Writing in the Time of Cancer

Before March 2024 May 2025 Fall 2024 The Perilous Past is the book that I never thought I would finish, let alone live to see published. Thanks to surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy last year (2024), I not only finished that fourth book in The Guild of Ornamental Hermits series, but I also wrote…

My Elves Get Avatar Makeovers!

New features in Heroforge enhance Elven beauty It's been awhile since I've done character design work in Heroforge, so I was delighted to find a whole new set of features to enhance my characters' beauty and individuality. Here are some images so far. Compare the old with the new! Ulmaria (Water) Elves Professor Almond 2023…

Signal Boost: For Maui

To Kokua... To Donate: Nā ʻAikāne o Maui - Lahaina Cultural Center Hawaiʻi Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund To Listen and Learn: Kapuaʻala Sproat, law professor, on "plantation disaster capitalism," on Democracy Now, 8/18. Kaleikoa Kaeo, Hawaiian studies professor, on Democracy Now, 8/14. Kaniela Ing, national director of Green New Deal Network, on Democracy…