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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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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
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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Cover Process #4 — Complete!
So. I just pressed the ‘Publish’ button on the Kindle Direct Publishing page for my first book, The Light of Kerrindryr. It says it will take about 12 hours for the book to be entered in the database. Therefore, to … Continue reading
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Cover Work Process #3
Previously, on the Book 1 cover process, we were this far:
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Cover Work Process #2
Book 1’s cover is still in the works, and though I’m itching to get the book out there in the self-publishing world, I don’t want to gnaw on my friend’s head like a carnivorous barrette, so I am being patient. … Continue reading
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Cover Work Process
My friend Deb is still working on the art for the simplified cover, but as seems to be the way with us, the ‘simple’ version isn’t actually simple. Still have inking and all the colors to do, but she’s sent … Continue reading
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