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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Spirit Well’

This book finished the champion power center arc of Legends of Windemere.  It was a tough one to write too because I needed closure and setting up the final arc.  Those types of books always make my head spin, which leads … Continue reading

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Your Protagonist Is the Villain?

I don’t know why I suddenly started thinking about ‘Invader Zim’.  This was  Nickelodeon show back in the early 2000’s.  It was great and popular and somehow only 28 episodes if you count the pilot.  The show is about Zim … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Charms of the Feykin’

Here we are at the other half of the split team story.  Charms of the Feykin doesn’t really follow Delvin, Sari, and Fizzle alone.  They got a few scenes in the previous volume to create suspense about their adventure.  This starts … Continue reading

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The Ability Thief

The concept of an ability thief is fairly common.  There are different levels of the ability as well, which can range from killing the original owner to simply copying it.  Guess that makes the ‘thief’ part not true since the … Continue reading

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Can Heroes Be Homesick?

I’m not even sure if I can make a big post about this.  The idea came to my mind when I was thinking about how heroes in fantasy go on big adventures.  Can’t remember many of them getting homesick.  Not … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Icarusian Idols

(Guess a downside to poems going in alphabetical order is that you can get some that are similar.  This is about how people seem to enjoy others failing.  We do love to see famous people and heroes fall from grace.  … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Merchant of Nevra Coil’

This is the 8th volume of Legends of Windemere.  The funny thing is how this book was not really planned and came about because I needed something to happen to make volume 9 work.  The Merchant of Nevra Coil ended up solving … Continue reading

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No Rest For A Hero

I forgot what made me think about how certain heroes never get to rest.  Might have been when I was watching ‘Highlander’ Season 1.  I remember a character telling the protagonist that he can’t stay out of the contest of … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and a Look Back at ‘Curse of the Dark Wind’

This book tends to get lost in the shuffle at times.  Curse of the Dark Wind didn’t introduce any new, long-standing characters.  Part of this might have been because this was when the game started crumbling.  So, I was struggling to move … Continue reading

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Characters Falling From Grace on Purpose

The character above is Vegeta, who is a character from Dragon Ball Z.  He started as an enemy and eventually moved his way into ally.  At several points in the series, his pride gets the best of him and he … Continue reading

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