Each Mortal is bound by a Limit, a Geomancer is also a Mortal. Every Reading comes with a Price, Know the Worth of the Price. Every Situation is accompanied by Chance, a single Thread of Chance. It is the idle season. Clusters of women gather to gossip under the rows of willow trees atContinue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from A Thread of Chance: An Overdue Reunion”
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Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from The Lady down the Hall
Lady, woman, girl, mother and wife. These were words Lord-Mage Dodandy Mofrin did not seem to know. Whore. It was his only word for any female and was a shining example of the filth that crowded his mind. Oh if he was speaking, on the unlikely occasion, to the Queen or a whore of similarContinue reading “Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from The Lady down the Hall”
Excursions from the Citadel- Excerpt from Atop a Pine-covered Moutain
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”
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)”
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