Written May 15, 2020

Hello Everyone.

Thank you all for your support and input. It's given me lots to think about and further ideas.

I had reached the end of Chapter 8 a couple of weeks ago, and I've been chewing on everyone's comments and advice.

I see a few things I want to change, namely Hartson's age. I had picked ten years for the schooling out of the blue, not thinking then how someone younger than sixteen years old would impact the story.

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A few readers have advised me to continue writing and not to go back to do a full edit just yet. And MarkM had some excellent suggestions in his review on 4/30/20, as well.

So please note that I'll be making changes to Chapter 9 and forward:

1. Primarily the mage school will now last for fifteen years, no longer ten. Thus the mage school will usually begin during the student's sixth Summer go to their twenty-first Summer.

2. Hartson will still graduate two Summers early after his two Summers early start. Instead of graduating during his twelfth Summer, it will be his seventeenth Summer. With his birthday being in July, this means that he will be 18 years old when he is to begin teaching. And Sienna will be 17 years old at that point.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

And as always, enjoy!

Brian