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Interview #144: Elf Fantasy Fair - Aan’allein, Entry #14

W.F. Maryson

Maryson (once again mentioning his own writing and how he does that; but I guess that was to be expected) asked about if Jordan also liked to surprise his readers.

Robert Jordan

I do. I like to make the reader think that he or she knows exactly where I am going, exactly where I am taking them, and they’re certain that I’m taking them to that corner of the room over there, and suddenly they blink and realize that I’ve taken them to that corner of the room instead, and yet when they look back, they see it was all there, yes, all of it, very clear that I was taking them to that part of the room, instead of that part of the room. So, it’s like… it’s like making your wife think that you’re taking her to Paris, but in actual fact you are taking her to Rotterdam. [laughter]

Aan’allein

Oh yes, Harriet was indeed there, and was there in Rotterdam (Jordan: “Somebody is rubbing my back, and I really hope that it’s my wife”) and Amsterdam as well.

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