Newsletter #2: Writing, etc

How do you write a historical bestseller? Plus: Vikings! Romans! Birdies! White Walkers! And... merch?

The great George RR Martin once told me there were two types of writers.

There are architects, he said, and there are gardeners. The architect likes to lay the project out before tackling it: to know from the start where everything will fit when the hard work is done.

The gardener? Well, he or she plays a little looser. The gardener, George explained, f…