ULTRAMagic Interlude BC - Introduction
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Very few people actually respect authors, and just as many actually care about them. With this in mind, you can imagine that it is difficult to find time to write in today’s society. With so many people only looking out for themselves (consequences be damned), there is a mounting pressure to succeed no matter what. Daoists of ancient China would take issue with this and you would think that “progressive” western societies would heed the word of belief systems telling people to relax and go with the flow, but we do not live in that kind of world. All of this is a roundabout way of saying the planning and writing of ULTRAMagic Interlude kind of got out of hand.
What you are reading here is the continuation of ULTRAMagic Interlude, hence why this is called “Interlude (Bonus Chapters).” This story takes place at the same time ULTRAMagic Interlude: Shadowland and addresses what everyone else was doing while Dunja and Barna were off dealing with Milosh and The Eternal Church. ULTRAMagic Prelude (Book 1) was a real shotgun story that underwent changes on the fly and was poorly planned out. It took a month for me to get back into the swing of things due to personal anxieties and having to help out my family with work around the house. ULTRAMagic Interlude naturally fell into the same poor planning trap.
ULTRAMagic Interlude went through several revisions and even then I did not follow the outline I had set for myself. Dunja was originally intended to die off and become a ghost. Furthermore the earliest draft had her as a pure evil villain that would have tried to corrupt Desislav into joining her. Presumably I recycled this concept in part for Anne Vozenilek (not the Desislav part). I was also being hasty, wanting to get to the Eon arc (Eon 1 to Intermission, or books 7 to 13) as quickly as possible. In hindsight it is funny as I am finishing up Eon 1 as of writing this introduction. In my impatience, I turned ULTRAMagic Interlude into a novella when it should have been a full novel.
And of course Interlude: Shadowland and Chaos were not spared of this poor planning issue. Book 3 was originally supposed to be a 12 chapter novella focusing on Gabriella while Book 5 would have had Maxima as the main character. I also had a lot of unresolved plots and story lines from Interlude that were still canon, so Interlude BC made sense. This book starts with chapter 21 and is ULTRAMagic Interlude for all intents and purposes. It also makes Interlude the longest book thus far, clocking in at 46 chapters. The only other books to exceed 30 chapters so far are ULTRAMagic Interval (Book 6, at 36 chapters) and ULTRAMagic Eon 1 (at 32 chapters).
Interlude BC should not be your first book. If this is the first one you have picked up, please go back and read ULTRAMagic Interlude, then ULTRAMagic Interlude: Shadowland (assuming you have already read ULTRAMagic Prelude… actually go back and Prelude too). None of this will make any sense if you do not read those two books first. This book will also rely on you having read those books as characters will not be reintroduced given that this is a direct continuation of Interlude’s narrative. And you should absolutely read this book once you are ready as it contains more than just went on during the events of Book 3.
Now I will admit that this book is not the most blood pumping story in the ULTRAMagic Alternate series. There are no stakes like there were in Shadowland. Instead this is a window into the lives of Blood-Wraith, Vlastimir, and Desislav. They have to prepare for the future, with uncertainty and danger on the horizon despite the peace and quiet they have been blessed with at the moment. You will still have a fun time, even if the sake of the Cosmos is not on their shoulders. I promise you will enjoy this book, regardless of the awkward nature of it.
And no matter what you decide to do after this, thank you for making it this far. I appreciate you hearing me out and hope you have fun with the rest of the books. Despite this book not being initially planned for, I did have fun with it and put my all into it like I usually do.
Sincerely,
William Ford II (6/5/2025)
Next: Chapter 21
ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)
What you are reading here is the continuation of ULTRAMagic Interlude, hence why this is called “Interlude (Bonus Chapters).” This story takes place at the same time ULTRAMagic Interlude: Shadowland and addresses what everyone else was doing while Dunja and Barna were off dealing with Milosh and The Eternal Church. ULTRAMagic Prelude (Book 1) was a real shotgun story that underwent changes on the fly and was poorly planned out. It took a month for me to get back into the swing of things due to personal anxieties and having to help out my family with work around the house. ULTRAMagic Interlude naturally fell into the same poor planning trap.
ULTRAMagic Interlude went through several revisions and even then I did not follow the outline I had set for myself. Dunja was originally intended to die off and become a ghost. Furthermore the earliest draft had her as a pure evil villain that would have tried to corrupt Desislav into joining her. Presumably I recycled this concept in part for Anne Vozenilek (not the Desislav part). I was also being hasty, wanting to get to the Eon arc (Eon 1 to Intermission, or books 7 to 13) as quickly as possible. In hindsight it is funny as I am finishing up Eon 1 as of writing this introduction. In my impatience, I turned ULTRAMagic Interlude into a novella when it should have been a full novel.
And of course Interlude: Shadowland and Chaos were not spared of this poor planning issue. Book 3 was originally supposed to be a 12 chapter novella focusing on Gabriella while Book 5 would have had Maxima as the main character. I also had a lot of unresolved plots and story lines from Interlude that were still canon, so Interlude BC made sense. This book starts with chapter 21 and is ULTRAMagic Interlude for all intents and purposes. It also makes Interlude the longest book thus far, clocking in at 46 chapters. The only other books to exceed 30 chapters so far are ULTRAMagic Interval (Book 6, at 36 chapters) and ULTRAMagic Eon 1 (at 32 chapters).
Interlude BC should not be your first book. If this is the first one you have picked up, please go back and read ULTRAMagic Interlude, then ULTRAMagic Interlude: Shadowland (assuming you have already read ULTRAMagic Prelude… actually go back and Prelude too). None of this will make any sense if you do not read those two books first. This book will also rely on you having read those books as characters will not be reintroduced given that this is a direct continuation of Interlude’s narrative. And you should absolutely read this book once you are ready as it contains more than just went on during the events of Book 3.
Now I will admit that this book is not the most blood pumping story in the ULTRAMagic Alternate series. There are no stakes like there were in Shadowland. Instead this is a window into the lives of Blood-Wraith, Vlastimir, and Desislav. They have to prepare for the future, with uncertainty and danger on the horizon despite the peace and quiet they have been blessed with at the moment. You will still have a fun time, even if the sake of the Cosmos is not on their shoulders. I promise you will enjoy this book, regardless of the awkward nature of it.
And no matter what you decide to do after this, thank you for making it this far. I appreciate you hearing me out and hope you have fun with the rest of the books. Despite this book not being initially planned for, I did have fun with it and put my all into it like I usually do.
Sincerely,
William Ford II (6/5/2025)
Next: Chapter 21
ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)
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