Onyx eyes bright, shining in the starlight,Deeper than shade yet lively you remain.Your heart pure white, gentle in the moon’s sight,Smoother than jade yet strong as summer rain. Wand’ring ‘neath twilit skies clear in storm’s wake,My soul rises as a dreamer to sleep.Though once at your absence, my heart did Read more…
Definitely been a while and I’ve been far too lax on updating this site. The only excuse I can give is that 2024 was a bit of a rough year for me and that’s more excuse than justification. In any case, the 0.8 draft of Ember King’s Inheritance Book 2 Read more…
It’s not exactly a poem and doesn’t have any kind of meter — I outright didn’t design it that way — but I feel it fits the same category. Lord, grant me the zeal of spring, the spirit and swiftness of the winds clearing the clouds at dawn.Lord, grant me Read more…
There is no darkness as rises with noon,When spring winds blow gentle and clouds run free.Yet the calm air slips out of reach too soon,Leaving neither cold nor warmth within me. Find me as ash among the pale lilies,Naught but barren dust beyond the rain’s aid.No light of hope shines Read more…
Sir Cathán and the Dragon of the Wells: First Transcribed in Modern English by Martlet di Rotstein Greetings and salutations, fair traveler. If you would share my fire for a time, then please grant me the favor of playing host. In these times of tribulation and despair, it can be Read more…
Approximate date and time I decided the Citadel-folk as a people wear hats: 12/16/2023, 12:00 A.M.…Approximate date and time I realized this has unforeseen and incorrect implications with Isotta’s pre-established character quirk: 12/16/2023, 12:02 A.M. Footnote 1: ‘You’re an idiot.’ — the Twisted JerkFootnote 1A: Approximate date and time I Read more…
Sir Cathán and the Dragon of the Wells: First Transcribed in Modern English by Martlet di Rotstein [Footnote 1] Greetings and salutations, fair traveler. If you would share my fire for a time, then please grant me the favor of playing host. In these times of tribulation and despair, it Read more…
Alright, so those of you who’ve been paying attention and kept with me through my admittedly sporadic schedule might remember that I said I had a new project in the works, oh, four months back. Well, the gist of it is that I’ve been working on a bit of a Read more…
So today I was thinking about why Erica was named Erica – spoilers, the reason is phenomenally inane – and it again sent me down the inevitable spiral of how things got to where they are. As it happens, I keep things straight in my mind by running over them Read more…
Me, casually putting dates on chapters to make sure everything adds up going forward: “Wait. This can’t be right. Allard didn’t do anything for an entire day. People are dying. I think I need to reinspect the plot flow here.”