Category Archives: work in progress

I aten’t dead

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Just overwhelmed. This post is going to be a little bit of everything. First, I have been remiss in not telling you all how the Foundations Revealed competition turned out. The wonderful and inimitable Ruth Goodman announced the winners in … Continue reading →

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An Ouncement

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The series on my latest garb will continue, but it’s probably about time to tell you all about my newest project, since I’ve just finished the first part of it. Foundations Revealed has a yearly competition and I’ve decided to … Continue reading →

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I wish I knew what to call this

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I promised news on writing and SCA, so here you are. Listening to my sister’s playlists is good company while I clean, but apparently nothing can clarify my incoherent thoughts today. STOML — is on hold for now, after a … Continue reading →

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In Which We Lose Track Of Time

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(In Which I Forget, part IV. Read parts I, II, and III first, please. Otherwise this will make even less sense than it otherwise would.) Saturday morning Olivia had an eight o’clock final, and she went to it and returned … Continue reading →

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In Which I Forget My Toothbrush

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(Part III of In Which I Forget. Read parts I and II before jumping in at the middle.)   (Friday, cont’d) We arrived at St Mary’s in time for Olivia to say goodbye to her two friends, set up the air … Continue reading →

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In Which I Forget the Books

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(In Which I Forget, part II. Read part I here. You do not want to jump into the middle of this story.)   Friday In spite of Olivia’s hopes, we left my place after eight the next morning. We had … Continue reading →

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Updates on all fronts (and some sides)

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It has been an eventful three weeks here. Three weekends ago I didn’t post because I had opened up the Two-Legged League again and that kind of swallowed me, two weekends ago I had just come down with a cold … Continue reading →

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Writing limbo

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Not having STOML demanding every moment of time and energy I can (reasonably or unreasonably) devote to it has left me strangely weightless. It’s not that I have huge gaps of time unclaimed, because plenty of perfectly ordinary and important … Continue reading →

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Behold, I tell you a mystery

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I. 1:55, Wednesday, August 29, A. D. 2018 I was coming around the corner between the bakery I worked at and the place I’d parked my car, to get my lunch. As I turned, I saw a certain truck coming … Continue reading →

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Where, O death, is now thy sting?

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It has been nine months since the event I introduced some of my readers to in this post, and Levi’s story has crossed 50,000 words. As we have come further and things have developed, I thought it would be good … Continue reading →

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