The Filing Cabinet

Writing Magic Systems

My favourite magic system is one that relies on exchange and utilises both innate power and complimentary conduits. I love love LOVE systems that allow individuals to find ways that best work for them. When it comes down to the complexity of the system, my favourite system comes from Eragon. As a kid, I became…

Cycle 26’s Reading List

I present to you: my Cycle 26 Reading List! Yes, some of these were supposed to be read in the last cycle (ᵕ—ᴗ—) The List 1. She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan 2. Outback Court Reporter, Jamelle Wells 3. Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi 4. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden 5.…

Preptober Update: the Evolution of a WIP

At first, Dual Wielding was something of a love letter to the fantasy genre. It was almost a fan-fiction of a variety of books I’d read but with an original setting and characters (original really meaning my own but greatly inspired). As I got older, Dual Wielding stopped being a love letter and became more…

2 Weeks into Preptober

I’m two weeks into Preptober and so far I’ve worked on outlining the novel (getting the skeleton down) and pulling together all of my character information. I have extensive worldbuilding for Dual Wielding that I’ve been working on since 2010 but I’ve just discovered that a lot of it has been scattered around because of…

Writing a Serial?

I will be writing a serial. Over the course of the wheel turn, I will be working on a serial.  I’ve thought about starting a serial before but misunderstood what it was. That can account for a lot of my late starting projects … me simply misunderstanding that not everything has to be the first…

Progress Check Before Leave

I have leave planned for April and May. I don’t normally take leave for the sake of taking it but this will be the most leave I’ve taken since my surgery. Because of that, I plan to cram in a lot of exciting things to do ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾ Plans I’m making: I want to…

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