I was feeling really odd after finishing the first draft of the third book last week. I had spent so much time working on it and writing had become so second nature it seemed like I was being lazy or forgetting something. It occurred to me that I could still write new stuff and rewrite Ghosts of Starpoint Mountain at the same time without going to far astray. I was thinking that there must be lots and lots of short stories that I could tell that take place in the Land of Starpoint. Some ideas came to me that dealt with the main characters at some point earlier in their lives and other ideas were people and events who never appear in the books. I made a list of possible stories and wrote:
Wishes Hope and Dreams
Best Ever Day
Destined for Adventure
The History of Fire
It Isn't Easy Being A Giant
The Rise and Fall of Ern Kabernackle
The first two are stories about a very young Gallif and her little brother, Veret, growing up and the third is a young Blinks going out for his first adventure:
"If he was attacked by and orc, aquilus or four-headed montique he would be ready. He wasn't actually sure there was such a thing as a four-headed montique, or any montiques at all, but if there were he was going to be ready for them."
The other three are completely independent stories. These are also really short stories with the longest being about 1200 words. The longer ones start next week.
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