Monthly Archives: April 2017

Because all books are either dreams or swords

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I know that in some circles, Christians look down on fiction the way they look down on the prospect of singleness: it’s not a bad thing in itself, but it’s not nearly as good as your other options, so why … Continue reading →

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Order in which I wrote Wind Age

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I was looking through my notebook yesterday, and found the first drafts of the first scenes of Wind Age. The scene that came, in third person, to start the whole thing, takes up a few pages; and then on the … Continue reading →

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Long complaint here follows

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I will be very glad when the semester’s done. I say that not only because final projects are piling up and everywhere I turn I seem to find more and can’t get rid of any. Earlier this week I had … Continue reading →

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More-or-less random things

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

First off: Surrexit! Secondly, I will be posting the story from Coronation here eventually. Last week I happened to lose a day’s work, and my sister still has pictures to edit. I’ll split it up into several posts, though, having learned … Continue reading →

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Another snippets post

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Tracey at Adventure Awaits tagged me for this a few weeks ago and I’m finally getting to it. The rules are as follows: -Include the graphic somewhere in your post (or make your own, just so long as you include a … Continue reading →

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Baptism in Wind Age

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

In the chapter I sent out last week, a character gets baptized. Now since this was at a time in the conversion of England when most people were first-generation believers, infant baptism hadn’t really come up yet and wasn’t an … Continue reading →

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March wrap-up post

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

This is not an April Fools (or international atheists’ day) post, just to be clear. I couldn’t think of a good one in time. Reading: Textbooks and classmates’ work. I did read The Ball and the Cross (by Chesterton, of course) … Continue reading →

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