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  • 9 January 2023

    Annotations: Petition (Chapter 10)

    Chapter 10 is interesting to analyze in terms of its construction. On the surface, it seems like a pretty boring scene. It’s just Rahelu, Lhorne, and Dharyas chilling out over lunch in a tavern with the rest of the Ideth applicants. Not much plot happens. That’s deliberate. In Jim Butcher’s scene-and-sequel terms (though I don’t…

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  • 19 December 2022

    Annotations: Petition (Chapter 9)

    Chapter 9 is the third-longest chapter in the entire book at around 6,700 words. (The longest chapter, if you’re curious, is Chapter 22 which has the action climax of the book. The second-longest is Chapter 21 which is the emotional build-up.) I remember being incredibly nervous while writing the first draft because this is the…

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  • 9 December 2022

    Annotations: Petition (Chapter 8)

    The main problem I had created for myself with the first challenge is that while scavenger hunts can be fun to do, they are not fun to read. I’d also set myself up to have twenty tokens in play—thank goodness I came to my senses during revisions and whittled them down to ten. I had…

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  • 1 November 2022

    Annotations: Petition (Chapter 7)

    I honestly didn’t put a lot of thought into deciding what the challenges were: I simply wanted something that was action-heavy, that would showcase the magic system, and that would require teamwork. “Scavenger hunt” fit, so I went with it. By now, we’ve seen most of the magic system at play in basic ways already:…

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  • 18 September 2022

    Annotations: Petition (Chapter 6)

    A lot of this book was written by accident and this chapter is the perfect example of discovery writing in action. It has two scenes: an opening scene where Rahelu’s mother is helping her prepare for the challenges and a closing scene at the Guild when the challenges begin. Rahelu and her mother In the…

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Supplicant (Resonance Crystal Legacy, #2)

Part I:
The Winged Arrow

Beta read: 100%

Part II:
The Sooty Gull

Beta read: 100%

Part III:
The Endless Gate

Beta read: 57%

Estimated publication date: Q1 2024

Last words written

This time, she shushed him and said, “Later.”

House politics, Guild ethics, quandaries both moralistic and philosophic—they could deal with all those ‘–ics’ later.

Much later.

Beta read draft v2023.09.27
Part III of Supplicant (Resonance Crystal Legacy, Book 2)