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So... Apparently William Tenys has Competition
I was reading over some reviews of The Magicians. I read it last January and I really did not like it. It was blah.
But the reviews got me thinking...
I understand at least to some extent what the author (and ones like him) were hawking: magic doesn't make life wonderful, getting what you want isn't always going to work out, etc. But his execution was blah.
So I'm re-executing it. Sort of. And now, William may have competition this year. Good thing I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo and regular NaNoWriMo! Now to figure out which order to do them in...
Wanna read the 'back cover'? Here ya go!
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“Magic was supposed to solve all my problems, but instead, it just seemed to cause all new problems…”
There are three things which all of the people of Leelat Kingdom know:
1. Only a very chosen few are capable of learning and wielding magic
2. The chosen few vanish for years and when they return, they are powerful
3. Magic can solve any problem and lead to happily ever afters
And Ariana wants to be one of those chosen few. Unfortunately, the ages where arcane traditionally manifest: 7, 13, 16 and 18 have already passed with no glitters and 21 is fast approaching. She’s just about given up on ever becoming one of those powerful beings who can wield the power of the cosmos and has started to resign herself to simply getting married and having a family.
Then the letter comes on the eve of her 21st birthday and Ariana learns that not only is she one of the chosen few, she may be The Chosen One.
Unfortunately, no one has thought to warn her that being Chosen usually means being Targeted and that magic rarely fixes anything when it can make a situation worse…
'Happily Ever After and Other Nonsense I Was Taught'
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Rather than depressing and bleak though, I think I'll go for the more humorous, characters change, wisdom is occasionally dropped and oh yeah: something really bad happens. Because hey, Chosen One = Big bulls-eye target, lol.
What do my readers think? Which one should I do first: Magic, schools and The Chosen One getting into horrible trouble or werewolves at war with each other, murders and reverse lycanthropy?
Oh well, when you put it that way....
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What's on the Shelf:
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey
Editing: Up to Chapter 8! Things are moving along more smoothly now. Course I get a little stymied when characters and plots randomly wander into my mind...
But the reviews got me thinking...
I understand at least to some extent what the author (and ones like him) were hawking: magic doesn't make life wonderful, getting what you want isn't always going to work out, etc. But his execution was blah.
So I'm re-executing it. Sort of. And now, William may have competition this year. Good thing I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo and regular NaNoWriMo! Now to figure out which order to do them in...
Wanna read the 'back cover'? Here ya go!
***
“Magic was supposed to solve all my problems, but instead, it just seemed to cause all new problems…”
There are three things which all of the people of Leelat Kingdom know:
1. Only a very chosen few are capable of learning and wielding magic
2. The chosen few vanish for years and when they return, they are powerful
3. Magic can solve any problem and lead to happily ever afters
And Ariana wants to be one of those chosen few. Unfortunately, the ages where arcane traditionally manifest: 7, 13, 16 and 18 have already passed with no glitters and 21 is fast approaching. She’s just about given up on ever becoming one of those powerful beings who can wield the power of the cosmos and has started to resign herself to simply getting married and having a family.
Then the letter comes on the eve of her 21st birthday and Ariana learns that not only is she one of the chosen few, she may be The Chosen One.
Unfortunately, no one has thought to warn her that being Chosen usually means being Targeted and that magic rarely fixes anything when it can make a situation worse…
'Happily Ever After and Other Nonsense I Was Taught'
***
Rather than depressing and bleak though, I think I'll go for the more humorous, characters change, wisdom is occasionally dropped and oh yeah: something really bad happens. Because hey, Chosen One = Big bulls-eye target, lol.
What do my readers think? Which one should I do first: Magic, schools and The Chosen One getting into horrible trouble or werewolves at war with each other, murders and reverse lycanthropy?
Oh well, when you put it that way....
***
What's on the Shelf:
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey
Editing: Up to Chapter 8! Things are moving along more smoothly now. Course I get a little stymied when characters and plots randomly wander into my mind...
