Mister Monkey Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I collected Vintage Star Wars toys for years .... not bought any for a while though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Ah, toy collecting...that was one I never got into, although I did understand the appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Morning all. How's life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hey Steam, doing good, how are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Mid week and hopefully indoor archery tonight. Now I just need a quiet day at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Here is hoping for a quiet day for you then Steam.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanks. So what have folks been up to? I got a bit more painting done last night. I'm painting all three Colette models at once so the colours hopefully match better. Downside is it gives the impression of not getting very much done. Played a bit more Deus Ex and read some more. No exercise, very lazy last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hopefully it will be! I'm thinking I won't be getting out of this chapter today, unless I get hit by a writing frenzy...got another scene almost done, but I'll need at least two short ones before I'm done. :-P Trying to pace things out correctly is going to kill me... ---------- Post added at 04:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:29 AM ---------- What's the book, Steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 A mix of the Black Prism and Valkia the Bloody. Different books for different rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 What are you thinking of Prism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Pretty good so far. I'm about 2/3rds of the way through and unless it goes really terrible at the end then it's definitely a series that I want to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well, Blinding Knife is next month, so that's something to look forward to. I must say, I really liked the magic system in this one. Never could figure out exactly what was going on with that in Night Angel, especially when you got into the damned vir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'll hold off on that series for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 You never read Night Angel? Huh. I will say, it was a great story, and he did a very good job with it. I just never really got a solid handle on some aspects of the magic. On the plus side, it taught me to make sure my hints at the process in my own setting are clear, so that I don't have to exposition it. I think I'm managing it better this time around, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I don't mind magic not having a system and being able to do anything so long as it does that from the start. But I'm not to keen on the ones that are described as following rules and order which then pull something out of their ass later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Eh, I think he stayed within the rules he set. It was just one subset where I was confused by their particular issues compared to the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great new chapter. I loved the original version but your rewrite is even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanks. *grin* I think my dialogue is finally starting to separate out from my prose! That, and I'm just enjoying writing Arias this time around. Rather than hiding him being a trickster, I'm playing on it, which is just making him fun. I always wondered what it would be like if Honor wasn't as professional...now I'm working on creating it! Now I just need to figure out if I include Wintertide with a 'moment of glory' or reference it later and give him another one at some point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Did you ever read any of the Ketty Jay books? They had a fun Firefly-esque captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 No...is Ketty Jay the author? And I hadn't even thought of Mal, but there is a resemblance there, now that you mention it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Chris Wooding is the author. I think the first book was called Retribution Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hmm...I'll have to look for that. Hey, I meant to ask you, how'd you think the scene with Soli using magic turned out? It's the first 'in character' use, and I was trying to imply some of the rules of it, was curious if it got pulled off. That, and if the fight itself seemed realistic. (choreographing a fight on the back of a giant bird in the middle of a rainstorm... brilliant! what the hell was I thinking....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 It didn't trigger any alarms so it will be interesting to see where it goes. Are there different side effects depending on the type of magic used. Does she tire quickly because she isn't that good at magic or doesn't use it enough to become efficient. It's good in that I want to find out more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well, I'm certainly going to take that as a win, lol. I have answers to a couple of those, but hadn't considered others, so I'm going to have to come up with those answers and work on them. Thanks for putting them up. The problem with being an absorber instead of a critiquer (yes, it's not a word. details) is that I see what people do, and can even articulate it, but I rarely think about the 'why' of what happened. Makes for a great student, but can be problematic with transferring ideas around clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'm the opposite. Terrible at explaining what I mean or how I feel about something but I like understanding how things work and why they happen a certain way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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