Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link After climbing up into the hills South of The Ravine for much of the day, the path crested a ridge and turned East. There was a small junction settlement at…
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It has landed
For the past few years I have been an avid fan of Scrivener for my writing. Until last year, however, I had held off using Scrivener as my primary writing tool. Instead, I’d typically create content in a Markdown editor, and import it into Scrivener to create structure for my projects. The reason for this…
Fiction Tuesday – Inclined to the mountain
Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link It took their party much of the morning to escape the full sprawl of The Ravine and its environs. As they walked the city slowly came to life, and the…
Unpacking Departure
Big things are happening to Jeremy and company, and some significant events happened in yesterday’s scene. Let’s unpack. Looking ahead Before I sat down to write “Departure,” I took the time to map out the final movement of this book. It was actually the first time I used Scrivener’s cork-board & synopsis features, and it…
Fiction Tuesday (on Wednesday) – Departure
Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link It took nearly five days after Ama’s return to finish preparations for their journey. On the second day after those preparations began much of the Senate returned for several days…
Unpacking Expanding council
It’s time to get the gang back together! Ama’s arrival was the final piece needed to begin the outward journey. Let’s unpack. Tollen I enjoy Tollen as a character. He’s a good foil for Walter when he popped up in the story, and is lot more fun than the only other friendly foil Walter has…
