Monthly Archives: September 2011

Amnar Serial: 3.24. You Don’t Think We’ll Make It?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by joelyblack

Illegal Infirmary, Lower City, Amin Duum  Ashmuta 24, 4765 “What were you talking to Nastasia about?” Maali peered into the office where Arandes leaned on the desk, his face a picture of innocence. She knew that look too well. Closing … Continue reading →

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Amnar Serial: 3.23. Going Somewhere?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by joelyblack

Infirmary, Trauma and Intake, Nas Isca Ashmuta 24, 4765 Pada wasn’t sure where she was going, except that it was away from the Academy, Beraka, and the Capillites. She wasn’t a girl who worried about politics herself, but she didn’t … Continue reading →

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Tackling the problems of language in a fantasy world

Posted on September 10, 2011 by joelyblack

I’m writing this as I wait for the taxi to show up and whisk me off to the airport, after a morning spent discussing the problems of language in Amnar. The language problem is specific: Amnari are non-religious, have no … Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: In Stitches by Nick Edwards

Posted on September 9, 2011 by joelyblack

I’m on a run of reading “books that evolved from blogs” on my Kindle. Firstly, they’re cheap, and secondly, they’re interesting. Many of them evolved out of HarperCollins’ The Friday Project, and tend to cover people’s real life experiences of … Continue reading →

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Maps, fantasy maps and an awesome video about them

Posted on September 8, 2011 by joelyblack

Ever since I started writing Amnar, people who like it have asked me for maps. And ever since I started writing Amnar, I’ve been resistant to making them. “But you’re a geographer! You love maps!” True. I do love maps. … Continue reading →

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The media slew on 9/11, grief and disaster porn

Posted on September 7, 2011 by joelyblack

I originally posted this on Google Plus to a limited audience. It’s a sensitive issue and I wasn’t sure about publicly discussing this, given the sheer volume of commentary on 9/11 this month. This post could only be seen as … Continue reading →

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Amnar Serial: 3.22. He Likes You

Posted on September 6, 2011 by joelyblack

Illegal Infirmary, Lower City, Amin Duum Ashmuta 24, 4765  “He wants us to go outside?” Nastasia heard Kia whispering to Daira as she worked. She’d distracted herself from the scornful looks of the others by focusing on the business of … Continue reading →

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Accusations of geek

Posted on September 5, 2011 by joelyblack

A couple of weeks ago, my book club teamed up with the venerable Manchester Girl Geeks to discuss our book of the month, Ray Kurzweil’s Age of Spiritual Machines. Being far more organised than me, they had stickers and postcards … Continue reading →

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They sing it better than me: Fascinating Aida and Cheap Flights

Posted on September 4, 2011 by joelyblack

I wasn’t sure organising flights to Devon could get worse than last time, but it did. It started when I tried to book online yesterday. I ran through the process as usual, avoiding all the extra charges (do I want … Continue reading →

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Ninja-ing. For real.

Posted on September 3, 2011 by joelyblack

I meant to write up about my first ninjutsu class, after I made such a big deal about it here… what feels like a million years ago. That was when everything was perfectly normal, and I was due to take … Continue reading →

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