Finished this one last night. Read if you like. If you do read it, please leave a comment. Thanks! Chapter 04: Encounter (1278 words)

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Finished this one yesterday. Chapter 03: Midnight stroll (1091 words) Finished Chapter 4 tonight but you can’t see it yet :) Today: 1880 story, -73 notes (folded into story) 1807 total So far in 4 days: 5333 story, 1838 notes, 7171 total

Chapter 2 is done, and I have made some inroads on ch.3. Note that these “Chapters” are pretty short, they will probably be lumped together a bit in the final product in groups of 2 or 3. Chapter 02: On the run (790 words)

Today: 1054 honest prose, 241 in notes Total: 3453 story, 1911 notes, 5364 total I am technically at my minimum pace of 10%, but including my notes is a bit like cheating. They will grow into real story bits too, hopefully much more than the notes themselves, but I haven’t typed *those* words yet. :) For friends who are interested (or just incredibly bored), chapter 1 is ready to be exposed. Chapter 00 Kingdom of Endwin, a brief history (480 words) Chapter 01 Hot tea, cold reunion (1129 words) If you do read it, please leave a comment just saying you read it. Or, ask me questions about the characters and setting if you like :) ...

Notes and nonsense: 419 Geography: 92 Cause and effect continued: 327 Big old map: 0 Presentable prose: 1928 Kingdom of Endwin, a brief history: 480 Hot tea, cold reunion, pt 2: 658 On the run: 790 Total for today 1928 (2347 incl notes) Total so far 2399 (4069 incl notes)

Want to be a test audience? If so… Please read the following conversation. This is not the actual story… I have removed the thoughts and facial expressions. I want to find out if someone overhearing just the voices would think. K: “Hello Denny,” D: “Kimne, hello, you look well,” K: “You too. Please sit.” D: *pause* *chair moves* “Thank you.” *pause* “You know, I was quite surprised to see you yesterday.” K: “I guess so, Denny,” D: “Folks around here don’t call me Denny; it’s usually Den or Densaye,” K: “Is it. I guess I never learned your real name, when we, ah, met in Camos.” D: “Ah, I’m sorry about that…” *pause* *dishes rattle* “Keep the change,” Girl: “Thank you!” K: “How did I know you were going to say that?” D: “What?” K: “Nothing, just a habit I picked up from you. I thought you were being extravagant, like as if to impress me, always dealing in silver and refusing to take copper. Looking back now I can see the real reason.” D: “Ah, yes.” *pause* “So you mentioned that, ah, you have a son now?” K: “Yes. Fine young boy he is. Ayden is his name. Quite like his father, in a lot of ways,” D: “Good to hear. Have you told him…” *pause* “Have you told him, ah, what happened to his father?” K: *pause* “Just that he died, quite painfully at that. May Sulam grant him rest.” D: “Ouch. Well, that’s for the best, I suppose. I am sure you are a wonderful mother to him.” K: “Yes, it has been hard, but we make do. I probably would not have come this far without Orell and Kanita. They have been wonderful.” D: “That’s good to hear. I am happy that you are well. I’ve thought of you often, but I never imagined that you had a son and raised him on your own.” *pause* “My heart grows heavy at the thought of the hardship you have endured. I would certainly not wish that on anyone.” K: *pause* “I know. I know, and thank you for saying so.” *teapot rattles* “So, enough about me, what have you been up to? You have sons, of your own now!” D: “Yes. Ardasho is the oldest, then Daytha, then Ormonn. Ardasho is probably a year and a half to two years younger than your Ayden.” K: “That’s… wonderful!” D: “Well, Morela and I are quite proud of them. Ardasho and Ormonn are both training hard; they want to travel to Aldavor and be officers in the King’s Guard.” K: “Ah, just like their father, yeah?” D: “Better than me, actually! They’ve been studying some new methods from Kin’tas too. Scary stuff.” K: “That’s great. I’m sure they will do quite well.” *chairs move* “Well I had better get back. It was good to see you again.” D: “Thank you, and you too. Please take care of yourself, and take care of Ayden.” K: “Of course, and you take care as well,” “Safe travels to you!” ...

Finally, some text I can show people. Kingdom of Endwin, a brief history 486 words. Also, lost some time this morning drawing maps and 93 words of non-prose geography notes.

I have generated about 1000 words of outline and other material (568 family tree+683 cause and effect). None of it goes in the finished product but I feel like it’s a good start. I also have a page and a half of scrawl that traces my hero (45) to his great-great-great grandfather. It is a huge file and loading time is slow due to my DSL. It won’t make sense without the notes (which I’m not going to show you, neener neener). Gen 1-4 (500K jpg) 25 sec Gen 4-6 (1.7M jpg) 85 sec ...

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