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It’s all in the Timing

It’s time for part eight of the Deep POV implementation experiment. For the past three blogs I’ve been exploring a different ‘error category’ every time, and this week it’s time for the last category.[image error] Please step up: Timing issues! The basic premise here is that as human beings we see things in a linear order events – we are slaves to time no less! So if we’re writing prose which is right in the head of the lead character, we also need to write in this linear fashion. Easy right? Well, it’s p...

Book Review: Retribution

Book 3 of the Dragonlands Series By Megg Jensen

Tressa has been broken, but she can still be fixed.  With the help of the Black, she can still be fixed.  But going for help means leaving her friends, and that might not be a good idea.  Then again, leaving also means finding other friends and old acquaintances.  The truth will start to unravel.

For Bastian, he is left holding the friends together as they go searching for the missing eggs.  But on the Isle of Repose, strange things are afoot,...

Retribution

Book Review: Retribution

Tressa has been broken, but she can still be fixed. With the help of the Black, she can still be fixed. But going for help means leaving her friends, and that might not be a good idea. Then again, leaving also means finding other friends and old acquaintances. The truth will start to unravel. For Bastian, he is left holding the friends together as they go searching for the missing eggs. But on the Isle of Repose, strange things are afoot, and dark forces stir. Friends...

Book Review: Hunted

Book 2 of the Dragonlands Series By Megg Jensen

Hutton’s Bridge has been freed of the fog, but all is not well. The secrets of the village have now been revealed, and those who would look to gain are gathering.

Tressa, who escaped the fog, rushes to secure the interests of her village. But the residents are gone. To find out where they’ve gone, she seeks the yellow dragon – the Queen of the Sands. On the journey, she is thrown into emotional turmoil. The curiosities run deeper than she can i...

Hunted

Book Review: Hunted

Hutton's Bridge has been freed of the fog, but all is not well. The secrets of the village have now been revealed, and those who would look to gain are gathering. Tressa, who escaped the fog, rushes to secure the interests of her village. But the residents are gone. To find out where they've gone, she seeks the yellow dragon – the Queen of the Sands. On the journey, she is thrown into emotional turmoil. The curiosities run deeper than she can imagine. And Bastian, Tressa's...

Beagle’s Blot 16 | Rotting

Time is something I’ve had for a while now, but in here, it is something else entirely.  A whole huge amount of time.  On the roads, or even hopping, the mind is distracted with the act of progression.  In here, there is no progression.  Only time.

Why have I been hauled into the cells?  It really is confounding.  My best guess is that it is to do with the lot of gold I owe a Mahani prince, but does that really deserve such treatment?  I am such a fool.

A plea to creative readers: as I look...

The Thief who Spat in Luck’s Good Eye

Book Review: the Thief who Spat in Luck’s Good Eye

Amra has enjoyed the quiet life for too long, but that’s about to change. Her long-time companion and master-mage, Holgren, fancies a trip to a long-lost city. Who is she to refuse? He’s done so much for her, so she should really return the favour. And besides. What could possibly go wrong? But Amra’s life is never that simple, and a straightforward feint and grab turns quickly sour. There are forces at work that she could not begin to compre...

Book Review: The Thief who Spat in Luck’s Good Eye

Book Two of the Amra Thetys Series By Michael McClung

Amra has enjoyed the quiet life for too long, but that’s about to change. Her long-time companion and master-mage, Holgren, fancies a trip to a long-lost city. Who is she to refuse? He’s done so much for her, so she should really return the favour. And besides. What could possibly go wrong?

But Amra’s life is never that simple, and a straightforward feint and grab turns quickly sour. There are forces at work that she could not begin to co...

Up Close & Personal

It’s time for the latest part of my “implementing Deep POV” blog series. This is the seventh blog in the series, and this on[image error]e is all about being up close and personal. Too cryptic I hear you say? Okay, this is all about depth issues. Don’t worry, I’ll explain a bit further down. And no, it’s not about being out of one’s depth. I’m definitely out of my depth, but I’m ploughing on regardless.

Now, in case it wasn’t obvious, this is part of a series of blogs where I’m applying the principles out...

Champion

Book Review: Champion

Sanctuary’s reputation has grown over time, led by the human General, Cyrus Davidon. But it is Vara, another officer with a curious prophecy attached to her, who stirs the most interest. She is targeted by a group of assassins, and is forced to flee home. Back in the Elven kingdom, Cyrus fights to keep Vara safe. And in the hostile familial atmosphere, they may actually come to accept each other for who they are. But the world is a place of war, and that war comes to the...