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Lamentation (Psalms of Isaak, #1)
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Fantasies are a lot of work.
First there all those strange names. Then you have to memorize the geography and the names of all the Kingdoms and their various Kings and Queens. Then there are the myths, legends, prophecies, histories, scrolls, sacred books and sayings to internalize. Then you have to deal with the religions, the good one as well as the bad ones, in order to understand why everybody does all the inexplicable stuff they do. Then you have to figure out how the elves, faeries, orcs, goblins, dwarfs, sorcerers, goblins and wolf people are going to play into this thing. Then you have to figure out how some innocent powerless prepubescent orphan is going to overcome the all powerful ruthless ruler of the entire known galaxy and bloom into the mythical Messiah as foretold by his/her magical mentor and do this despite the totally unexpected treachery of somebody he or she loves.
After that you have to wrap all these loose ends into a nice bow, making sure it can never happen again, but at the same time leaving a loophole to make sure it does happen again so we can have a sequel.
It's a lot of work. In this case I'm not sure it was totally worth it.
First there all those strange names. Then you have to memorize the geography and the names of all the Kingdoms and their various Kings and Queens. Then there are the myths, legends, prophecies, histories, scrolls, sacred books and sayings to internalize. Then you have to deal with the religions, the good one as well as the bad ones, in order to understand why everybody does all the inexplicable stuff they do. Then you have to figure out how the elves, faeries, orcs, goblins, dwarfs, sorcerers, goblins and wolf people are going to play into this thing. Then you have to figure out how some innocent powerless prepubescent orphan is going to overcome the all powerful ruthless ruler of the entire known galaxy and bloom into the mythical Messiah as foretold by his/her magical mentor and do this despite the totally unexpected treachery of somebody he or she loves.
After that you have to wrap all these loose ends into a nice bow, making sure it can never happen again, but at the same time leaving a loophole to make sure it does happen again so we can have a sequel.
It's a lot of work. In this case I'm not sure it was totally worth it.
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