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October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor Blog Posts

Edit Pass Live Stage 2: Task List

Worldbuilding Questions

Write more complete history and geography of E. Country
- Last few rulers
- Complete list of political factions
- Changes since Large Historical Event A (especially population distribution)
- Overarching opinions of H. Country
- Overarching opinions of Political Event B
- Restrictions caused by Political Event B
- Cultural and legal changes caused by Political Event B
- Decide exact place of H.H in E. Country politics.
Rework magic system
- Exact workings of E. Country magic system
- Decide how E. Country’s system can or cannot interact with H. Country’s.
- Why must H. Country use their rune system, why not current language, since their magic is based on linguistics, not inherent to the language itself?
Country Details (already started)
- Decide on current fashion, how style is different to E. Country, and effects of the magic system on textiles
- Better descriptions of how common households are laid out, what magics and technologies the average person has, etc.
- Common foods – what is local, what is imported
- Common family and household structures.

Characters who Need Fixing

Yerothen
Althus
Orothias
Ette
Ithild

Timeline

Collate all my notes; split into categories so I can easily reference them
Create new outline

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor Blog Posts

Edit Pass Live Stage 2: Background Work

So, as anyone who’s following the Twitter will know, I finished the readthrough pass. It took a little longer than I’d like, but that’s how these things shake out.

I’m also sort of glad that I chose this particular book to do the live edit pass on, because hoo boy we’re going to have material for months. Continue reading “Edit Pass Live Stage 2: Background Work” →

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor Blog Posts

Edit Pass Live 1: The Readthrough

Here begins the edit pass of an upcoming book that I’m going to refer to as tKC.

Some stats to begin with – since I won’t be talking about a previous phase of editing here, I’m just going to fill in some details of the actual book so that people have an idea of what I’m talking about. Continue reading “Edit Pass Live 1: The Readthrough” →

September 29, 2018September 29, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor Blog Posts

Edit Pass Live

Hey everyone. I’ve been away for a while because of Worldcon, but I’ve finally found some time to get things written.

That Little Nightmares series is about to start, I promise. But I’m also doing something else at the moment that I want to run concurrently, because it’s going to be a little patchier than the rest of the cohesive series-esque-type-things that I do. Continue reading “Edit Pass Live” →

September 10, 2018October 9, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor The Ferryman's Apprentice

Pudding

When Wilom eventually got back to Marc’s house, Cathlin was already there, but Jilli was not. Wilom had been far too preoccupied that morning to remember whether Marc had had anything planned with her, or whether she was at Sarit’s that afternoon, but he put it out of his mind. Continue reading “Pudding” →

August 13, 2018September 10, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor The Ferryman's Apprentice

Suspicions and Theories

Vanda was very quiet as they walked away from the meeting. Wilom waited for her to speak, but when she remained in brooding silence, he said, “I think they’ll accept the plan.” Continue reading “Suspicions and Theories” →

August 8, 2018August 5, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor Blog Posts

Imagery and Symbolism

You know the drill by now. I like being opinionated about things, and I like analysing stories. This is yet another blog post about how I like to do it. Continue reading “Imagery and Symbolism” →

August 6, 2018August 13, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor The Ferryman's Apprentice

A Modest Proposal

Wilom and Vanda waited for a while outside the door. Rytel was the only one inside, and though he was as ready as he would ever be to present his idea to the Heads, Wilom wasn’t particularly sold on the idea of being stuck alone in a room with of Rytel or Vicdra. Thankfully, it wasn’t too long until the others arrived. Continue reading “A Modest Proposal” →

July 30, 2018August 6, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor The Ferryman's Apprentice

A Bold Plan

Wilom had intended to go over the ledger one last time on the morning of the next meeting with the Heads. When he woke up, however, he discovered that he couldn’t face that immediately. He got dressed, and went out into the kitchen to make himself toast and mentally prepare himself. Continue reading “A Bold Plan” →

July 23, 2018July 30, 2018 whimsyandmetaphor The Ferryman's Apprentice

Metaphorically Speaking

Cathlin had declared herself “having a day off” that morning, so Wilom decided that he would have been rostered for an afternoon shift that day and met her at the breakfast table. He brought their coffees, and they said goodbye to Jilli as she headed out the door with Sarit and her father for their day at school. Cathlin waved to Jilli from the breakfast table, and Jilli made two excuses to give Cathlin and Wilom extra hugs before heading out the door. Continue reading “Metaphorically Speaking” →