L.G. Estrella's Blog, page 7

Is height inversely proportional to magical power?

Katie once tried to argue that it was, claiming that her enormous magical power for someone her age was the cause of her stunted growth. She also cited the fact that Timmy, who she considered to be obnoxiously tall, was not known for his raw power, at least in comparison to other Grand Necromancers.

Gerald’s arrival was semi-confirmation of her idea. In particular, Gerald is a fair bit taller than Timmy and most of the other human characters. Although he does have a pretty decent amount of magic...

To Tide You Over

To tide you over until I have more news about Book 5 (progress continues).

An experiment I ran earlier this year.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/81046/the-ballad-of-a-semi-benevolent-dragon

Buttons…

Who decided it was a good idea to replace buttons with touch screens on everything?

Seriously.

It bothers me tremendously when you have to do something like double tap a screen to activate it and there seems to be no specific rhythm, length of touch, strength of touch, or other characteristic that defines if it works or not. More often than not, I end up double tapping… and then double tapping again. And then there are the times when I’m there tapping it over and over while it just stares at m...

Audible Sale Alert

I have been informed that two of my audiobooks on Audible are currently on sale.

Two Necromancers, a Dragon, and a Vampire will be on sale until the 30th of April.

Cosmic Delivery Boy will be on sale until the 26th of April (I only found out this morning…).

Field Exercise (Flash Fiction Fridays #64)

Timmy liked to be honest with himself. After all, lying to yourself usually ended in blood, tears, and all sorts of unpleasantness. That was why he was only too happy to admit that he was very much enjoying himself right now.

Students at the Academy were the best of the best, and that meant testing them wasn’t always easy. Setting aside oddities like Katie who was a recognised war hero despite being a teenager, it wasn’t that unusual for Academy students to have experience in dealing with bandit...

Getting Your Ass Kicked

Getting your ass kicked is important.

I mean this both figuratively and literally. I have been kicked in the head, punched in the face, and come off second best in spars that probably went a bit further than just spars. I have also found myself on the losing side in intellectual endeavours where I gave my absolute all, did nothing wrong, and still came off second best.

And I think I’m better off for having gone through those experiences.

As a people watcher, former tutor, former childcare...

The President (Flash Fiction Fridays #63)

Katie had always been a curious person. There was, of course, that famous saying about curiosity killing the cat, but she wasn’t a cat… and she had a small army of ninja rats who would gladly drag curiosity outside and stab it to death if it so much as looked at her funny. That said, her curiosity had once again gotten her into trouble, not unlike the time she’d expressed an interest in how her master became so good at picking locks manually.

Cue multiple sessions of being locked in a cage over ...

Pour One Out For My Old Phone

After years of faithful service, I have finally retired my Samsung Galaxy S7. The old boy really gave it his all. Whether it was playing Pokemon Go, watching videos, playing music, sending emails, or surfing the web, he did everything.

Alas, recent changes in Australia’s mobile networks have left him adrift, an old relic in a time of newer, shinier things. Let none say that he failed first. Nay! It was the 3G network and 4G protocols that failed him first!

Hold your head up high, my friend. Sta...

Fundraising

Note: Check the date.

“The war is not going as well as we’d hoped,” Timmy drawled. “In particular, we appear to be running out of money.”

“Can’t we just go rob a bunch of bandits or something?” Avraniel asked. Spot made a sound of agreement and continued to munch on a slab of well-cooked beef. “It’s not like they’ll need the money in prison or in the afterlife.”

“Unfortunately, you and Spot have already robbed all of the bandits in the country, along with almost all of the bandits in neighbouri...

Still Alive

I am indeed still alive.