Sketched
The Maw of Tash
Sometimes my anxiety feels a lot like Tirian's premonition: that he would be fed into the mouth of Tash's stable ere the day's end. The metaphor holds - if you've read The Last Battle, you know that Tash may well be in
Jaimie Krycho
Sketched
Digory finds the hedge + the tree
Bloodlines
One Decade Later…
I've finished the first draft of a work of children's literature, entitled The Delta Door. I might keep a few skeletal pieces, but most of the body is going to be, shall we say, transmogrified. Honestly, I was okay with the text until I did a
Short Story
Secondary Color - A work-in-progress
Okay! I finally got so tired of not posting anything, I decided I'm going to post EVERYTHING. Well, maybe not everything, but I'll at least give you part of a short story I've written. Maybe you can help me get some traction on it.
Bloodlines
Shaking, pt. 4
It was Ileniel's birthday, and despite the persnickity scholar's wishes, both Namiss and Antian had insisted on trying to prepare a grand meal for him. Namiss because she was Namiss, and she did such things, and Antian because against all odds, he and Ileniel had become
Bloodlines
Shaking, pt. 3
Haven't read part 2 of "The Shaking of Epheria" yet? Catch up here. He smiled, white teeth flashing, and inclined his head to her. "Sifani a-vinna Leyone." Sifani's opened her mouth in a stupid, wordless greeting. It turned out not to be
Bloodlines
Shaking, pt. 2
Dear reader, if you haven't already, it would behoove you to read the first installment of the second book of the "Bloodlines" Triology before you proceed here. Enjoy! As soon as that new scene came into being on the canvass of reality, thought and memory and
Bloodlines
The Shaking of Epheria, pt. 1
This is the first installment of the second book of the "Bloodlines" trilogy, by yours truly. I will post the entire draft of the book here in serialized form before I collate and publish it for Amazon Kindle. The Shaking of Epheria is a working title. Prologue He
Bloodlines
"Bloodlines of Epheria" Book Now Available on Amazon!
At long last! The piece of fantasy fiction I posted in serialized form on my blog is now collated, edited, and Kindle-i-fied! If you haven't kept up with Bloodlines of Epheria, Book 1 of The Bloodlines Trilogy, or are interested in how I edited the entire piece based
Philosophy of writing
Brief Thoughts on Secular Fiction by a Christian Author
With hopes to elaborate later, I thought I'd share what I consider the three aspects of secular fiction that a Christian author seeking to glorify Christ should have as a feature of his/her work: 1. Glorified virtue 2. De-glorified wickedness 3. A trajectory of hope (which can
Poetry
The Other Side of My Writing...
is poetry. I wrote this for my Okie best friend's new son, Fitzhugh. It incorporates a list of favorite memories concerning Fitz that she gave me. It's a simple and straightforward piece - just a little something to break the lull in my posting. Hope you
Short Story
"All Possible Futures" - a retro fan-fiction piece
Juleya Kionee tugged up the high collar of her Imperial uniform with her right hand, an obnoxious enough habit to make her conjecture as to why she did it. She had long since concluded that if it weren't for Den standing two seats away from her in the