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So good! Enjoy your break and now that if you ever write a book I'll be right there at preorder!

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Haha good to know! Publishing sounds like a real bear so I’ll probably just keep doing this. 😉

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Jun 21, 2022Liked by SGH

I’m loving how it’s the hdour-hunting itself that led to Cirl turning from spirit-talker into hdour (and also blowing up all the hunters). Backfire and a self-fulfilling prophecy, all in one neat package.

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Yes! My intention was to create a bit of a perfect storm (lol) -- his teacher’s longing for lost glory, his own personal fear of death, and the persecution by the Heoling zealots, which created the conditions for his fall.

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Jun 26, 2022Liked by SGH

I've just binge-read the whole series to date and I loved it. You're doing a great job selling Stonetop, and a great job telling a compelling story.

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It makes my week when I hear someone’s binged the story so far. 🥰 Glad you’re liking it!

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I'm still fucking thinking about how good the blood scene retroactive cannon was 👨🏿‍🍳 🤌🏿

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"Cirl stares down into the still pool of blood, and an unfamiliar figure is reflected back at him: Aristocratic Lygosi features and dark skin, with a glowing third eye of white light on his forehead, his face framed by a high-collared robe of sky-blue wool."

God damn it this is excellent cinema

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> The Fate-Tree, as imagined by a so-so AI artist.

Ok but before I saw that comment I was like "holy shit this is an excellent rendition of a psychedelic magical tree."

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It is a good evocation of the concept, definitely. But it doesn’t communicate anything from the text -- the infinite branches above, the weird, dark, shadowy roots below, or Vahid’s smallness compared to it. So it doesn’t really accomplish a lot of the creative goals it has except for being the roughly right shape and colors.

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