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A young mineworker with considerable magical powers, yearning for a better life, manages to gain an apprenticeship with a dark group of wizards, and soon learns that finding personal happiness entails as many deadly perils as choosing sides in the struggles between power-hungry factions.
OH... but I do like your change to the first part... only just noticed it. Will use that. And by the way, I already posted it on facebook and got one hilarious response: "So, he's the average American voter?" Hey, I could do worse than having my fantasy novel be allegory for American politics, rightRead more
OH… but I do like your change to the first part… only just noticed it. Will use that.
And by the way, I already posted it on facebook and got one hilarious response: “So, he’s the average American voter?” Hey, I could do worse than having my fantasy novel be allegory for American politics, right?
See lessA young mineworker with considerable magical powers, yearning for a better life, manages to gain an apprenticeship with a dark group of wizards, and soon learns that finding personal happiness entails as many deadly perils as choosing sides in the struggles between power-hungry factions.
Ha! Well, I think we're getting into "six dozen of one, half of the other territory" (sic -- my grandmother used to say that when things were going over the edge). I like what you suggest -- more active -- BUT, he hasn't found that life yet, and won't until the end of Book 1 -- of course, that setsRead more
Ha! Well, I think we’re getting into “six dozen of one, half of the other territory” (sic — my grandmother used to say that when things were going over the edge).
I like what you suggest — more active — BUT, he hasn’t found that life yet, and won’t until the end of Book 1 — of course, that sets off a whole new set of problems that we meet in book 2.
Thanks so much for your input, Jim! I appreciate it very much.
Jeff
See lessA young mineworker with considerable magical powers, yearning for a better life, manages to gain an apprenticeship with a dark group of wizards, and soon learns that finding personal happiness entails as many deadly perils as choosing sides in the struggles between power-hungry factions.
Oh yes! how about "duplicitous" -- that describes them to a T. And yes, I think the adjective before "life" can come out altogether. So: A mineworker, blessed with magical powers that earn him an apprenticeship with a group of duplicitous wizards, finds that he can only gain the life he seeks by choRead more
Oh yes! how about “duplicitous” — that describes them to a T. And yes, I think the adjective before “life” can come out altogether. So:
A mineworker, blessed with magical powers that earn him an apprenticeship with a group of duplicitous wizards, finds that he can only gain the life he seeks by choosing between warring, power-hungry factions.
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