Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Grey

The peace of the kingdom hung, dark cloud rain The prince sat huge old throne worn crown worn sword always alone no kin no advisors duty as the peace restlessly he fingered throne then crown and sword the dark cloud broke…….. The numbness of the day settled on me. The cold winter morning was punctuatedContinue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Grey”

Excursions from the Citadel- A Review by Moonlake

I’m really happy with the overall quality of the epub at the moment and this is what prompts me to write up this post in which I would give an outline and reviews of all the pieces included.   Let’s talk about Thread first (this is my blog so of course I come first :P).Continue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- A Review by Moonlake”

Excursions from the Citadel- out to wander the world

The first issue of the Citadel commercial epub, Excursions from the Citadel, will be out on Amazon Kindle on March 1st! We are taking advantage of the 5 days of promotion on Amazon in which our ebook will be free to targeted readers. So if fantasy or just good writing is your thing, tune inContinue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- out to wander the world”

Chinese lore- Legendary Horses

Pictures of all the horses can be seen here . Listing over there is in reverse order to this post here. No. 10: The Yellow-hoofed Flying Thunder (Zhao Huang Fei Dian) As its name indicates, it has four yellow hoofs but its body is white throughout. It is a very tall, powerful, dignified, elegant and yetContinue reading “Chinese lore- Legendary Horses”

You walk past a thousand stories in one day. What will you do with them?

Originally posted on What Inspires Your Writing?:
This week the spotlight shines on Devon McLaughlin, a fantasy author from Delaware and our latest winner in the ChapterBuzz writing contest! I asked Devon about what inspires her writing. The answer she gave is fantastic, and she even offers some great advice to budding writers in the…

The Concept of Meta Fiction

I mentioned something called Meta Fiction in my last post and since it’s not a well-known term I think I better explain what it is in a follow-up post.   Basically, I have come up with the following definition for it: it is a piece of prose written in the voice of a fictional characterContinue reading “The Concept of Meta Fiction”

Write-as-you-go plus Write-what-you-know

In between my commitments to my Writer’s home and the epub, I have most of my time occupied for time, not to mention that I’m back to FT work for a year. So I figured I better sneak in time whenever possible to actually write a post rather than doing lyrics posts or other alternativeContinue reading “Write-as-you-go plus Write-what-you-know”