Monthly Archives: June 2017

June Wrap-up

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Writing: Still working on Of the North. The document of new or substantially rewritten scenes is at 22,820 words, up from 11,345 as of the beginning of the month. If I keep up the pace of 11,000 words a month, I’d … Continue reading →

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Verisimilitude

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

A living-history experiment by yours truly, because writers do weird things for the sake of realism. Such as, in this case, going out in the rain in garb. Purpose: To find out how it feels to wear garb in the … Continue reading →

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Announcing. . .

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Here’s the thing. I was planning (and dropped a hint or two on the blog to this effect) to write the Mediterranean-fairy-tale story for the last Rooglewood contest. Then I found out it was Snow White, and the two didn’t … Continue reading →

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Help publish a WWI novel?

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I’m sharing this here in the hopes that some of my readers will be able to help. Schuyler of My Lady Bibliophile has written a historical fiction novel that sounds like a lot of fun, from what I’ve read about it on … Continue reading →

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Peculiar difficulties in rewriting Of the North

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I have returned to the haunts of men! (In company with a cat who’s guarding her matryoshka keychain like a dragon.) Maybe I’ll be back to something like my normal posting schedule now. They say that one of the best … Continue reading →

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In Which I write about good things and heresy

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

This afternoon I am in the basement puzzling over a laundry conundrum, while my sister has tea and cookies with one of her girl friends upstairs. I’ve got a comfy blanket, a buffalo rug, and baroque guitar music, and The Fellowship … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

My mother’s gone this week, off to the other side of the continent, leaving me and my sister with two horses, a goat, two rabbits, and three cats to take care of, with animal chores at 7, 10, 1, 4, … Continue reading →

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In Which I do something controversial (quite an oddity for me)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Having finally struggled through to the end of the Harry Potter series, I am, of course, going to write about it. I intended never to waste time reading the books, let alone watching the movies, but a couple of friends … Continue reading →

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Green cyrtel project post

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

As you’ll know if you’ve particularly noticed the SCA side of this blog, the hem of my green cyrtel (also known, later on, as kirtle) annoyed me. I thought I was being smart and not wasting fabric when I ignored … Continue reading →

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May wrap-up

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Writing: Working, here and there, on Of the North. I’m trying to stick to chapter order, but not succeeding very well, so I jump around from one spot to the next. Currently I have 11,345 words in the “New/rewritten OtN … Continue reading →

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