Silk Betrayal: Dramatis Personae
The Silk Betrayal has a lot of characters, including seven who are our points of view for different chapters. I’ve highlighted some of those characters in posts this month. As you read the novel, you may find it useful to have a complete list of them, minor and major,...
Song Styles
Another few months, another set of music CDs to entertain me upon my driving ... driving ... so much driving. As always, I create CDs with themes, whether it be "House and Home" or "Long Distance" ... and then one set that where the connecting th......
Festive Frolics & the Best of 2018
I have a new short (The Poison Harp) with some backstory on my sassy assassin Mist from my yet to be released epic 'Army of Me' (Bindcrafter Paradigm Series) coming soon, that should be ready in the new year, and has been a LOT of fun to write.
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The Ship of Silk on the Calmest Sea
a fable of the Forgotten SouthThe founding mythology of the Valley of Eghsal is that their ancestors came by sea hundreds of years earlier, sailing through usually impassible waters from a distant land known only as the Forgotten South. Before I’d begu......
Silk Betrayal: timeline
While I have no plans to do a massive George R. R. Martin style multi-book history of the Eghsal Valley and all its twists and turns, the book does include a broad timeline of the major events of the past 600 years. This is, to be clear, the timeline...
Silk Betrayal main character: Jaritta
Jaritta is one of those characters writers will tell you about, one who takes over a story and demands recognition.She is an outcast, an untouchable, who spends time at Chaitan’s house with Rashul and all the other dreamers who imagine a different worl......
Wednesday Wanderings
Since I've had a number of short story sales lately (huzzah!), I'm working on editing a new story to put into submissions soon. This tale, "Lip Service," is a contemporary fantasy. where phantasmal creatures resembling bees secrete magical energy......
“Super Solutions” now available!
The Fifth Di ... December 2018 issue is now out, with my story, "Super Solutions." Check it out: The Fifth Di - December 2018This is my oddball little superhero reality television show story. I had so much fun with it, but humor ......
Song Styles
One of the reasons I have this Sunday feature is because as a professional harper, music is very important to me, though my listening tastes are quite different from my playing tastes, where I specialize in Celtic and early music, with some contemporar......