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Introduction and Table of Contents
Hello, and thank you for looking in. This is where I post my fantasy stories in their uncensored, unabridged editions.
Most stories will feature homosexual relationships. Those with explicit adult material are marked with an asterisk. (*)
Tales of the Tempest series (Ongoing heroic fantasy) -- As an ancient, dying empire slowly collapses, it leaves ( Read more... ) -
What I've been up to
Cross-posted from my y!Gallery journal:
Not a lot of writing, that's for damn sure. I still have two Tales stories more or less in work, although I haven't made a lot of progress lately. I'm wondering now if I haven't bitten off more than I can chew with one of them. It could easily end up novel length, and I don't know if I'm prepared for something ( Read more... ) -
The Ceilidh
With a name like Ian Douglass, he can scarcely be anything other than of Scottish descent. A ceilidh (pronounced KAY-lee) is a Gaelic social gathering. Formerly it was focused on storytelling but now it's about music and dance whether traditional, as here, or modern.
( “Ian!” His father’s voice held the same note of irritation it always did when preparing for a family gathering. ) -
Progress report
Work on the next story in Tales of the Tempest is still proceeding, although slowly. The last couple of weeks have been particularly difficult. The scene I'm working on is not an easy one to write -- I haven't been this nasty to Kit since "The Rising Storm" -- and I have the uncomfortable suspicion that I'm not doing it justice in the rough draft. ( Read more... ) -
On measurements
The decision for my characters to use American-style measures in Tales of the Tempest was deliberate. To those who are unfamiliar with them, I'm sure they're sometimes befuddling and annoyingly archaic, but it's that archaic character that, to me, makes them more suitable for use in a pseudo-historical setting. The SI system is much more orderly, ( Read more... ) -
Memetic Unit Parte the Seconde
This one is about Tamarick, our usual narrative POV in the Tales of the Tempest stories.
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Succumbing to peer pressure
It's a meme. I was tagged by engine_red. Since she's the one who prodded me into actually finishing and posting stories in the first place, I have no choice. I surmise that we are to provide nine random facts about an OC.
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Ongoing work and revisions
I have no particular interest in the Twilight "saga", but it's both fun and fashionable to mock it as it richly deserves. To do that honestly, one really ought to have read the books first, and I have no intention of subjecting myself to them. Fortunately I don't have to, thanks to Dana of Reasoning With Vampires and Mark of Mark Reads Twilight.
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Fictionwriters? Why u do dis?
I wrote this and decided it was too harsh for the fictionwriters group -- it's not writers_guild , after all -- but I had to put it SOMEPLACE.
The post in question is here, which links to this story
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