As an experiment, I’m going to be doing the commentary for all of October’s posts after I do my final proofread. You can expect that some of them will be late, miscategorized, or unintelligible, and possibly all three. As for … Continue reading
The practical conjurer. I forgot to mention it, but the previous entry is the longest one that I’ve written so far.
Rope, wood, and nails—the practical conjurer’s toolkit[1]. [1] This is foreshadowing[2]. [2] That is to say, providing a hint as to what Rakel will do with them in the next entry.
I write with serialization in mind, but not scheduling; basically any time I have to stop writing one entry and start a new one in the middle of the conversation, I have to add or remove dialog tags at the … Continue reading
Remember way back when, when I said that there was something theme-related to say, but I got sidetracked and forgot to say it? No? Well, here it is anyway. The guilds of magic number eleven (and I think I’ve mentioned … Continue reading
Humans don’t consider illusion useful enough to merit its own guild, and any mage with an interest in it has the opportunity to study it. Humans are occasionally surpassingly stupid. I need to learn to use fewer em-dashes.
Watch, as mages argue about unimportant points! Thrill, as we delve deep into the inner workings of the Guild!
Ugh. I really don’t like this entry. I’d claim it was badly written on purpose (*cough*), but that would be dishonest[1]. The lack of small caps is, of course, purposeful. [1]On rereading it before it goes live, I find myself … Continue reading
Rakel isn’t the sneakiest person around (it’s less her than being a mage in general). Kajsa is only better by comparison. It’s a good thing I looked this entry over before it went up. I just fixed three typos and … Continue reading
Welcome back! Next week, we’ll be seeing what Rakel’s up to, and the week after that it’s on to Eirik. Should be a good time.
