All the Kovenlore novels contain a journey that occupies a portion of the story, but always the biggest share of the book takes place in a particular location.
For instance, in Book-1 it’s Barnavava and in Book-2 it’s Meldenphire.
Book-5 flips that ratio on its head, the majority of the story taking place in the dense conifer forests of the Lost Hills.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04854-M105: Call of the Favour
1: "You are aware, of course, that where you are going is more than far beyond us?"/ 2: "Yes. There's no horse that will be able to make the journey."When I developed the Ministry of Magic in my series, an organization of evil in Carrdia, I wrote their leader as a heartless businessman since I’d met so many.
I combined that with the truly evil men who’ve led various countries over the just the last century.
As of late, I’m horrified to see that face of evil in current events. Tragic times, it seems, can trump even fiction.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04853-M104: No Need to Fret
Let me tell you of a bard I once heard sing. The voice had a strength and depth that no magic in the world could recreate. I felt the desire to steal them away and keep them for myself, but I knew the world needed them more. And so I became their patron.https://peakd.com/flashfiction/@internutter/challenge-04840-m091-fey-touched -- Anon GuestLegends tell of a Bard who can charm savage beasts with the sound of hir voice. One who can make music to forge peace using the weapons of soldiers and archers. And one who, for reasons known only to that Bard, sought out a Faerie ring.It’s strange how we talk about how we knew where we were when a major event occurred. Yes, I recall seeing the 1969 moon landing.
I also remember facts about my books, like where the initial spark came from and how it developed. Those are also memories that I treasure.
It’s my hope that you, too, have similar memories, even if you’re the only one, like me, who remembers.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04852-M103: Queen's Gambit
For 60 long years Queen Essarea has held her kingdom together through sheer force of will. But at long last her strength is flagging, old clans once subdued are preparing to open old feuds for power, and her heirs lack the careful combination of ruthlessness, charisma, and measured kindness which Essarea employed during her time on the throne. What will become of six decades of relative peace once her eyes close for the final time…? -- Deathshead419It's not unprecedented, but there's always some kind of conflict that springs up every time it happens. Noble heads of state can pass their crown and position to someone they deem more worthy of them both. Of course, the genetic heirs kick up a stink, but it's hard to argue with someone who has your parent's army.I’ve criss-crossed the US over the years, and those places inspired places that appear in the Kovenlore Chronicles. In Carrdia, there are the Baris Plains.
That’s the high plains of Wyoming. There are spectacular mountain ranges in the state, but between them are basins and prairie.
I know the harsh weather, wind especially, all too well, having lived there for years.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04851-M102: With Adequate Reason
Trudy enters her awkward teenage years with a new obsession. Haunted by dreams, she begs and cajoles her parents until they bring her to a lake in the middle of a swampy waste. Here she finds the source of her begging dreams, a human prince who had been turned into a swan. Just the sort who’s magic curse would reach a girl who used to be a goose…https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04708-l324-from-menace-to-midwife -- Deathshead419The Will o' the Wild was calling her again. Trudy could see the destination as clearly as if she were already there. A lake. A woody swamp. A place far from anywhere else. Far from where the hunters went. Of course it was difficult to get to.I’m editing my way through the novella, Trellis House, which I’ll publish with, but behind, Book-5. It creates a bridge to the next novel.
It’s also quite different from the novels, almost YA (one main character is 18, the other 20). It pairs Tryn and Kasaria, two girls you’d never expect to share a story.
This is Tryn’s unedited POV when they track two men to Trellis House.
Be everwell.
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The Ghost Monk
Christina Anne Hawthorne
InterNutter 
