I'd read it. Switching the play between the two would be interesting, especially in how it seems you plan to take the elves into a rather dark space so they can keep their power.
The concept of everyday magic reminds me of a triolgy I read in highschool...I wanna say by Tracy Hickman, possibly called The Darksword Trilogy, where magic was used by everyone, and technology use was considered an act of terrorism. Even the simple use of using a stick to pry a rock from the ground, instead of using magic to lift it out, was seen as sin.
I get where obadiah is coming from, from an editors point of view, in that most want magic to be this bombastic thing in the story, like a special effect in a movie. A big visual for the reader, something that when used in the way they think it should be, will be what keeps them reading for the next part that has magic in it. That, and you know, story, characterization, plot, depth, setting, that stuff too.
...also, I think what you were looking for is "critique" not "critic".
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Date: 2009-08-25 08:13 pm (UTC)The concept of everyday magic reminds me of a triolgy I read in highschool...I wanna say by Tracy Hickman, possibly called The Darksword Trilogy, where magic was used by everyone, and technology use was considered an act of terrorism. Even the simple use of using a stick to pry a rock from the ground, instead of using magic to lift it out, was seen as sin.
I get where obadiah is coming from, from an editors point of view, in that most want magic to be this bombastic thing in the story, like a special effect in a movie. A big visual for the reader, something that when used in the way they think it should be, will be what keeps them reading for the next part that has magic in it. That, and you know, story, characterization, plot, depth, setting, that stuff too.
...also, I think what you were looking for is "critique" not "critic".