"However, because we and the author of this novel have signed to not attend promotional events."

"Thus, Random House has one condition."

"What is it?" Wang Jian asked.

"They require simultaneous publication of several of your female-oriented works and will provide a high royalty share."

"The feminist movement in Europe is very strong, even potentially overtaking the United States."

"And you, as the biographer of Princess Diana, would be the best promotional tool!"

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