Heating up

January 26, 2012

The arrival isn't far off in volume 7. It's going to be a slam dunk effect. Giving a lot of thought to the plot presentation.

Images

December 10, 2011

Cycling in some more images. The map has been displayed before, but I can't remember if the interior layout of the Gilnora was ever posted. Maybe not. I don't qualify as a naval architect, but the layout is close to what I envisioned while writing volume 2. Everything you would find in a boat is not depicted, but it's close. I really like the main salon.

Volume 7

December 4, 2011

The long holiday from writing has really paid off. I've now finished re-reading and editing volumes five and six (again) to come up to speed and ideas, this time, are pouring in.

As a series progresses, any series, the plot line inevitably becomes more complicated if the author allows his character(s) to mature and grow in many dimensions, even as we hopefully do in the other reality of our lives. That's the beauty of a long series, and also the challenge - how to keep it all together, do justice to the characters, and ramp up the excitement. What a challenge, but it's coming together.

On the road again

November 16, 2011

There has been a long hiatus during which keyboard has not been applied to paper, and I only rarely updated site images. Can't promise I'll do better with the latter category, but the need to write, to finish the series, to revisit and live on Aketti again, has steadily grown. Writing is a lifeline, and I will now resume that thread of life.

Hello again

October 9,2011

It's been quite a while since the last post. Sorry about that. Lot of stuff going on in life that has kept me either really busy or really tired from being really busy. I'm going to start re-visiting some graphics that haven't been up for some time.

As I said in an earlier post, Volume Seven, the last volume in the series, is well-started and awaiting further work.

Outage etc.

June 23, 2011

Sorry about that. The site was down for several days before I caught it. Turned out it was an internal DNS conflict.

On writing fronts there hasn't been much activity for some time now, but ideas are continuing to form.

Availability

March 31. 2011

This is a reminder that the second volume in the Alarai Chronicles series, Songs of Deep Green, is available only from this site. Exile to the Stars is also available at Amazon.com. Current chain bookstore policies have made it very difficult, and certainly not profitable, to seek placement there. Hopefully that will change in the near future.