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prophet224:
Actually, yeah... at D*Con Jim talked about how Codex Alera came about (a series I liked, though the ending was unsatisfactory):

Basically he said it was a bet with someone online. They were talking about bad story ideas. The bet started off with "I'll give you a terrible start and you see if you can make it into something publishable."

Jim was given "the lost Roman legion" (a starter that has been done several times). Apparently Jim said something along the lines of "I'll go you one better - give me two bad ideas!" So the second was Pokemon.

Insert a bunch of research into both concepts, twist up a lot, write, and you get the Codex Alera.

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