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Goal Post: School Year Is Done!

As of yesterday, the 25-26 school year is done.  I survived, which isn’t as much of a joke as it would normally be.  The health scare in November/December wasn’t school-related, but it falls in the time period.  So does the … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: The Phiocrytes

(Guess I had a lot of fantasy poems in the ‘T’ section.) They live in fear In the jungles of Serdune Thriving on the floor Among the moldy leaves Always with their tall eye Scanning the limbs above   Thousands … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Blowing Off Steam

Another character who had limited page time until the end was Baron Arthuru Kernaghan.  This was a fun scene from Charms of the Feykin, which allowed me to give me more to do than glower and shout orders.

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Goal Post: Court, Cars, and Cacophony

I’m going to come right out and say what the court thing is about.  It’s a custody thing and it’s been going on for a while.  To be honest, it’s been an area of contention since December 2018, but it … Continue reading

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The Female Badass Comes, Goes, and Returns?

I mentioned on Monday how I have some confusion around the narrative surrounding female protagonists.  I’ve seen pushes to have them be less feminine, Mary Sues, or caricatures of the entire concept.  The reason this confuses me is that I … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: The Pandora’s Box Prescription

(We all know how medications have side-effects.  Some are much worse than others.  It can even get silly like anxiety meds that can cause anxiety.  My personal favorite was a medication I took for anxiety long ago gave me insomnia … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Mother and Daughter

Here’s a teaser from Warlord of the Forgotten Age and I think it might be the only time Dariana and Zaria interact.  At least, this was the most memorable encounter between the mother and daughter.

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The Brawling Heroine

So, the scene above is from the anime ‘May I Ask For One Final Thing?’ and the protagonist is the woman in red.  Basically, Scarlet’s abusive arranged fiancée announced he was calling it off to be with the pink-haired girl … Continue reading

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Individual or Personal Setting

The final layer of setting is smaller and personal.  It is about the individual as well as the aspects of the world that are neither physical nor temporal.  I really found two explanations for this layer, which makes it a … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: The Names I Choose

(A poem about choosing names for characters.  It’s either easy or hard.  Naming these people is never in-between.) They are my mental children These characters that play Among the worlds within my mind I watch their birth with care Knowing … Continue reading

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