Reddit mentions of The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath the Bed

No. You can't really be until you've already made it big huge. Most writers (traditional publishing, no clue about modern e-books) don't make much money at all so it pretty much always has to start as a passion.

I don't know about GRRM but I've heard Rothfuss speak about it before. He nearly put out the 2nd book with the Adem section completely hand-waved away until his Editor told him to miss his deadline and write it well (gods I hope I didn't misremember that). Couple that with his personal stuff, his charity, and passion for other writing (kids' books) and the delay makes more sense.

The cure for waiting for writers is to simply read more. There's a ton of great stories out there. For fantasy I'd recommend N. K. Jemisin and for lighter Sci-fi I'd recommend John Scalzi. As well as the others above. It's also super easy to get with ebooks at your libraries and using Overdrive.

The Adventures of the Princess and Mr Whiffle: The Thing Beneath The Bed?

Mr. Whiffle! https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Princess-Mr-Whiffle-Beneath/dp/0983613125

There is a children's story you should read it shows some character twists and Pat himself has said this story is important:

https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Princess-Mr-Whiffle-Beneath/dp/0983613125

Or listen to Pat read it to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L41DBzFGPw

https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Princess-Mr-Whiffle-Beneath/dp/0983613125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L41DBzFGPw



This book that Patrick wrote has 3 layers and is acknowledged on Amazong.

https://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Patrick-Rothfuss/dp/0756404746/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MMN5Z9YJ2VVKRX53GGPV

This book has 3 major endings but Amazon has not realized it yet.

Layer 3, Layer 5 and Layer 7 each produce the exact same effect as the children's book.

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