Portable Circle
The Warding Contest has been incredible. Seriously.
Every time I have one of these contests, I am stunned at some of the amazingly creative results, and each time I think it’s peaked and there is no better. Then I have another contest, and you people keep raising the bar. Leesha’s herb basket? Arlen’s journal? Beautiful women all over the world warding themselves? A Renna Tanner action figure? Warded dream catchers and liquid demonfire? A magical trunk safe from corelings? Holy crap.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Truly, I have the best of all readers.
Sometimes it feels like after a lifetime being the nerdy wallflower at parties, I have suddenly woken up in a weird alternate reality where I am cool. It’s a bizarre sensation to say the least. I am incredibly fortunate.
All these fantastic entries deserve a proper judging, so Lauren and I are meeting today (Wednesday) to have a few drinks and decide on winners. The results will be posted in short order after that, just as soon as I can type everything up and format the blog post.
In the meantime, I mentioned yesterday that there was one last entry that made it in before EOD on July 1. This was by Mitchell from Texas, who has passed his Messenger Guild apprenticeship and completed his first portable warding circle. Mitchell has now entered into a very exclusive society embracing the freedom of the open road, and the joy of sleeping (or trying to) mere inches from ravenous demons.
But at least his cat is safe:
Hey Peter,
I have built a small scale, 4 ft diameter, warding circle and I am really excited about it. I have read your books multiple times and thoroughly enjoyed them. I want to thank you for spending the time writing them and wanted to express my gratitude by paying tribute to you with my warding circle. I apologize for the multiple e-mails but Gmail has a 25mb attachment limit and I have a few pics so you can see all of the detail.
I burned the wood for each of the wards which was a new experience for me. I am not a carpenter of any sort, I am actually and IT professional, so my woodworking tools and area were in limited supply when I began. I did most of the work in my apartment and the burned wood smell added a new aroma to my living room. I hope you like the finished product.
Sincerely,
Mitchell, TX
