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Status Update, and "Writing Origins - Leena" (Patreon)

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2022-07-14 05:55:25
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It's been a while since I've done a "writing origins" post, but I wrote some things about Leena on our Discord server yesterday, so I figured I'd post them here.

Leena was the last member of the main group to be designed, and I went through a few iterations before I settled on the details. The first possibility was, basically, Elsa from Frozen. I nixed that idea because she was, basically, Elsa from Frozen--too derivative. I did retain the idea for the snowborn branch of the stormborn people (who have their own stormrunners), although that concept didn't exist yet when I was designing Leena. The second possibility (very briefly) was a necromancer, but I didn't like the vibe or how it would fit in with the world. I recycled the idea for Lodarin, the necromancer in Book 1, but I heavily modified the concept so it's very different than typical necromancer tropes. Traveler was the third attempt and that was the one that stuck. I came up with Yassi at about the same time, and realized that those two concepts were very similar, so the Zidari mages were born.

Leena and Yassi also share a few traits. They aren't warriors, but they push on through adversity. Other people do bad things to them, and they have no way to fight back, but they keep on going regardless, forced to react to events around them while having little control of their destinies. For Leena, this has slowly been changing as she gains more control over her own life. For Yassi? We'll have to see.

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Status Update: The new chapters are getting close, though not quite as fast as I was hoping for. There's a lot of real-life stuff going on that's causing delays, but we'll get there soon. And as always, you'll only be charged when I release new chapters.

Depending on the dates, either the next release or the one after that is also likely to be slow, as I deal with moving to a different city and starting a new job. In the long run, this'll be a good change for my writing. In the short run, it's going to eat up a bit more time.

--Ivy

Comments

Jesse

First off Good Luck with the move and new job. I hope they work out for you. Second I have noticed a lot of comparisons between Corec and Rusol's Bondmates but the one I saw as Yassi's counterpart was Katrin. Both first bondmates and (eventually with Katrin) the Warden's wife. They also shared a failed attempt with their 8th Bondmate as each of the Candidates had already been bonded.

ivyveritas

Good comparison on counterparts. There are definitely some parallels between Rusol's story and Corec's story. Yeah, I don't really see Leena and Yassi as counterparts in the roles they play, but they do share some personality traits.

Aspiring Sage

Thank you for the update Ivy and best wishes for your move and your new job. On another note, I love your whole Zidari line of mages. They represent a very well thought out departure from 'regular' magic tropes and are very very well thought out and internally consistent. Great job.

ivyveritas

I like the Zidari mages, and I don't regret going that route, but their abilities are so powerful that they can be hard to write around. Sure, a Traveler can't call down a firestorm on their enemies, but taking an urgent message three thousand miles away in an instant really overshadows any kind of combat magic. As does being able to See what your enemy is doing, or Seek anything you want to find. It's fun--it just takes a lot of work to stay consistent. It's important to remember that the characters have to drive the events in the story. Sometimes I have to change my plans because they don't mesh with things we already know.

ivyveritas

The good news: I found an apartment and signed a lease, so the next release (after the one I'm working on now) won't have as much of a delay as I was worried about. The bad news: I lost about five days of writing time during that process, so the current release still isn't quite ready. But I'm getting there. Halfway done with the second draft, though there are still three scenes that aren't fully written yet.

Aspiring Sage

Thank you for the update. Ivy, can you give us like a 3 day warning? I like to re read the immediate previous chapters before nee releases... lol thanks.

ivyveritas

I would suggest waiting on the re-read this time, because this batch of scenes overlaps with the previous batch of scenes. I was too eager to get the first release of Book 5 out the door, and didn't plan out the timeline carefully enough. When I release chapters 3/4/5, there'll be a version with just the new content (for people who only want to read the new stuff), but then I'll also release a file with all of Book 5 up to this point, with the scenes resequenced to appear in chronological order. I don't know if the full "Prologue through Chapter 5" release will happen at the same time as the initial release, or if it'll come a couple of days later. It'll depend how much rewriting is needed to smooth out the transitions.