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Scene 05.01
Scene 05 Part 01
The central open-air market was in a wide square overlooking the harbor.( Read more... ) -
How do I wrote book?
I try not get caught up in the mechanics of world-building, the nitty gritty, so to say. However, it's an impediment to natural writing to have to forgo the trappings and standards of this world, without having established those of the world in which I am writing.
Of course, I am the one setting those standards, so it's not like I have to keep ( Read more... ) -
Scene 04.02
Scene 04 Part 02
He tried to look official as he walked down the cool green shadowed lane. It was much quieter here than on the main road, and Alexis didn't want to draw attention. The red building with the bright pale blue stairs was easy to find, but once he had gone up the narrow passage to the top floor, he wasn't sure which of the ( Read more... ) -
Scene 04.01
Scene 04 Part 01
Alexis was determined to put the past few stressful hours out of his mind. He wasn't going to ignore any of it, but there was nothing he could do except consider the facts and stop worrying. He wished he had just ignored his mother, or that the bird had come a few minutes later. His feet carried him down steep pitched streets ( Read more... ) -
Scene 03.02
Scene 03 part 02
Mella attempted to speak, but his fumbling start at a composed response faltered and dissolved into empty stalling noises as the extent of his ruler's machinations and willingness to take action sunk in fully. Calshet would do anything. Mella hadn't really thought he would ever fear any man's potential for mayhem and violence ( Read more... ) -
Scene 03.01
Scene 03.01
“Is keeping her here really for the best?” Mella Illar's air of nonchalance would only be noticeable to someone who knew him well.
“Stop fidgeting.” The Blindman knew him better than Mella knew himself. There was no point in being less that fully honest or straightforward about how he felt around his master, but he tried anyway ( Read more... ) -
Scene 01.02
Scene 01 Part 02
"First," Damos interrupted, putting his hand under Alexis' chin, "you need to understand that what we are telling you is dangerous to know. Don't make that face, it is." Alexis hadn't made much of a face, but he doubted anything being dangerous just to know. "You need to promise me, and make me believe that ( Read more... ) -
Scene 02
Scene 02
Adair had burned all of her papers, not letting a single line remain legible, and now she had to give instructions to the bird. She had caught it three days ago, calling it out of the sky, and keeping it in the loosely woven basket made of woven reeds prepared especially beforehand. Breathing heavily, the young woman was flushed, and ( Read more... ) -
update, and apologies
SORRY! I didn't update last weekend at all! I promise to put up two passages this weekend ( Read more... ) -
Scene 01.01
Scene 01 Part 01
He could feel the rhythmic heartbeat of his mother's loom. He slumped, grimy and boneless, against the wind smoothed pale wall outside the workroom. He could have been working too. He could also not work, which is what he preferred. He was amply capable of spinning, or dying wool, or any other daily tasks. He was also ( Read more... )