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The Twilight Diadem Chapter 1
The ringing of swords and grunting of men echoed in the training yard as Aellyn made her way into the square. She glanced around at the assembled soldiers and arms of her house with a sense of pride. She found a quiet corner and hoisted herself onto a thick stone railing to sit and watch…
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An Announcement, and The Twilight Diadem Prologue
A little less than a year ago, I began work on what I hoped would be my first novel. It was an ambitious project for a first attempt. My initial word count goal was 150,000 words, and I had only the vaguest outline of a story I wanted to tell. What was clear in my…
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Not a good look…
I’m a member of a local writers’ organization. While I’m not the most active member of the org, I do keep an eye on the goings-on in the off-chance something interesting catches my eye. (They have workshops, meet-ups and guest speakers, etc.) Normally, I’ll give their newsletters a quick skim and move on, but I…
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Halloween-themed One-shot
Things have gotten a bit busy for me recently, so work on the novel has been put on the back-burner temporarily. (Never fear, work on it will resume when time allows, but the current word count is sitting somewhere around 70k at the moment.) However, I’ve decided that I’d like to put together a quick…
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![[Concept][Sketch] Aellyn](https://granitecat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/aellyn.webp)
[Concept][Sketch] Aellyn
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A big leap forward
I’ve made a lot of progress over the past few days, so I wanted to share, and maybe give myself a small pat on the back in the process. I’m still trying to decide which excerpt I’d like to share for patrons. It’s hard to know what might sound enticing when pulled out of the…
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