Kickstarter Update

[lagilman]

Hit the 10% mark on writing "From Whence You Came." Discovered something I hadn't known about the Lands Vin. Giggled madly. Poor Bradhai.

But you'll never know, unless you're in. Are you in? :-)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/980297055/from-whence-you-came-a-lands-vin-novella

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

With your editorial meercap on for a moment: is "from whence" good form in American English? 'Cos I was scolded roundly for using it as a schoolboy in England. "Whence means 'from where'; another 'from' is redundant," they said. Sternly. Ruining, as I remember, the metre of my poem.

Oh, and I am definitely in, but not till next month.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

whether it's good form or not, we certainly use it all the time. :) (actually, I didn't know it was bad form! huh!)

[lagilman]

It is, as I am given to understand redundant in the modern usage, but still allowed as a historical artifact and/or period piece. As the story takes place ca. 500 AD, I laid claim to it for both historical and literary purposes.

Also, and FWIW, I was taught that "whence" indicated "the place," in this context. Language, is is a slippery and oft-oiled fish.