Tag Archives: WA

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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Wind Age and music

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Music actually had a great deal to do with my time writing Wind Age. I collected enough pieces of music, each for a certain part of the story, that I arranged them in a playlist — a private one, though, as … Continue reading →

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For once it wasn’t knights who saved the world.

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

You know those chapters that you always come back to in a book even when you’ve read the whole thing so often you’re tired of most of it? The next chapter of Wind Age is one of those. At least, … Continue reading →

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In the words of Fripsky von Chiggatron, “Do tell!”

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I started Wind Age a year ago this month, as near as I can figure. Since it’s being beta-read right now, it’s on my mind a lot even apart from the anniversary, so my posts this month are going to be, … Continue reading →

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Comparison of two book printing experiences

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

For winning Camp NaNo in July last year I got a coupon for a discount on one printed copy of a book from BookBaby. When I won NaNo in November the year before that I got a coupon for a … Continue reading →

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