Spire City: Occupied Characters: Keene
Now back to the characters of Spire City: Occupied.Keene is...he's fun. A rugged, ragged-around-the-edges hunter who lives in a harsh landscape, the home of the great beetles that are eventually tamed and hitched to the carriages and taxis of the......
Spire City: Occupied Characters: Unnamed Correspondent
Our second character from Spire City: Occupied has no name. The correspondent is from Spire City, conscripted into the Mernan army, and reveals little else about their history or identity. What they do make clear is what's really happening i......
Spire City: Occupied characters: Temli
I'm putting together a few posts here to introduce the main characters of Spire City: Occupied. Starting with the airship captain Temli.Temli is a middle-aged woman who loves to fly more than anything. She owns her own small airship that she (along wit......
Spire City: Occupied, slight change of plans…
I've been getting ready to start promoting my serialized novel Spire City: Occupied on both Vella and Curious Fictions, after a soft launch earlier this month.With yesterday's news about Curious Fictions closing at the end of August, I'm still releasin......
Spire City: Occupied–a serial return to Spire City!
Wow, I didn't know if I'd ever be writing those words. But there it is, at last a chance to revisit Spire City, once again in a serial format.But this time somewhat differently...Spire City, the city of beetle-drawn carriages and chained singers,......
Birthday gift–a free novelette!
It's my birthday today. To celebrate, I'm giving you a gift, a free copy of my novelette "The Spire Singers." This week (through Friday, February 12) the story is free to purchase on Amazon.It's a strange story, in the best of ways, a touch of Ka......
Consume Post-Apocalypic Literature
In times like these, we should all consume more post-apocalyptic literature. This thought has been circling my mind the last few weeks and in examining its origin, I found it rooted in my lack of immediate concern surrounding the current situation. As street and foot traffic slow significantly, store-shelves...
Lyrical Worlds newsletter–sign up now!
And there it is, hinted at a few weeks ago and now live: the Lyrical Worlds newsletter.Lyrical Worlds will be the key way to get the latest news about my stories, poems, novels, etc. I'll still share links here on the blog, but the monthly newsletter w......
Faux newspaper of Spire City
Looking through the ads I'd created for the Spire City stories, I came across this image that I'd forgotten about. I probably created it between writing Season 1 and Season 2, long before the series was picked up by Musa.It's the same newspaper masthea......
Spire City faux ad (+social media blah blah)
The people of Spire City need to be able to travel sometimes, like anywhere else.***By the way, I've been blog silent for a while as I've been doing a variety of things in the background. The truth is that blogging feels like a carryover from an earlie......