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Beware of spilling ink!
Skate is a thief, trained and owned by the local crime syndicate, the Ink. When she tries to burgle a shut-in’s home, she gets caught by the owner—a powerful undead wizard. He makes a deal with her: “borrow” books from other wizards in return for a place to stay.

Caught between her growing fondness for the wizard and her past with the crime syndicate, Skate doesn’t know where her loyalties lie. But she’d better figure it out, because there’s a new player in town, one whose magical hypnotism puts them all at risk.
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On the run!
Her mentor is dead, but he doesn’t have to stay that way. He’s left Skate a clue to bringing him back, and she and her friends are determined to follow it.

No sooner do they set out for unknown lands, however, than things get dangerous. Hot on their tail is the wizard Ossertine, furious over Skate’s part in her friend’s death and thirsty for revenge. Worse still are the attacks that come at night: dark, mysterious, and palpably evil.
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In this race against time, magic, and implacable foes, Skate must rely on her wits and her friends to save not just her mentor’s life, but also her own.
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Seeds and blueprints

11/2/2019

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The #PitMad event is coming up next month. I think I’m going to wait for that to start shopping the manuscript around. If no one bites there, I’ll start sending it off to publishers and agents. Here’s hoping!

I’ve finally finished my re-read of Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. There are entire YouTube channels dedicated to exploring the lore of the setting and speculating on the plot/character developments likely to come in the future novels, especially The Winds of Winter. A Dance with Dragons was published almost a decade ago, and in the 8 years since its release, fans have pored over the pages of the series to hunt for clues and established communities for the discussion of the characters and likely destination of the series as a whole. The sheer amount of content generated by fans in this time is mind-boggling: pages upon pages of text typed out in forums, hours and hours of commentary videos, stunning pieces of fanart – it’s stunning to consider.
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Martin talks about two broad categories of writers: architects and gardeners.  It’s a wonderful analogy, and Martin describes himself as more of a gardener than an architect. I identify with that as well; I can start with a broad overview of what I want the story to look like, but I don’t get any specifics at all before I get to writing. Many times a character will pop into my head, and as I introduce them into the story, I find that I’ve forgotten to name them. Not very architectural of me.

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-J. E. Ayers
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