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An extra outlet for my WordPress blogs (Going Box By Box, A Blogger's Beowulf, A Glass Darkly).

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #11

Blogger’s Beowulf Book Update #11

I commissioned this piece for my cover art. Art and design by Yoann Lossel, original image copyright Easton Press.

At last, the poem only version of Beowulf: A Mostly Modern Verse Translation is up on Amazon!

I’ve enrolled it in KDP Select to see how well it will be picked up by those in the largest slice of the e-book market. Though, more specifically, I am also curious to see how much of it…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #10

After some time away, here's the latest update on my Beowulf translation!

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

All right. I feel like an explanation is in order. I did miss the last update after all. And it’s June. And this book update marks their entrance in double digits. And there’s still no sign of the damned Beowulf book!

So, somewhat anticlimactically,…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #9

Just a quick update this time around: there's some talk of burners and the like #Beowulf

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

Just a quick note for this update.

Unfortunately, the Beowulf book project has been shoved to the back burner over the past two weeks. But, as I shift to full, Monday to Friday, day time work, once I’ve finished that review piece I’m on the hook for,…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #8

Things have slowed, but the Blogger's Beowulf Book project is still going!

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

So…where’s the poem?

Still in the works.

At least the forward, and those final points for the poem mentioned in the previous post, are. Though that’s enough to delay it for just a little bit longer.

Why?

As it turns out having all of my weekends…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #7

Life stuff has led to another delay, but I've also got a bit of a cover to reveal, too!

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

Okay, this will be pretty quick.

Life Stuff

Last week I interviewed for a new job, and chose to go in for a paid test shift. That shift was yesterday. I’m almost 100% sure that I’m going to change jobs, but have nonetheless been occupied by the few…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #6

I take two steps forward and one step back, staggered by the numbers I now have (and the new ETA for my #Beowulf's release)

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

I feel like I’ve taken two steps forward, and one step back with this project.

In the last update post I’d stated my hope that I’d be onto the formatting part of the process by the time I was writing this update.…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #5

There's been a minor setback, but my translation's release is still on track!

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

Well, I kinda messed up in the last update.

Though I did have a few solid days off the week after that update went out, I completely forgot that I was on deck for editing that week’s episode of the podcast I’m a part of. If you’re curious, you can…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #4

More news on the Beowulf e-book project: there's been progress!

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

Wow. I know I’ve been posting here for more than 5 years, but I am floored by how many commentary entries there are to gather.

So far I’ve grabbed 180, and yet I’m only up to line 1268. So I’m about 1150 lines-worth of commentaries away from getting…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #3

Making my Beowulf blog into a book continues Here's how it's going at the moment:

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

  This is going to be pretty quick.

Since the last update I’ve managed to complete the 3rd draft of the poem and am now finalizing it as I go through the second out-loud read through.

Since I need to be either alone at home or home during the day for…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #2

Blogger’s Beowulf Book Update #2

A scribe hard at work (…or could marginalia making mean that they’re hardly working?). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escribano.jpg.

All righty! This update will be much quicker than the last. Unfortunately that’s because not much progress has been made.

I still need to go through the poem double checking that the rest of the overused “then”s are necessary and changing those that…

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Blogger's Beowulf Book Update #1

Blogger’s Beowulf Book Update #1

An illustration by Carl Julius von Leypold entitled “Winter View of the Courtyard of a Medieval Castle in Ruins”. Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Julius_von_Leypold_-_Blick_auf_einen_winterlichen_Innenhof_einer_mittelalterlichen_Ruine.jpg

First off, happy belated New Year, everyone! I feel like I missed the window for the usual new year goals type entry, but at least as…

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Magic in the Air: The Traveler and the Exile - Author's Note (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/zbzGGQprBS After recovering from his wounds, Dean is keen to get back to his hometown, even if that means being part of a guild maintenance crew. But joining one will take him out of the comfort of his fellow Searchers in Hemmark. Plus, his hometown of Selene could turn out to be more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, Eloise manages to join the guild's governing council. And so does the Tender faction's latest minion. This is the turning point in the series, but which faction will go on to decide the fate of magic in Anproch -- the scholarly Searchers or the utilitarian Tenders?

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Magic in the Air: The Traveler and the Exile - Chapter 10 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/UcBritEs2R After recovering from his wounds, Dean is keen to get back to his hometown, even if that means being part of a guild maintenance crew. But joining one will take him out of the comfort of his fellow Searchers in Hemmark. Plus, his hometown of Selene could turn out to be more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, Eloise manages to join the guild's governing council. And so does the Tender faction's latest minion. This is the turning point in the series, but which faction will go on to decide the fate of magic in Anproch -- the scholarly Searchers or the utilitarian Tenders?

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Magic in the Air: The Traveler and the Exile - Chapter 9 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/yKmXcW5BSR After recovering from his wounds, Dean is keen to get back to his hometown, even if that means being part of a guild maintenance crew. But joining one will take him out of the comfort of his fellow Searchers in Hemmark. Plus, his hometown of Selene could turn out to be more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, Eloise manages to join the guild's governing council. And so does the Tender faction's latest minion. This is the turning point in the series, but which faction will go on to decide the fate of magic in Anproch -- the scholarly Searchers or the utilitarian Tenders?

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Magic in the Air: The Traveler and the Exile - Chapter 8 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/rMSy7w0HtR After recovering from his wounds, Dean is keen to get back to his hometown, even if that means being part of a guild maintenance crew. But joining one will take him out of the comfort of his fellow Searchers in Hemmark. Plus, his hometown of Selene could turn out to be more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, Eloise manages to join the guild's governing council. And so does the Tender faction's latest minion. This is the turning point in the series, but which faction will go on to decide the fate of magic in Anproch -- the scholarly Searchers or the utilitarian Tenders?

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Magic in the Air: The Traveler and the Exile - Chapter 7 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/qzXLiKg5hR After recovering from his wounds, Dean is keen to get back to his hometown, even if that means being part of a guild maintenance crew. But joining one will take him out of the comfort of his fellow Searchers in Hemmark. Plus, his hometown of Selene could turn out to be more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, Eloise manages to join the guild's governing council. And so does the Tender faction's latest minion. This is the turning point in the series, but which faction will go on to decide the fate of magic in Anproch -- the scholarly Searchers or the utilitarian Tenders?

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I fell asleep at the writing desk these last two Wednesdays, but here it is: The next chapter in The Traveler and the Exile! Read how Dean deals with the reality of being the only Searcher on the maintenance crew.