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Grandmaster FJ Brodie F. J. Brodie on Fri, May 9th 2025 01:42

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My task to convert chapters of The Cleansing to Manuscript format is continuing. Tonight I've published Chapters 5 and 6.

In one chapter a delivery brings a sign of hope. In the next chapter, a totally different delivery threatens despair.

Start at Chapter 5 →

It's not Prose vs Manuscript

Manuscript and Article is not an either/or. I am leaving the Prose Series as it is, but using manuscripts to let you read whichever way is the most comfortable for you.

Drawings

I am still doing sketches for this story, but writing has to come first.

Thanks for your support, even if that's just silently reading what I write.

Take care,

FJB

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Exalted Councilor of the Inner Sanctum Kummer Wolfe C. B. Ash on Fri, Feb 2nd 2024 10:57

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The Dark Device of the Great Chasm, Chapter 32 is Live!

Amates 31, 1277. Past the panels and below. We didn’t find trouble; it came looking for us.

The room spun three more times to the sound of rattling gears before a way out opened up. It wasn’t the spiral staircase. That stayed a spring-loaded, hungry meat grinder. Instead, the way out was a dark, dusty door hidden behind one of the medical cabinets. There was another spiral staircase behind it, only without the spring blades ready to snap out at us from all directions.

All told, it was a good sign they were on the right path. Ruins were often thick with locks and inventive ways to get killed. Those were always far less complicated than a room-sized combination lock. Still, it made my head throb.

But the floor below was well worth the headache.

I left the stairwell, took two steps into the new room, then froze. This room was round, similar to the one above, but lacked the engraved wall panels. Instead, there were wide, broken bay windows, some the size of a small carriage, that had a breathtaking view outside. Not that there was much to see. It was just giant, glowing blue mushrooms on the cavern ceiling and the massive underground lake with its dark water splashing in the distance, far below.

Everything else in the room? It looked like a carpenter’s shop thew up. The chaos was so much. I had a hard time taking it all in. So I focused on the view, and a set of tall, aged cabinets made of a dark wood that stood between the broken windows.

It wasn’t hard to imagine what the room looked like centuries ago. The place was fascinating. I flexed my hands, as I had an itch to sketch the room. Common sense tackled that urge and shoved it into a closet. We didn’t have time for that.

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Grandmaster FJ Brodie F. J. Brodie on Fri, Dec 22nd 2023 09:34

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Chapter 8 Out, and World-MaybeEmber!

Now that I've finished most of the leftover stuff on my regular blog for this year, I can focus on some fantasy fiction writing and world building.

Skirmishes and Schisms, Chapter 8

After releasing Ch8 for Followers (Màraparii) I totally forgot to make it public for the rest of the world. So that's been fixed! Emotions are running high following Carnael's outburst at the Stones of Myrn, but the announcement of Rusziné's exile is not the end of the plot against him.

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World-MaybeEmber!

I've finally done a long-overdue write-up of King Carnael II. After planning it, there's a lot to say, but I want to add more visuals before creating more text, otherwise it'll be an encyclopaedia entry. I don't know if I'll make it to 10k words for #WorldEmber2023 - my two articles were ones I did because they needed doing, not because of specific prompts. Time and health have not been on my side this December. But I'll try. If I don't get to chat with anyone beforehand, have a good #Christmas and here's to more writing and world-building in the new year.

FJ Brodie

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Grandmaster FJ Brodie F. J. Brodie on Tue, Dec 12th 2023 05:26

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Chapter 8 of Skirmishes and Schisms out for Followers

While things appear to be calming down after repelling the Kyadii incursion, emotions are beginning to run high elsewhere in the Realm. As the Kyadii seek to return home before the relative warmth of the Qalathian Winter permanently damages their eyesight, Rusziné gives his one remaining squad member a lesson in reason before the former Captain is forcibly ejected from the Realm.
But something is stirring in Saf-Athan Palace, where Carnael prepares to break a law he himself set in motion.

If you follow Qal'ath, you should be able to read Chapter 8 before I publish it publicly (if I've done it right)!

The Way of Freedom in Skirmishes and Schisms

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Grandmaster FJ Brodie F. J. Brodie on Mon, Nov 13th 2023 02:41

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Skirmishes and Schisms Chapter 7 is Out

Hey all, I've now released Chapter 7 of "Skirmishes and Schisms" to the world.

In this chapter, the Kyadii leaders finally meet Klor'asq, who was the very reason for their incursion on Qalathian soil. But his perceptions of freedom lead them to question if the whole effort had been for nothing.

The latest chapter is linked below, but to start reading it Click/tap here. Chapter 7: Myths of Freedom in Skirmishes and Schisms Thanks, FJ Brodie #Fantasy #Fiction #Manuscript #WriterNotAuthor

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