{"id":42090,"date":"2024-04-22T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=42090"},"modified":"2024-04-21T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T08:43:18","slug":"updates-upsides-a-sneak-preview-into-the-wall-4-tuckerization-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2024\/04\/22\/updates-upsides-a-sneak-preview-into-the-wall-4-tuckerization-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates & Upsides: A Sneak Preview Into the WALL #4 “Tuckerization” Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I referenced an upside of the recent WALL<\/a> #4 update, which was focusing on what’s next.<\/p>\n

\"The-Chaos-Gate-The-Wall-Of-Night-Book-Four\"<\/p>\n

But then I got to thinking that it might be fun to share a very small sneak peek into the section that’s just been completed. One, among many, elements within it is the introduction of WALL #4’s “Tuckerization” character, June Gum Young.<\/p>\n

As was also the case for The Gathering of the Lost<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, part of the launch celebrations for Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/strong><\/a> included a giveaway of a “Tuckerization” in WALL #4<\/a>, i.e. when a character in the book is named after a real-life person.<\/p>\n

The winner was June Young, who when we corresponded afterward, asked if the Tuckerization could be for her full name, June Gum Young. I’m conscious, as with all aspects of completing the series, that June has had a very long wait, so in considering sneak previews, I thought an advance look at her<\/em> character might be the go.<\/p>\n

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June Gum Young<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s just a snippet and the final version may vary — but I’m confident the character, and the essentials of her entry into the WALL story, will be much as you read them now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can put sleep on him and a spell that binds spirit to body.\u201d The clear voice spoke Derai, but with an accent eerily close to that of southern Emer. Kalan\u2019s head jerked around, because he had assumed the approaching hooves were Guin and Maer. The newcomer looked every inch a Lathayran skirmisher, of the kind that served as mercenaries from Ishnapur to the River. A shield rose above the fur-cloaked shoulders, its curved rim crossed by a lance\u2019s slender, deadly head and the tip of a horse archer\u2019s bow. A short sword rested against the rider\u2019s left hip, with a matching dagger to the right. Her regard, beneath a steel cap trimmed with lynx fur, was somber. \u201cIt will hold him to life longer, but the deep healing required is beyond my skill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

~ from \u00a9 The Chaos Gate <\/em>[working title], The Wall Of Night<\/strong> Book Four & a chapter (currently) titled “Doomslayer.”<\/p>\n

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By the way, June has appeared on the blog before, when she provided an indepth report on attending Sasquan (Worldcon) in Spokane:<\/p>\n

A Summer Convention in Spokane<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, I referenced an upside of the recent WALL #4 update, which was focusing on what’s next. But then I got to thinking that it might be fun to share a very small sneak peek into the section that’s just been completed. One, among many, elements within it is the introduction of WALL #4’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books","category-about-what-im-doing","category-funstuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42090"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42103,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42090\/revisions\/42103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}