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Liz Zimmers's avatar

Love it! Can’t wait to see what happens to those smarmy jackasses. An Egyptian princess exiled from the afterlife doesn’t sound like someone I’d want to irritate.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

No. It's all going to get messy, Liz. Can't wait.

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Rosie B's avatar

Hooked- hoping something fun and terrifying happens to Jack et al.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Me too, me too. Can't wait to dig into these guys. 😄 Thanks for reading.

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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

Oh they are irredeemably vulgar, aren't they, the upper classes? As an Ancient Egyptophile, I am very much looking forward to Ankhesenaten teaching them some serious lessons in manners.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Vulgar in the extreme. I'm throwing in some misogyny too for good measure. Why not go the whole hog?

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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

Defo!

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Garen Marie's avatar

Ooh looking forward to what that hand is going to get up to. ✋

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Grabbing some balls and saying 'no' by the way things are going. I was crazy throwing in another serial, but I'm wondering if shorter, kindle vella style posts would be appreciated by the busy reader? We'll see.

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Garen Marie's avatar

I think shorter posts work really well on Substack. And I'm always amazed by your productivity. Quantity and quality is a hard balance to strike, but you make it look easy!

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Thank you, Garen. The whole thing plays in my head like a film, and I either watch as I write along or wait til it's finished and then write it. Is it like that for you? I always wonder how other authors conjure characters, scenes and stories!

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Garen Marie's avatar

I definitely have a movie in my head that I narrate on the page. I was fascinated to learn that some people don’t have this capability. aphantasia I think it’s called. I’m not sure who I would be without the reel running in my mind!

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FranB's avatar

Great start! Looking forward to the next instalment.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Thank you. I thought it was a bit of a crazed thing to do, throwing a short serial out when I've got a big one going as well, but I want to see how it goes. I'm having fun writing the cliffhangers. 👿

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Stephanie Loomis's avatar

boys.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Your eye roll was palpable, Stephanie 😂

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Stephanie Loomis's avatar

hee hee. My face is loud, what can I say?

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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

You've given us another good one, Hanna! BTW, I can't stand university boys and their "mischief." I'm eagerly awaiting their comeuppance.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Oh, it's going to be fun.

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Nancy Waddell's avatar

Loved it!

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Thank you, Nancy. I wanted to play around with a shorter serial. Working on my cliffhangers!

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

I just read part one of "The Maiden's Hand" and it's beautifully written and grabs the reader right away. I felt so sorry for the boy with the stammer and could understand how disrespectfully the hand was being treated. Clearly, it's going to have grave repercussions.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Thank you 🥰 You just wait. It's going to get even more fun.

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