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Category: Robin Jarvis

Travel became distinguishable from pain and began to be regarded as an intellectual pleasur…These factors–the voluntariness of departure, the freedom implicit in the indeterminancies of mobility, the pleasure of travel free from necessity, the notion that travel signifies autonomy and is a means for demonstrating what one ‘really’ is independent of one context or set of defining associations–remain the characteristics of the modern conception of travel.Eric Leed

28, pedestrian, walking, writing-craft

The most harmful lies and the most hurtful, always contain a grain of truth,” he said. “But nevertheless, lies they do remain.

lies, truth, truth-and-lies

Lies breed distrust, and distrust brings conflict.

conflict, distrust, distrusting-others, lies

Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there.

deeds, evil, grim, noble, tales

Is the Starwife a witch?” asked Firgil. “Is any wise female a witch? Just because they have been blessed by the Green and given strange and beautiful gifts, does not mean they use them for evil purposes.

beautiful, blessed, evil, female, females, gifts, purposes, strange, wise, witch

The moles came bearing their lamps and then the most ancient and magical creature that ever danced beneath the moon was lost in darkness once more.

ancient, magical, moles, moon

Keep trying, especially at first. It can be very discouraging if your submissions keep being rejected by a publisher, but if your work is what people want to read, you should get there eventually!

Tread not into the fearsome nightBut pull the covers high,Step not into the wild dark woodFor the Hobbers are dancing nigh

Woodget glanced into the dim shadows behind the trees. “What you be hiding fer?” he called.”On such a night as this even the greatest may hide and not be ashamed,” came the response.

ashamed, greatest, hidden, hide, hiding, night, shame

Curious how even a little time can alter so much.

alter, change, time

The time had finally come when she would have to accept the full power of the Starwife. No longer could she be just Ysabelle. Now she had a land to govern and all the daunting responsibilities that that entailed. The liberty she had experienced since the night she had escaped from the Ring of Banbha seemed to vanish. She was left stripped of her freedom, and only long years of a lonely reign stretched out before her.

freedom, liberty, loneliness, lonely, reign, responsibilities, responsibility

I come to call down my destiny – and it is tall and dangerous!