Out of every year that I’ve been alive, 2022 was certainly one of them. We saw the end of covid in our collective capability to simply stop caring about it. The queen died, that’s pretty big. Not our queen, she’s still doing fine as far as I’m aware. I went back to teaching this year … Continue reading 2023 New Year’s Resolutions
Tag: Writing
Looking Back on NaNoWriMo 2022
It’s December. Can you believe that? This year was both incredibly slow yet flew by. Time perception is such a fascinating thing to me. Did you know that the older you get, the faster time feels due to the fact that the time you’re experiencing is becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of your total … Continue reading Looking Back on NaNoWriMo 2022
NaNoWriMo Update #2
Good evening! I figured it was time for another quick update. Both on writing for NaNoWriMo and on life in general. I’m tired and a bit overworked lately, so this’ll be a short one. I’m just here to let everyone know what’s up and what’s been happening. For starters, I’m doing well on writing my … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update #2
NaNoWriMo Update #1
Good morning, afternoon and evening everyone.I got to sleep in late today because I finished all of my uni stuff yesterday and now have the entire day off. Isn’t that great? I needed a small break so this works out pretty well.I’ll tell you what, teaching several days a week on top of a job … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update #1
Looking back on writing The Hesitant Hero
I say I’m looking back, but it’s obviously not done yet. Before I even consider approaching any publisher at all I need to edit and proofread a bunch of stuff. Having said that, I don’t think there are going to be any massive differences between this version and whatever a final version will look like. … Continue reading Looking back on writing The Hesitant Hero
Chapter Thirty-one: Epilogue
After the harvest festival things returned back to normal in the Liriath forest. Cobal and companions returned to Dionil’s place to continue training. Mana’s progress with magic slowed down significantly compared to the early stages but it didn’t seem to worry her. Dionil wondered if there was some sort of barrier due to her not … Continue reading Chapter Thirty-one: Epilogue
Chapter Thirty: The Harvest Festival III
“Good evening. My name is Mana. For those of you who I haven’t met yet, I’m the new hero summoned by the Blueyerd Kingdom. I came here with my companions, Cobal Blueyerd, Cassandra and Kimi’thania. I did not consent to being summoned to a foreign world, nor did I consent to being called a hero. … Continue reading Chapter Thirty: The Harvest Festival III
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Harvest Festival II
The banquet itself was a sight to behold. Large tables were put in the center of town with tree stumps serving as chairs. Everyone could sit wherever they wanted and move from table to table. There was a table with all sorts of prepared fish dishes as well as one with meat dishes. There were … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Harvest Festival II
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Harvest Festival I
After a stay of several months at the woodland sage’s house near Milinia, it was finally time for the harvest festival. After patrolling the area had finished, everyone had gone back to preparing for the festival itself. Throughout the last day of preparation, numerous people had come up to Cobal and Mana and helped explain … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Harvest Festival I
Chapter Twenty-Seven – Going Around in Circles
Cobal and Mana hurriedly found their way to the source of the cry but where they expected someone cowering in distress, they instead found several of the townsfolk with weapons, fighting back what looked like another one of these fiery creatures. It seemed like the elves weren’t keeping their village safe by sheer luck, they … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Seven – Going Around in Circles
Opal Kaharis 