Category Archives: Wind Age

I wonder as I wander

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(out under the sky) Merry Christmas! This Christmastime (consider we-ell, and bear in mind) has been strangely hectic, at least inside my head, and it’s been hard to settle down and choose a project to work on. As one not … Continue reading →

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August Wrap-up

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Writing: Went by fits and starts. I finished Camp NaNo and almost immediately ran into a problem with Of the North, a huge problem in fact, and so I stopped writing words to think about the words I had written and … Continue reading →

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Things ganging agley

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Because this is what happens when I make plans. I try not to, because then I get attached, and when they don’t turn out, I get sad about it. It’s easier just not to plan, and then whenever you get … Continue reading →

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Summer plans (early)

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

     Yes, I’m posting early. I wasn’t quite clearheaded enough to start writing stories today, but I’m hoping to tomorrow, so I thought I’d get this out of the way. Besides, it makes it an easy list to reference … 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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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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Wind Age snippets

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

For the last post of mine in March, have a taste of the actual story that I’ve been going on about. I don’t seem to have a lot of dialogue that isn’t in spoiler territory, so the story isn’t as … Continue reading →

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In a vein similar to “Why I am an English major”

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

First off, you may not be hearing much from me for another week. This weekend is crazy with concerts and trips to the Cities and that sort of thing, and my grandfather coming to visit. Someone may be wondering, or … Continue reading →

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