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November 16th, 2016For more about the Daughters of the King, read the Ch2 Vignette.
Oh no! Fraud and malfeasance! The threat is in the air. Hanging there. Waiting to fall like a sword. Mathilde is not one to take that lying down. She breaks out her best weapon which you can see when you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.
I went to the doctor this morning. It is indeed a severe muscle cramp from overuse. I guess I shouldn’t have carried the sleeping 6-year-old from Cinderella’s Castle all the way back to the hotel at Disney then sit in a cramped airplane then go back to my running regimen at the gym. The leg is feeling much better. I need to stretch it, roll it, and take some Ibuprofen.
I wish over-the-counter pain medication was more descriptive for what it actually does. I get generics and they’re all labeled as “pain relief.” Well, what kind of pain? That matters! The answer is to look for the active ingredient. Here’s my handy cheat sheet. There are some overlap, but this works well for me.
- Ibuprofen – muscle pain and cramps
- Naproxen Sodium – swelling and inflammation
- Acetaminophen – headaches and fevers
Indigenous ComicCon is coming this weekend! You really should attend if you can. Or grab their virtual pass! Steph and I are going as Sponsors! I’ll be taking my camera and a ton of pictures. It’s going to be a great show.
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November 14th, 2016Cienan and Mathilde continue their courtier dance. The knives are out. What’s at the center of it all? Vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics and find out.
I almost didn’t make this post today. I’ve been doing a lot of exercising at the gym. I’m going for a lot of reasons — almost all of them health-related. I don’t talk about it much or post photos of it because this is personal to me and I don’t really feel like sharing it with the world. Anyway, I must have overdone it last week. My IT band was cramping horribly since Saturday. This morning was really bad. I couldn’t walk. I’ve been stretching, rolling, soaking in the hot tub, and taking ibuprofen. I was able to do something between a hop and a limp to get over her to the computer to do the update.
Indigenous Comic Con is this weekend! I really hope I get my leg straightened out by then. I’ll be attending the convention along with Steph and I’m really looking forward to all of it!
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November 9th, 2016Hello everyone! I’m back from my trip to DisneyWorld with the family! It was a great 4 days to be separated from reality. Now it’s back to a whirlwind of social media and politics. I’ll be posting some thought about that on the Facebook and Twitter feeds. For now, we’re switching scenes to another surprise visit! Cienan smells a mystery, and he can’t resist a mystery. Mathilde gives Cienan a withering glare when you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.
November is Native American Heritage Month! It’s also the month of Indigenous Comic Con! Snow by Night is a proud sponsor of this convention. Steph and I will be heading out to meet all the artists and attend all the events. It’s looking like a super great show. Even if you can’t make it, ICC has a Virtual Con Pass! It’s a great way to participate if time and finances don’t allow for it.
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November 7th, 2016Marguerite spells out the harsh truth of her appointment to Vivienne. By the process of elimination, Marguerite accepted the risk to her gloire for the sake of her country. Looks like Saronne is in more trouble than Vivienne knew.
Speaking of trouble, our next page shifts the scene elsewhere. You can vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics to see who’s next in line for a surprise visit.
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November 2nd, 2016Oh dear. Well, that lasted all of 8 seconds before the two started at each other. You can get a hint of why Marguerite got the command when you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.
You might have noticed the different colors of the uniforms. In case you’re wondering, Vivienne is from the colonies which falls under the navy. In historical France, they had gray uniforms. Marguerite is an officer in the army, which wore white uniforms. History is a bit more nuanced as different units had different color lining on their coats, their waistcoats (the vest-looking garment), buttons, and stripes on the hats. For the sake of clarity, I’ve asked Steph to keep it simple on the colors. Saronne is white/gray with blue. Morante is red with yellow.
Fairfax county schools have Monday and Tuesday off and a half day on Friday. So my family is going to Disney for the extended weekend! Weeeeeee! Magic Kingdom! The girl is all of 6 so it seems a perfect opportunity. Since I’ll be galavanting around amusement parks, Diane will be managing the update on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
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October 31st, 2016Your guesses paid off! Gold stars to all the readers who saw figured out who was strolling down the gangplank. For the rest of us, let me re-introduce Marguerite d’Emperset. She last appeared in Vivienne’s vignette Losing by Winning waaaaaaay back in Chapter 5. That vignette was done by S.Y. Lee, one of my guest artists. So there is an art shift between the vignette and the main story and Marguerite looks a bit different.
You can imagine how well this is going to go between Viv and Marguerite. If you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics, you don’t have to imagine. ;-)
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October 26th, 2016The Saronnan fleet arrives in Sherbourg. It brings guns and ships and so the story shifts. It also brings a most unwelcome surprise for Vivienne. When you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics, you can see for yourself what that surprise is.
Such a lovely ship. Julie does great ships. I’d ask her to draw more ships, but I think she’d kill me. They’re very intricate and take a long time to draw properly.
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October 24th, 2016Duty calls for Vivienne but she leaves Jassart with a final plea. We shall see what becomes of it later. For now, we follow Vivienne to the docks. Do you like tall ships of the Age of Sail? Julie drew a great one! Check it out when you vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics!
My other project, Tattered Weave, launched its Open Beta last week. We’re already up to 1,000 registered users! It’s a free-to-play virtual pet site. Check it out!
