Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/611775234-the-mechanical-crown-fantasia Well, lots going on in this one, then. Where to start? 1. The flying disc thing. Thus far, The Mechanical Crown has been a low-fantasy story, with magic being hinted at but almost always being far away in the background, or in the distant past (if Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/608543276-the-mechanical-crown-the-purge Arc 5 has been about a gradual, creeping sense of dread. It began with Fenris’ gang taking their first steps into the mountains, a place clearly touched by some kind of unnatural force. Then back in Treydolain we see the corruption and disintegration of rationality. Returning Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/605029196-the-mechanical-crown-matters-of-trust Things go from bad to worse, as if that’s even possible, though you do have to be paying some attention to realise. This chapter, in large part, is about seeing glimpse of what Pienya could have been, given better role models. We catch a glimpse of Read more…
I’ve previously posted writing notes for The Mechanical Crown over on Patreon. I’ve now moved away from Patreon, hence shifting notes over to my own blog. I’ll aim to transfer over notes on previous chapters over the coming weeks. Read this chapter here. The tensions continue to build. There’s an odd thing Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/598383314-the-mechanical-crown-tangled-echoes If the previous Arc 5 chapters were grim, ‘Tangled echoes’ descends into full-on despair. The aim here was to write something unrelenting, with a sense of rot and impending disaster permeating the whole thing. It’s punctuated somewhat by Fenris’ brief moments of optimism and hope, as Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/595011556-the-mechanical-crown-the-ruptured-world It’s been a good 10 chapters since we last got inside Kirya’s head and a lot has happened since then. She’s in the unenviable position of being someone who has always considered herself enlightneed and progressive, only to discover that she was deeply entrenched in the Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/591638049-the-mechanical-crown-leading-the-lost Arc 5 is about pulling our characters down into the mire. In ‘Leading the lost’ we get to see a background character come to the fore, as Galisai takes over from the unfortunate Hachim. Galisai is someone who on the surface looks entirely capable and confident Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/588389929-the-mechanical-crown-late-warning-signs Arc 5 starts grim. It’s grim in the mountains, it’s grim back home. In ‘Late Warning Signs’ we find out just how far King Guijus has fallen. He’s a man with no clear motivation. He doesn’t know WHY he does what he does: he was born Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/585110656-the-mechanical-crown-tainted-promises Like I said, Arc 5 is about answering some of the questions that have been buzzing around this story from the very start. ‘Tainted promises’ isn’t explicit but it does have some pretty strong clues and indicators. For most of the time I’ve been writing TMC, Read more…
Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/582167340-the-mechanical-crown-the-past-and-future-threat This may well be the longest chapter of the book so far, clocking in at 2,772 words. Given that my weekly target is 1,200, that’s quite a bumper edition. Not uncoincidentally, this chapter arrived a day later than usual. I wrote this while on a fmaily Read more…