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      • Chapter Two
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      • Chapter One
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    • Sea of Dragonfire
    • The Willow in the Wood
    • Feathers and Thorns
    • Those Who Remained
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    • Okami, the Grey Wolf
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    • The Vices and Virtues of Sera Ryan
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Never Knew I Was a Dancer ’til Delilah Showed Me How

Friday, May 13th (2016) @ 20:43 EDT

Four chapters written/re-written for Emarosa so far.
Don’t expect the next draft to be anywhere near ready before fall, but it’s coming along nicely.

In lieu of that, Florence Welch put together this amazing piece called The Odyssey.
It’s about 50 minutes, but well worth every one.

“Self-Portrait”

A child wandered into the woods yesterday.
We spent years searching for him, but she was nowhere to be found.
A friend says this guilt is misplaced because these things happen.
I wonder when they’ll go missing, though they’ve never really been here.

I believe that meeting love is so unlike having met her.
I also believe calories don’t count on the weekend.
No one knows what the matter was with Van Gogh. Not really.
Some understand better than they ever wanted to, though they would never tell you.

I still think about that child sometimes, and perhaps the child thinks of me.
I doubt the thoughts are the same.
You took my hand and told me to never forsake love for a lover.
Time’s not fooled by anyone: you never believed you.

I saw a thing once I couldn’t believe.
It was too much for words, and even if you had been there you still wouldn’t have seen.
So I drew you a picture to show the trees through the leaves.
The barren forest whispered as you stared at me, “Sometimes it’s better to forget the dreams.”

Some time later, or perhaps before, we finally abandoned the search.
If the child wanted to be found, then maybe we seemed decent (if not selfish).
But we know better than nature how things ought to be.
We’re more simple than we believe.

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You Can’t Be Caught Red-Handed If You’re Not Red-Handed

Wednesday, July 31st (2013) @ 07:00 EDT

Happy end of July!

Dustland Requiem is now available in Kindle, epub, and paperback here.
Check it out, give it to a friend, leave a review. Every little bit helps.
For Eva fans, 3.33 has been out for a while now, and without going into too much, it’s…different.
But Eva is Eva.

On the Steam front, the Steam summer sale brought out some interesting contenders, such as Rogue Legacy (quite possibly the ultimate rogue-like action game), Reus (the poorperson’s/anyone-with-a-job’s Civ 5), and Evoland (RPG education and fun).
There are plenty more great games, of course, but these are ones worth checking out.

Renamed the Emarosa project since I’ve got some bigger plans for it after A Bard’s Folktale is finished.
Nothing will change for the immediate story though.
Which reminds me–new section of Emarosa posted!

Edit: The contact form is having issues at the moment.
If you need to reach me, I can be contacted at aramis(at)glass-waltz(dot)net.

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Rock on Young Savior, Don’t Give up Your Hope

Sunday, June 2nd (2013) @ 11:52 EDT

Many things this month (sticking to monthly posts until this peace-keeping mission is over):
– Writing Updates
– Guest Blogger
– Blood Kiss

Writing:
Secret project Bards the First (aka Roaming Cadenza) is about done; just waiting on post-production.
Since I’ve finished all major work on it, figure it’s time to share.

When I first published Roaming Cadenza there were some issues with the manuscript.
The short version is that the final editor/proof reader and I had some significant disagreements, and I ended up doing the entire thing on my own.
Terrible decision on my part for a first novel; it resulted in the final product being much lower quality than anyone taking the time to read it deserves.
If I had realized how unqualified I was to do a full revision at the time, I wouldn’t have released Roaming Cadenza like I did.
Having said that, I owe my readers an apology. I’m sorry I released it in such a poor condition.

To make amends, I’ve been working closely (and tirelessly) with a couple editors and proof readers to revise and clean up the entire first manuscript, which I’ll be releasing for free over the next two weeks.
I expect the epub/general ebook version to be available by the end of the week, with the mobi/Kindle version available early next week.
EDIT: Both versions are now available here.

Following that, Dustland Requiem’s tentative release date is 25 June, pending any major issues.

And chapter four of Emarosa is posted.

Guest Blogger:
Later this month, I’ll be hosting Dianne Harman as a guest blogger.
She’ll be sharing a bit about her writing, providing a fresh perspective.

Blood Kiss:
Okay, so this is wicked exciting.
Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman have both signed on to act in a kickstarter indie film entitled “Blood Kiss” by Michael Reeves.
Normally I’m not a big fan of the vampire genre–I feel like it has beaten the horse to death, sired it, killed it again, infected it with the t-virus, and then destroyed civilizations before finally dying out for good…hopefully.
However, this particular film seems to have a lot of fresh blood (feel free to flog me for that) and again: Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman.
What more is there to say? Please support.

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