This Is The May 2016 Open Thread For Merlinscribe

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Two random questions

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First question I have been wondering is, how old is Ancaladar? During the Obsidian trilogy he is at least 1000 years old since he was around during the previous war. Its never specifically stated whether there were or were not bonded dragons in the time between the first and second war but I would like to assume not. I think its roughly 10k years between the the first and second wars and there could have been elves still bonded many hundreds of years after the first war. Soooo I think he could be as much as 11k years old when Kellen first meets him. Probably off but interesting to think about.

Also I would like to know what the writing process is like since you and Mercedes Lackey are co-authoring the book. Thanks for your time, eagerly awaiting Blade of Empire!!!

Re: Two random questions

[merlinscribe]

Between the First Endarkened War (the one Vieliessar is fighting), and the Second Endarkened War is roughly 10,000 years. From there to Kellen's time is, I believe we established, another thousand years.

An Unbonded dragon is immortal; in Bonding, they link their lifespans to those of their Bondmates. Since Ancaladar was Unbonded until he met Jermayan (we'll leave out the comming of the time when Three Become One, which effectively increases a dragon's natural lifespan infinitely), he could certainly be far older than eleven thousand years. And we might even find out in a book or two...

As for the process of co-writing a book with Ms. Lackey, I have to say it's very smooth. Generally we work out the plot and the outline together, and post sections to each other as we write them. I assemble them and do the final and revision drafts.