I am so glad. Writing Kivli was a fucking wild experience. And yeah I would not touch that one. I wanted it to feel like the gritty early Medieval version of Bojack Horseman taking all the drugs to try to write his memoir in season 1…
Love this second chapter! Digging in deep to the lore and traditions is something I really enjoy about fantasy. How did you manage to come up with such a consistent naming convention for the characters, not to mention the language age?
Although - The Gift Within the Wound is a genius name for a drug. Hits harder because it’s not in the local language.
The snippets of ‘old tongue’ come from a mashup of Finnish and Armenian, with some random extra letters thrown in or eliminated where it feels right. And the patronymic convention for the names is the product of too much Russian lit when I was a kid haha.
Excellent! This is why the naming conventions and language snippets feel real, because you’ve based them in reality. They remind me a little of Hebrew as well, in some respects.
Yeah for sure—the setting is definitely a Middle East-based world. I didn’t want to use anything too close to “Ben” or “Ibn” so that it felt subtly similar but not obvious…
Great new episode, Tom! Loved Kivli’s vision at the end. So taut and action-packed but the dream state felt real. Real masterful stuff.
Thank you so so much. Nothing like adding hard hallucinogenic drugs to an already volatile brain situation, am I right?
😆 seriously!
"The Goddess is right side up." I'm liking this!
Thank you! Gotta have your shield facing the right way…
It's a great story, Tom. Looking forward to the next chapter!
It’s up! May have gotten slightly lost in the shuffle this week haha
There is a lot going on and I’m a bit in the doldrums. I will catch up.
Long week. You’re deeply appreciated and it’s not going anywhere.
This is amazing...
um YOU’RE amazing
Heh, that is very sweet of you, but I'm just an old farm woman.
Those two things have nothing to do with each other haha. Thank you so much for reading!
You're very welcome! I'll be on tenterhooks until next week!
The Gift Within the Wound sounds like a powerful drug, goddamn!
I am loving this so far.
I am so glad. Writing Kivli was a fucking wild experience. And yeah I would not touch that one. I wanted it to feel like the gritty early Medieval version of Bojack Horseman taking all the drugs to try to write his memoir in season 1…
Killing it
So glad you dig it. See you tomorrow for Chapter 3…
Love this second chapter! Digging in deep to the lore and traditions is something I really enjoy about fantasy. How did you manage to come up with such a consistent naming convention for the characters, not to mention the language age?
Although - The Gift Within the Wound is a genius name for a drug. Hits harder because it’s not in the local language.
I’m SO GLAD you like it.
The snippets of ‘old tongue’ come from a mashup of Finnish and Armenian, with some random extra letters thrown in or eliminated where it feels right. And the patronymic convention for the names is the product of too much Russian lit when I was a kid haha.
Excellent! This is why the naming conventions and language snippets feel real, because you’ve based them in reality. They remind me a little of Hebrew as well, in some respects.
Yeah for sure—the setting is definitely a Middle East-based world. I didn’t want to use anything too close to “Ben” or “Ibn” so that it felt subtly similar but not obvious…
Yeah, that would have been on the nose. I remember reading a novel years ago with ‘ben’ and ‘ bat’ and it irked me so much, I couldn’t finish it.
Ooh this is so interesting! Ok, am hooked!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! Thanks for reading 💜