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<p><i>This book is dedicated to all of those that need a ray of hope in these
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trying times.</i></p>
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Copyright 2021 Christine Dodrill. All rights reserved.
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This book is a Within Studios publication. Find out more at
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https://withinstudios.itch.io
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This book is a work of fiction, Names, characters, business, events and
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incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to
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actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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However, the topics that the author alludes to are entirely real and serious
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problems that require deep thought and consideration.
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## Foreword
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I was originally gonna release this by the end of the year as a cohesive novel,
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however it looks like the cards aren't falling that way. I want to instead shift
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[Spellblade](https://christine.website/blog/spellblade-plans-2021-08-16) into a
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web novel, which I am defining as something that I'll release in big chunks like
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this every month or so. I don't want to compromise any of the artistic vision or
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whatever, I just want each "chunk" to be a lot more finely scoped than "the
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entire damn novel" so that it feels like it's much less daunting of a task.
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As always, any feedback about this is appreciated. This is my first time doing
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this kind of writing, I expect it to be kinda rough.
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From our world to yours,
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Alicia scanned across the clearing. Her cat eyes darted across the field, her
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ears focused forward and ready for victory. The battlefield was a wide open
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grassy field without any good spots to take cover. Her team was losing. Badly.
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the tiredness caught up with her.
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Alicia was asleep.
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I was originally gonna release this by the end of the year as a cohesive novel,
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however it looks like the cards aren't falling that way. I want to instead shift
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[Spellblade](https://christine.website/blog/spellblade-plans-2021-08-16) into a
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web novel, which I am defining as something that I'll release in big chunks like
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this every month or so. I don't want to compromise any of the artistic vision or
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whatever, I just want each "chunk" to be a lot more finely scoped than "the
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entire damn novel" so that it feels like it's much less daunting of a task.
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As always, any feedback about this is appreciated. This is my first time doing
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this kind of writing, I expect it to be kinda rough.
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From our world to yours,
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