Pelban grabbed me by the arm and dragged me toward the nearest exit. We shouldered our way through the throng and found ourselves emptying out of the tunnel into a warehouse. And the waiting arms of the dragons’ enforcers. Squads of lyzar slithered through the makeshift aisles between stacked crates and piled sacks. They tossed [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
Raid
Filed under Fiction on July 3, 2009
Tagged: Chronicles of Jord, Keldon's War Journal
Induction
Filed under Fiction on June 19, 2009
Tagged: Chronicles of Jord, Keldon's War Journal
“We’re here.” Pelban halted before the unlit porch of the old house and turned to face me. The play of shadows cast his weathered features in ominous planes. I frowned, my brow furrowing for just a moment before I smoothed my features. Pelban’s smile told me he saw anyway. “Trust me, Keldon,” he said. I [...]
A peek at the new “Relvan’s Rescue”
Filed under Fiction, Writing Journal on March 26, 2009
Tagged: fantasy fiction, Relvan's Rescue
Posting old fantasy fiction can be an exercise in humility for a writer. I often cringe as I read through previous versions of stories from early in my “career”. If I can see an improvement in craft, however, it makes the embarrassment easier to bear. You’ve had a chance to read the opening scene from [...]
How one woman rocked Relvan’s Rescue
Filed under Fiction, Writing Journal on March 24, 2009
Tagged: Janner Kohl, Relvan's Rescue
Lady Touvree Temmere is Janner Kohl’s love interest in “Relvan’s Rescue”. She was a bit player in the version of the story I submitted to various markets early last year, a few lines of conversation in the third scene that alluded to a shared past. Her part now would be considered leading lady material, a [...]
Logan Shadowhand: a retrospective (part three)
Filed under Fiction, Writing Journal on September 9, 2008
Tagged: fantasy fiction, Logan Shadowhand, Shattered Amulet
I graduated with my Bachelor’s in the summer of 2003 and won the Maiden of Pain open call in the fall. I spent the next year writing that novel. After a short break, I returned to Logan Shadowhand and the story I was now calling Shattered Amulet. Maiden taught me a lot and I wanted [...]
