My grand sci-fi opus — Benkei
I ended up hating the sound of it so opted for a more descriptive approach. — Benkei
Yes, it sounds ridiculous but it does provoke thought. How did the patron or matron aspect turn to a more negative connotation? — Amity
"She pats my cheek the way a grandmother would pat her favourite, but decidedly stupidest, grandchild." — Benkei
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326630/Notes-diagrams-famous-authors-including-J-K-Rowling-Sylvia-Plath-planned-novels.htmlA mini-collection of notes penned by writers including James Salter and J.K. Rowling have surfaced. From tables to scrawls to diagrams they are a fascinating look at how authors were inspired to write their classic prose.
Mine look a bit like that, except they're chapter no--- er, scribbles.
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Like that, but not so neat; largely ignoring lines and writing diagonally, because the notebook is on the phone stand beside the desk. — Vera Mont
my main problem is I don't think I have a consistent writing style yet — Benkei
Your outline surprised me. I had imagined it fuller and more organised using computer software. — Amity
Decades ahead of his time. Still the best imo — I like sushi
The Darkness Before the Light is an epic fantasy novel (think Game of Thrones or The Darkness That Comes Before). The setting is a mix between Reformation Europe and the Wars of Religion, a setting that will allow us to explore theological intricacies, and the early Italian Renaissance, an interesting period for the evolution of warfare, with the advent of canons and the rise of large mercenary companies. A main conceit of the novel is that its sorcery is based on the esoteric traditions of this and earlier periods.
I finally put a sample chapter up, if you or anyone else is interested. — Count Timothy von Icarus
I finally put a sample chapter up, if you or anyone else is interested. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Amity: What vows and to whom, why and why not. The reader has more questions.
180 Proof: The author has more questions too! Good reason to extend the tale and flesh out the background.
Amity: Talking about hunger, still no mention of this 'Good Stew'...unless, unless...
It's a 'God Puzzle'...or an anxiety over what is the right thing to do.
A different kind of a recipe to follow, for a good life.
180 Proof: The Socratic question, no?
180 Proof: "What would form the basis...why knowledge, of course.
OM wants to make sure she knows what she needs to know before she can 'properly' choose to join in
Jaquan's fate or not."
As Socrates says (paraphrasing) 'There is one good and that is knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.' — Good Stew - 180 Proof
...whenever I come back to it either to expand and polish the story or develop it as a chapter in a longer piece or as an 'episode' for an anthology of linked stories which explore the same setting (world). An experiment more than anything else, not my usual style; I enjoyed it though the jury (in my head) is still out on the tale's merits — 180 Proof
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