All Hail, Tomma Bedlam! This Yuletide's "Boss of Misrule!" Long may ze reign! Yes, it's true. All of the Hermits and all of the Elves figured there was no one in their midst more deserving of the Crown of Chaos than their own Tomma Bedlam! (Lucky LaFey was a close second.) Tomma's first Misrule decree…
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The Turncoat Familiars
Demon painted by Marion Wallace Dunlop, an artist and suffragette. "Proto-Elsewherian" Pests in The Perilous Past The creature above is almost exactly what I think of when I envision the "Turncoat Familiars" who prove so dangerous to their hosts in the fourth book. The only difference (for me) is the tail. I don't think of…
The Library Game
The other day I tried to donate copies of my book to the local libraries here in Eugene and Springfield. I found out there were various protocols in place, with regard to cataloging and selection, designed perhaps to dissuade wild-eyed local authors from barging in with their books. It was discouraging to see how local…
The Paperback Copies Arrived
My very own copies of my first published fantasy novel just arrived (Aug. 15). I am ecstatic! (Can't wait to see the second book, The Witching Work, in print too!) FYI - Other readers who have received the paperback edition already mention that they are quite happy with the book quality (cover, paper) and somewhat…
Rune Illustrations by Paul F.S. Bauer
Today I am sharing two illustrations I commissioned from my youngest son, Paul F.S. Bauer, for The Dire Deeds of the Guild of Ornamental Hermits. There is a scene in the book where the Elves teach divination using the Elder Futhark runes, and I wanted the results illustrated. Paul added the additional design elements based…
July 2020 Progress
I am back firmly in fantasy novelist mode! This past weekend I put some character and plot development changes in place and continued the final edit on Dire Deeds. I revised the list of 29 genders of the Elf world; and sorted and organized files of character "faces" (a form of fantasy "casting" that helps…
“The Queerest Quest” Has Begun!
November 1st (my birthday) is also the start of each year's National Novel Writing Month, fondly known as NaNoWriMo. In NaNoWriMo 2016, I launched my fantasy novel, The Dire Deeds of the Guild of Ornamental Hermits, and continued to write all year. In NaNoWriMo 2017, I continued work on Dire Deeds and then revised and completed…
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