Comments on: The Final Calling: Progress Report Four

By: Hullvald

Hullvald — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:38:09 +0000

It’s been awhile since this chapter was written but when Vond first appears and makes his “offer.” I love how you wrote Sensella’s warning to Hanner. It was reminiscent of someone telling a friend not to get involved in Amway. THAT exchange is one of the gems that really makes a book click, not the magic, not the detailed descriptions. Well-written pieces like that are what (I know you know this- I am just trying to compliment a much-admired writer) make me read things over and over.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:50:51 +0000

Yeah, I love seeing the active comments. I need to be careful replying to them, though, because I don’t want to give away surprises, or spend time answering them when I should be writing.

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:24:43 +0000

Glad I dropped in early, even if nothing is posted yet

The comment threads are very active and well worth browsing for updates.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:07:29 +0000

I take it back, I just got to meeting Azraya in Taking Flight, I’d forgotten how detailed the reference to WaSS was, so I got that- I just assumed she was going to be a repeating background character rather than there being plans for her to have her own story.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:44:40 +0000

~Laughing.

I’m awesome at this game. I had read With a Single Spell twice and Taking Flight at least once and still hadn’t figured out that Azray of Ethshar was the same person, let alone a character that there were plans for, until I found your web page. I guess that’s the result of being a part of a generation that knows to look for the gun on the mantel in the first act but doesn’t bother to figure out the genre of the play til its over.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:53:10 +0000

Wow.

No, that really was just a throwaway. I have no plans to do anything more with it.

Though now that you’ve reminded me, who knows?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:42:21 +0000

So, I’m going back through some of the other books, looking for bits and pieces, and I ran across a throwaway comment in Taking Flight about the tavern the Crystal Skull getting trashed on the Night of Madness.

I’ve wondered since I first read the book (and then didn’t see any related reference in the Night of Madness) if it was incidental, just one more place where someone had a nightmare that turned real, or if there was something about that particular piece of quartz.

It’s the sort of thing that might or might not come up so I thought I’d see if it was something that would be “revealed in a few chapters,” or, if not, if I’m just seeing connections where there aren’t any.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:43:28 +0000

Not necessarily. All will be revealed in a few chapters.

By: Daryl Gessner

Daryl Gessner — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:58:08 +0000

So is Vond getting an honorary guard that he later plans on turning into a warlock army?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:39:40 +0000

I’m not aware of an Ethshar wiki as such, but there’s a surprising amount on Wikipedia, and it’s mostly accurate.