Character Relationship Highlight During the course of her magical training with Fantur Nen, Babe Bump finds herself undergoing a kundalini-style initiation whenever she says--or even thinks--the words "secret salamander," which is an obscure reference in the mysterious Book of Moons possessed by Oyster Olson. Vesta is a shapeshifting, rampaging "cousin" of the Mo'o deities of…
Retrieving the Rights to My Series, Planning to Self-Publish
This is an update, and a glad one! My publisher has suggested that I self-publish my books as they are currently no longer up on Amazon, due to some kind of corporate fracas, and no one knows how long it will take to resolve this. Strange Particle Press has been good to me, and it…
The Guild of Ornamental Hermits Expelled from Amazon Publication – Have the Elsewherians Won At Last?
As of July, 2026, all links to the books, and the books themselves, no longer work. The books are gone. The reviews are gone. Everything, except mentions of the series in my author's page, is gone. This is a shattering discovery. Last week I clicked on the link to The Dire Deeds, and came up…
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…
Prequel Coming Soon: Hele to Hermitville
A definition of Hele nvi. To go, come, walk; to move, as in a game; going, moving; a gadabout.Figuratively, to die. nvt. To tie, bind, lash, make fast; noose, snare.—Hawaiian to English Dictionary, Pukui-Elbert (1986) Now that The Perilous Past, fourth book in the series, is published and I can seemingly count on at least…
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…
The Dire Deeds & The Witching Work in Library of Congress
Fantasy novels now part of the library's collection
Professor Almond – AI Chatbot!
Professor Almond enters the virtual realm for his continuing fieldwork in Human Studies Soon you'll be able to chat with one of my favorite characters from my Guild of Ornamental Hermits books, the "truly beautiful" Professor Almond, a professor of Human Studies in the Elven Realm. The Professor's tragic loss of one of his dearest…
Lucky LaFey, Professor Almond, & Oyster Olson
Paranormal Romance & Family Ties In The Queerest Quest, the relationship between Oyster Olson and Professor Almond becomes even more complex with the appearance of Lucky LaFey (Loki) in the third book in the Guild of Ornamental Hermits series. You'll have to read the book to find out! I am enjoying making images of my…
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…
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