Category Archives: Art

Book 2 Cover Process #2

First off: apologies for being away so long.  My computer monitor died, I ordered a new monitor and computer, then the monitor came but needs an adaptor, then my iPad died, and now I’m on a library computer still waiting … Continue reading

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Book Spine and Backplate, Book 1

Hi there, everyone who just showed up because Pauline M Ross is awesome!  Nice to see you.  I wasn’t planning on posting tonight — it’s a work night and my feet are sore — but then I remembered I had … Continue reading

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Book 2 Cover Process #1

Back to the fun thing I like to call ‘nitpicking my artist until she drives across state lines to stab me with a kitchen knife’! Previously, on The Cover of Book 2:

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The Halion Calendar

I’m always tinkering with the details of my world, whether consciously or in the back of my mind, and I always knew that it did not have the same length of year/month/week/day as Earth.  I just recently formalized that idea, … Continue reading

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Halion Critters 2

Since my artist friend sketched up a few more images of my creatures, I’m sharing them here with blurbs like last time.

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Akarriden and Spirit Blades

The world of Halci is home to a variety of magics, each of which lend themselves differently to the practice of crafting magical weapons.  While the most unusual might be the akarriden blade, the others bear mentioning if only for … Continue reading

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Work In Progress Tag Thing

So I got tagged for this by Erica Dakin, and since it’s a book-related meme thing instead of some random fluff piece, I am responding!

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Influences: The Dragonlance Chronicles

My good friend Erica Dakin has been posting about some of her literary influences recently, so I decided to write a bit about my own, as I’m low on story-based content at the moment. Whereas she posts about inspirational authors, … Continue reading

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Halion Critter Overview

Back to posting content.  Not a ton, since I’ve started the final edit for book 2, but some details on the animals and monsters to be found on Halci.

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Book 1 — Published

Gonna keep this short.  My book, now on sale at Amazon. Edit: Also on Smashwords!

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