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A Cautionary Tale: The Conclusion of My Publication Contract – thealchemyofwords
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June 17, 2016. A Cautionary Tale: The Conclusion of My Publication Contract. Nine months ago, I wrote a post. About my unconventional journey to a publishing contract. Almost exactly a year from the time the publisher first contacted me, I received an email terminating that contract. I would say that I was blindsided except for a gut feeling I’d developed a few weeks prior to the email. The Girl With The Sword, An Excerpt From The Forging Legends. June 18, 2016 at 2:38 pm. Liked by 1 person. I’m ju...
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September 2016 – thealchemyofwords
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September 2, 2016. Alcohol and knives–an excerpt. An excerpt from Quenching the Blade, book two of The Forging Legends. You’re pretty good with those. Milo’s voice noted behind me. I’m very good with these. You were very good in the match tonight, too. He dropped down into the sand next to me. I lost, if you weren’t paying attention. I threw another knife, the soft ‘thwap’ of it embedding in the wood less satisfying than usual. He looked ridiculously awestruck by that idea. Draining the last of the rhum,...
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Writing Between the Lines – thealchemyofwords
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November 23, 2015. Writing Between the Lines. One of my responsibilities as someone who writes fantasy (and hopes others will enjoy reading it) is creating a narrative that invites the reader to suspend their disbelief. I want to pull them into the story, willing to accept healers and mages in a world where gods courting celestial bodies affect their abilities. Now, if Kat were using something modeled after medieval European swords, I would need to navigate through that. I could just charge in with t...
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The Girl With The Sword, An Excerpt From The Forging Legends – thealchemyofwords
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July 7, 2016. The Girl With The Sword, An Excerpt From The Forging Legends. Every week, I share an excerpt from my WIP series, The Forging Legends, on my Facebook page. I’ve decided to start doing the same on here. This week it’s from the second book in the series, Quenching the Blade. They look official. Max noted. Give us the sword. Despite being the slightest man before us, he spoke in a tone secure in being obeyed. Which sword do you want? I kept my hands carefully at my sides and smirked. Insolent&#...
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Bounty Hunter–an excerpt – thealchemyofwords
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August 18, 2016. August 18, 2016. Bounty Hunter–an excerpt. This is from Quenching the Blade, book two of The Forging Legends. I’d offer to buy you a drink, but I see you’ve taken care of that yourself. He loomed over my chair, studying me to see how the half bottle of drink affected my senses. He would be disappointed. I’ve yet to see you in person up until now. Heard you were small, butI pictured you a little taller. Pushing through the throng of patrons, I fought my way out to the crisp night air I ha...
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Unconventional: My Journey To A Publishing Contract – thealchemyofwords
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August 31, 2015. June 13, 2016. Unconventional: My Journey To A Publishing Contract. When I first decided to get serious about this story rolling around in my head for the last ten years, I didn’t really know what getting serious would entail. I fleshed out the idea in my mind, did some research to get me started, and I wrote. Until a fateful day when I decided to share the beginning of my book with several hundred strangers for the first time, hoping for some feedback. Two days later one of the comm...
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Branded–an excerpt – thealchemyofwords
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August 8, 2016. This week’s excerpt is from Of Fire and Steel, book one of The Forging Legends. Water woke me, not the feeling of drowning this time, but the way my back screamed as rivulets trickled over it. That scream moved to my mouth, ripping raggedly from a throat swollen and raw. Look, look, Ancarlia. You see, yes? Shenab’s smiling face bobbed before me again. I didn’t answer but he watched the focus of my one good eye with his, and seemed satisfied I was looking. He held something up to me. On Wr...
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Alcohol and knives–an excerpt – thealchemyofwords
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September 2, 2016. Alcohol and knives–an excerpt. An excerpt from Quenching the Blade, book two of The Forging Legends. You’re pretty good with those. Milo’s voice noted behind me. I’m very good with these. You were very good in the match tonight, too. He dropped down into the sand next to me. I lost, if you weren’t paying attention. I threw another knife, the soft ‘thwap’ of it embedding in the wood less satisfying than usual. He looked ridiculously awestruck by that idea. Draining the last of the rhum,...