Cecil was filled with that flavor of arrogance that people use to deny terror. The maw of his mind drowned his reflexive thoughts of panic by spitting out phrases of assurance and certainty. As he fled up a mountainside in the southern Rocky Mountains he spat out phrases such as, “Didn’t know what YOU wereContinue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Atop a Pine-covered Moutain”
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Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Labor of an Empress
“Gnats Giant gnats in stately robes calling Me to this and that Buzzing sapping my will ‘Lady, You Must….’ ‘But the Flood…..’ ‘The coffers are nearly……!’ ‘You must judge…..’ I slam the doors shut The roar of the fire The Smells of the Forge The Gnats hammer at the doors ‘Lady….’Continue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Labor of an Empress”
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”
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”
Triumph of the Short Stories (2)
Okay, I promised a made-up post for forgetting my weekly post a while back. Here it is while I have some news to share. I have completed a second short story, this time a sole effort, for the epub venture. Okay, technically, it’s only half the completed story but I’m running it as aContinue reading “Triumph of the Short Stories (2)”
Triumph of the short story
Firstly, Happy New Year, everyone (While today is not New Year’s Day, this is the post of mine that you are reading this year) This must be the most dramatically titled post of mine so far. This is driven by the fact that I just completed the first short story in my life (technically untrueContinue reading “Triumph of the short story”
Moonlake’s Writing Updates (2)
Okay so I’m back but only to say that I want to extend my leave to end of September. I’ve gone through a couple of false starts but I’ve started on the short story for the epub project that I talked about in the last post and have just passed the 1000 words mark. ThisContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates (2)”
Moonlake's Fiction Space 