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Now that you've read The Book of All Things, I'm curious to know what you think of it. Last week I received my fifteenth rejection letter from publishers regarding the book, so I'm really wondering if the book has any true merits or if it's just a total piece...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-18 12:15:49
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The Book of All Things: Final Chapter
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“Quick!” Lizbet barked desperately as she reached Katie’s side. “Can you still sense the book? Do you know where it has gone? Can you follow it?”
Roused from her shock, Katie shook her head. “It’s gone,” she said in a strained,...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-18 12:10:14
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Twenty-Two
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The remainder of the semester was uneventful.
With Notorcia no longer plotting in the shadows, Katie plunged into her schoolwork with an intensity that surprised everyone, including her. It was her only refuge. It had taken weeks to get over her failure to destroy Notorcia, but...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-18 12:04:47
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Twenty-One
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Several rousing cheers greeted Katie as she trudged through the door of Widdershins’ office into Cahernan House’s sitting room, which, in her absence, had been transformed into a miniature party hall complete with streamers and balloons and tables of snack food and drinks. The place...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-18 11:59:17
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Twenty
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On the morning of the Calamityville Challenge, Katie arrived at Dean Widdershins’ office precisely at sunrise, as ordered. As she entered, Widdershins and three of the Magi glanced up from the map that was laid out across a nearby table. Only Widdershins gave her a welcoming smile.
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-18 11:53:17
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Nineteen
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In the weeks following the caper in the maze, Katie found it nearly impossible to live a normal existence.
Spurred by Dame Lizbet’s accusations that she could not have learned to use such a sophisticated teleportation spell without outside help, Katie had been forced to...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-06-04 10:16:34
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Eighteen
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“We…three?” Katie asked, looking about the room, purposely ignoring The Book of All Things. “Chani, there’s only the two of us….”
Chani leveled a finger at the book. “And that,” she said firmly.
Katie chuckled...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-30 11:11:25
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Seventeen
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“This is intolerable!” Dame Lizbet cried as she slammed her fist atop Katie’s bedside table. “It’s been a month since we began these lessons, and yet here we are still working on the same Automorphic spell! For pity’s sake, Katie can practically assume her...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-29 08:43:31
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Sixteen
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The sign outside Madame Mystica’s tent was small and not as flamboyant as the other signs decorating Inexplica Boulevard, but what it lacked in looks it certainly made up for in attitude. As Katie and Hercule approached, it suddenly transformed into a scowling face and demanded:...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-28 08:52:32
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Fifteen
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For Katie, entering the Bizarre Bazaar was like waking up to an entirely different world.
The tunnel spilled them into a deserted alley, which itself opened onto a broad thoroughfare brightly lit by scores of Will-o’-Wisps floating elusively beyond reach above the heads of...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-27 12:10:21
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Fourteen
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A round of applause greeted Katie as she slogged into the sitting room.
She glanced up to see Chani, Gwillian, Ella, and Trinket standing beneath an enormous banner spanning the entire length of the farthest wall, upon which was painted “Katie the Monster Slayer!”...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-23 16:07:53
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Thirteen
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Dame Lizbet was pacing the waiting room floor of the dean’s office as Katie and Widdershins arrived.
Widdershins ignored her as she crossed straight to the secretary’s desk.
“Have they arrived, Ms. Ragglemug?”
“The last...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-21 11:06:06
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Twelve
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Katie burst through the doors of the Museum of Magickal Antiquities to find Widdershins conversing quietly with an enormous blue-green dragon. Normally, Katie would not have blinked twice at such a sight, but the fact that the dragon in question was mounted on the wall, and comprised solely of a...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-20 12:05:41
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Eleven
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Classes began promptly at eight bells.
Katie entered her first period class bleary-eyed and exhausted. What little sleep she had managed to glean from the precious few hours remaining after her late-night foray into the library had been plagued by strange dreams and fits of...
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Ten Explicit Content
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That night, Katie lay awake, listening to Chani snoring fitfully in the next bed and replaying her encounter with the crazed man over and over in her mind.
She examined the memory frontward and backw
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Nine
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The Center Green was teeming with students. The moment Katie stepped through the topiary gate, Gwillian grabbed her by the sleeve and plunged into the crush, jostling and shoving her way to the less crowded side of the makeshift stage erected in the exact center of the field. There the four of...
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Eight
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Katie marveled at the stateliness of the house as she followed Widdershins to its door.
“But I thought that freshmen had to bunk in the common dorms their first year,” Katie said.
“That is the policy, yes,” said Widdershins. “But...
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A Brief Pause...
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I'd like to take a moment to address the particulars of the plot regarding the book I've been posting chapter by chapter for the past week. I'm sure some of you are seeing echoes of Harry Potter here, in particular the protagonist-goes-to-school plot, but this, I assure you, is just a starting...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-12 12:33:59
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Seven
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The great city of Ithacanum rested upon Mount Victory’s hoary summit like a bejeweled tiara.
It encircled the mountain in three gigantic tiers. The bottom-most level, as Captain Scuttle explained it, was nicknamed “The Warren.” It was where all the homes and...
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The Book of All Things: Chapter Six
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As she stepped into the tent, Katie blinked in wonder. Never before had she seen such a bizarre group of people assembled in one place.
The newly accepted freshmen were all milling around a gigantic circular table piled high with enough scrambled eggs, bacon, muffins, sausages,...
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FantasyWriter on 2008-05-10 21:13:24
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