So, it's been a pretty crappy week for writing. Haven't been able to get in the zone. First there was problems with writing Demesne, which needed three versions and two rewrites... and now I have t...
2021-05-01 13:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Any idea what's going to happen to him?" Rian asked.
They stood around the outside of Grem's impromptu prison under the light of the late afternoon sun. It felt… strange… to Lori to not ...
2021-04-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Vyshke woman moved to stand over Grem, glaring down at him. As he finished blinking and came fully conscious, he started returning the favor.
"Grem," she said curtly.
"Vyshke," he s...
2021-04-27 17:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostEmdeng awoke, as he usually did, to the sounds of the bells of Open Hand Demesne chiming the time. Despite advancements in timekeeping technology over the centuries, the bells were still rung at su...
2021-04-27 03:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostLori had never seen Rian so nervous. It hasn't a state she associated with her lord. He was confident, charming, kind, oblivious to other's advances, could easily be mistaken for making advances, a...
2021-04-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Savant
"Healed? Your Binder healed all of them?" Rian said, sounding appropriately amazed at such a convenient occurrence. "Well, that's convenient. They'll be a...
2021-04-25 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDue to not being in the zone for long enough yesterday, the Patron exclusive short 'A Mentalist's Day' (tentative title) wasn't completed. Rather than forcing it today, I'll do it later this week i...
2021-04-25 03:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe House With Pink In Its Walls, Part 2
The graveyard in Marikina– sorry, the 'Memorial Garden'– was, in fact, actually fairly private. While they had a gate, t...
2021-04-25 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, as promised, food was sent up to them for lunch, since aside from Grem's actions, they were apparently still considered guests.
River's Fork demesne had bread.
That alone ma...
2021-04-22 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe girl Shanalorre was staring at Lori curiously. "You're a wizard?" she said. "Like Tota and Tyatya?"
"I am," Lori confirmed, ignoring the two militiamen in front of her who were hefting th...
2021-04-20 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostA hearty thanks to everyone who has been supporting me and my stories! I am here to say that before the end of the month (if you happen to be thinking of leaving), I will be releasing a Patron Excl...
2021-04-20 05:25:20 +0000 UTC View Post"Healed? Your Binder healed all of them?" Rian said, sounding appropriately amazed at such a convenient occurrence. "Well, that's convenient. They'll be able to travel on their own, then."
Gr...
2021-04-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe House With Pink In Its Walls, Part 1
One morning, as Sanny Dalag woke from strange dreams of alien thoughts and sensations, filling his mind with disjointed visi...
2021-04-18 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis Place Isn't Civilized
It was very tempting to boldly say 'No', throw him into the water, then turn around to go back to her demesne.
But if what he was sa...
2021-04-17 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn her room at home, Tammy waits dreaming
Sleepy, yet not asleep.
She lay in bed, dreaming, dozing.
She wanted to...
2021-04-17 14:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostRian was the first out of the boat and over the side, pulling it up onto the shore to beach it properly so it wouldn't drift away. Grem scrambled down to help as Lori and everyone else tried to kee...
2021-04-15 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostShe slept on the barge, anchored securely out in the middle of the river. With all the supplies removed, there was plenty of room for her to stretch out. She had her rain coat to lie down on, her o...
2021-04-14 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so, had to edit Demesne Chapter 25 because a number was absurdly low, and I was driving myself to conniptions with math before I gave up and admitted I had to (shudder) edit a number so it ma...
2021-04-12 12:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt was very tempting to boldly say 'No', throw him into the water, then turn around to go back to her demesne.
But if what he was saying is true…
"How did no one rob you blind in Cove...
2021-04-11 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 3
"So talk," an incongruously normal, feminine voice said.
To be perfectly honest, Tammy hadn't really thought past this part. She'...
2021-04-11 07:42:29 +0000 UTC View PostLori's Boat
With the probationaries telling them that there was, in fact, no rapids between her demesne and their previous, now unclaimed one, as well as the asserti...
2021-04-10 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"– according to her biography!" Lori ranted. "So, it doesn't work like that!" She panted and reached for the water skin for a drink to soothe her throat.
Landoor– and his name wo...
2021-04-08 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere was much screaming, holding on to the sides of the barge and lying down next to the pile of supplies crying about how they were going too fast.
"You're all being overdramatic," Rian sig...
2021-04-07 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs some of you may know, SB is currently down. Now, I don't know how many of you followed me from there for sure, but I know it's a number greater than 2. So, until the issue is resolved, and that ...
2021-04-07 04:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostWith the probationaries telling them that there was, in fact, no rapids between her demesne and their previous, now unclaimed one, as well as the assertion there were wounded left behind, Lori was...
2021-04-04 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 2
The area of the street where the yellow newcomer and the plague dog were fighting was clear of people, who'd all drawn back to take out...
2021-04-03 17:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostWhile trying to write the latest chapter of Nightmærangers, I gave in and tried to give them a short, cut for TV-size OP lyrics. Why? Because apparently there are still some self-delusions I need ...
2021-04-03 17:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe Strangers
It was the most awkward lunch Lori had ever attended, and that included the time her mothers and she had attended a family reunion in another demesne a...
2021-04-03 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostHELLOOOOO Patrons and possibly people who for some reason are reading the free chapters here instead of somewhere more convenient, like 2021-04-02 08:30:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It wasn't much of a ceremony. Grem, the assorted probationary subjects he was eating with, Rian to take over when she was done, and anyone else who might be in hearing range, which from the murmur ...
2021-04-01 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post