>
> > Well, okay... I read that, and similar questions as "Do you
> know
> > what year the hay baler was invented if hay baling is at all
> > relevant to your novel?" I confess that I don't know, off the top
> of
> > my head, how much gold actually weighs either. Though I
> > assume it's heavy. This is, however, the sort of thing I would
> > look up if I were going to have my characters cart truckloads
> of
> > gold around. I already checked with my sister on realistic
> > expectations for the speed/distance a typical packhorse could
> > manage in a day.
>
> *sighs* My novel (first book in a trilogy) has a character who
> started off in the real world and got transported to the fantasy
> world.
>
> I think I'm gonna write a story that answers yes to ALL of those
> questions. THAT should be good.
>
> -Rifty

Writing a bad fantasy novel under the name of Robert Jordan might get you in trouble with the trademark people.

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