2010.09.21 A Modern Alchemist’s View on Food
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been obsessing about the idea that a modern alchemist would be appalled by the food that we eat. Potassium Benzoate. Calcium Disodium Edta. Brominated Vegetable Oil. (And that’s just a few of the ingredients in the pop I’m drinking!) The question is: Why? Well, first — I probably [...]
2010.09.17 The Modern Alchemist
When I checked in with you the last time, I talked about how I wanted to get behind what motivates William and some of the other Alchemists in this book. To do that, I wanted to live as one of them so I could better describe them without boring you to death with long diatribes [...]
2010.09.03 Fear and Transformation
Things have been interesting lately, because ever since I stopped working the “day job” there’s been a lot of opportunities that have popped up, which have mostly been a lot of talk. Summer is one of those seasons where people are more focused on vacations than anything else. Summer, unfortunately for me, is very difficult [...]
Flavor Fiction Friday: Overheard
Overheard “Will she remember what has been done to her, Tyrian?” a deep voice asked. “As one of the Condemned, she should have no memory of her former life or her crimes, Sire.” “Should?” Serafina recognized the voice of King Rufus, but she wasn’t sure who Tyrian was. When she tried to open her mouth [...]
An Alchemist’s Observation: Flavor Fiction Friday and More!
This edition of Flavor Fiction Friday for VioletWar.com is dedicated to the Alchemists. You can read about an alchemist’s observation, clues about how it applies to the main character of my work-in-progress, and my notes about what the Alchemists are. If you’re interested, check out Flavor Fiction Friday: an Alchemist’s Observation. In other news, I [...]
Flavor Fiction Friday: An Alchemist’s Observation
An Alchemist’s Observation For the purposes of assessing the success of this ritual, let us review certain assumptions. Alchemy may be defined as: Alchemy therefore is a science teaching how to make and compound a certain medicine, which is called Elixir, the which when it is cast upon metals or imperfect bodies, does fully perfect [...]
Alchemy in The Violet War
In this series of books, Alchemists are broken out into several factions. The original Alchemists were taught by Promethean, himself, who sought to put a bit of magic back into the hands of mortals. For whatever reason, only those creatures and beings that do not have magic in their blood can perform Alchemical rites to [...]
