J. A. Holladay

Legends of Clal

Everything about the series in one place. Start with the 2007 foundations, wander through the world and its people, or open the archive to see every file.

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2007 · Start here

The World of Clal: Foundations

Josh's original 2007 notes. The three wizards, the F'elements, the Magicons, the prophecy, the five lessons.

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2007 · Original

Clal Synopsis 10-10-07 (the original file)

The original 2007 Word file the Foundations notes came from, recovered as text.

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Myth · Diagram

The Four Waters

The fountain and its four channels, and what happens to the water in Book 5.

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World

World Bible

The full world reference, built from the scattered drafts.

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World

Illian World (lite)

The short version: Heaven, Earth and the fall of the second son.

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People & places2

Codex

Characters

32 characters from the NovelCrafter codex, with portraits.

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Codex

Locations

2 places from the NovelCrafter codex.

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The story13

Book 1

Book 1: The Dragon Summoner (working text)

The long working manuscript, in one readable page.

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Book 1

Book 1 Scene Outline

Scene by scene.

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Book 1

Book 1 Continuity Index

Who knows the secret, and when.

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Series

Series Notes: Books 2–8

Where the whole series goes after Book 1.

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Series

The 8 Book Plots (Aug 2025)

Plot plans for all eight books, And / But / Therefore style. Pulled from Google Drive.

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Book 1

Book 1: The Dragon Summoner, Version 4 (Dec 2025)

The December 2025 version of Book 1. Pulled from Google Drive.

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Book 2

Book 2: The Twisted Peak, 10.0

The Book 2 draft. Pulled from Google Drive.

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Book 1

Open Questions & Draft Answers

The structural questions and the draft answers.

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Book 1

Book 1 Rewrite Workbook

The finishing plan, step by step.

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Manuscript

Book 1 - June 15, 2026 - 1.0.2 - Novel

A dated NovelCrafter export of the manuscript.

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Manuscript

Book 1 - June 15, 2026 - 1.0.1 - Novel

A dated NovelCrafter export of the manuscript.

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Manuscript

Book 1 - June 15, 2026 - 1.0.0 - Novel

A dated NovelCrafter export of the manuscript.

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Manuscript

Book 1 - July 22, 2026 - 1.0.3 - Novel

A dated NovelCrafter export of the manuscript.

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Process & mentors6

Process

Session Transcript (July 23, 2026)

The working session that consolidated the project.

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Process

Project Context

What this project is, the current priority, and the working rules.

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Process

Decision Log

What has already been decided. Check here before re-deciding.

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Process

Project History

How the project got here.

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Mentors

Call with Lindsay Hiller (Oct 16, 2026)

Raw notes from the call.

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Mentors

Highlights & Changes

What came out of the Lindsay Hiller call.

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Everything3

Everything

The Archive

All 837 files, grouped by folder, with search and a type filter.

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Pictures

Gallery

300 images.

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Listen

Audio

14 audio files.

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