I grew up reading fairy tales and fantasy fiction. I always wanted to see myself as one of the characters in whatever I was reading and/or have that character's abilities. Childhood examples include: Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (for having the coolest submarine and for being disgusted with humanity); Doctor Doolittle (for being…
“Hermitville in Hawai’i” – A Subtext of Spiritual Settler/Colonialism in Occupied Lands
Hawai'i nei (beloved Hawai'i) has struggled with many, many forms of invasion over the last few hundred years - people, invasive species, political, military, economic, spiritual, and so on. The results have not been happy or sustainable for either the islands themselves or for the original people, the Kanaka Maoli. This blog is not going…
Intersex Characters in Hermitville
Babe Bump Frank Talk Babe Bump and Frank Talk, depicted as game peices, designed via HeroForge.com. Babe Bump, the book's primary narrator, and Frank Talk, one of Hermitville's fine musicans, live in bodies that have intersex variations. However, Babe and Frank each deal with a different set of circumstances, as the intersex variation of each…
Western Magic Influences
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Edith Sitwell and Tom o’ Bedlam
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) CD cover Michael Rossman in Hawai'i. Photo by A.R. Marsh. What do an eccentric poet and an equally eccentric leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement have in common? Why, serving as inspiration for The Guild of Ornamental Hermits fantasy novels, of course! Here are two of the most pervasive and…
