Monthly Archives: May 2014

Heist Draft 1 – tl;dr

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Adaer

If you can’t be bothered reading draft 1 of Heist, NEVER FEAR! Here is a SPOILER-FILLED and completely accurate summary for those with too much to do and not enough time. Seriously, SPOILERS though. *Vague and unspecified location* Delphyne: Hello, … Continue reading →

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Heist – Draft 1 Complete

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Adaer

NB. Hell’s bells, that took bloody forever. So Draft 1 is finally done – this is the core story, so to speak. The main plot and story elements should all be here. Draft 2/Revision 1 will come along eventually, and I … Continue reading →

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Delphyne: Help, help, I’ve fallen over and I can’t get up!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Adaer

In case anyone was wondering, I won’t be posting Heist again until the first draft is completed. Some of my friends have expressed displeasure at the cliffhangers I’ve been (deliberately) ending the incompleted draft on, and suggested I just post … Continue reading →

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‘It means what you want it to mean. The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.’

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Adaer

The post title is a fantastic and very applicable quote from Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, the first book in Brandon’s ten book epic fantasy series, The Stormlight Archive. So far only two books have been released: the aforementioned The … Continue reading →

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SMITE Makes Right

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Adaer

SMITE stands for Super Magical Internet Time Experience. SMITE isn’t really an acronym for anything, it’s just…in all caps, I guess? SMITE is yet another MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) or in other words, another DotA-style game. If you’re a gamer you’ve … Continue reading →

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Heist – Incomplete, Footnote test

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Adaer

Testing my Terry Prachett-style footnotes on WordPress, don’t mind me. The hooded man’s unease was obvious, though Delphyne couldn’t tell if it was due to the dimly lit inn’s surly clientele, or because she was seated next to him. She … Continue reading →

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GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS – BEST GUNDAM SHOW IN THE PAST 10 YEARS

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Adaer

Of course, opinions are going to differ. SEED was enjoyable, such as it was; Destiny was…divisive; 00’s first season was fantastic and then its second season took a flying leap over the shark and flew off into the sun; Age … Continue reading →

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Heist – Incomplete 6, Draft 1

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Adaer

The hooded man’s unease was obvious, though Delphyne couldn’t tell if it was due to the dimly lit inn’s surly clientele, or because she was seated next to him. She wondered idly if it was her height, average for a … Continue reading →

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Heist – Incomplete 5, Draft 1

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Adaer

The hooded man’s unease was obvious, though Delphyne couldn’t tell if it was due to the dimly lit inn’s surly clientele, or because she was seated next to him. She wondered idly if it was her height, average for a … Continue reading →

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The Secret

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Adaer

I originally wrote this for a short story competition for my university’s magazine, but unfortunately I didn’t win. This one is pretty interesting to me since I wrote the entire thing in one sitting. Normally I write a bunch and … Continue reading →

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