Another day. Another Conversation. “The aunera separate into tribes based on arbitrary distinctions and then war on one another.”
We were in the garden, that day, Thirukedi sitting on a stone bench with a basket for flowers, but my arrival had interrupted His picking them. Seeing it, I said, “Shall I…...
2019-02-06 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're on the Discord server and want to help out, be an advance reviewer, or just read for fun, your link is in the #vault!
If you're not and want in, and you've read the existing Stardancer series, message me here!
Party. Started. *nods*
*dances*
2019-02-05 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Strutting his dangerous stuff. Look at those spots! I have to up my spot-drawing game. *nods*
Crazy week, y'all! I heard the Midwest got cryogenically frozen and will be available in roughly a hundred years when scientists defrost it! Tell us what the future's like, y'all!
No, seriously, I hope everyone's wa...
2019-02-02 13:01:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe draft is done, and I'll be asking for your help, probably some time next week! This story calls back to events in Alysha's Fall, Second, Who is Willing, and Either Side of the Strand, so if you want to help out with continuity you should have read those books. (In fact, it's probably the least standalone...
2019-01-31 16:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostYou know, perhaps, from your association with Farren that we have two words for special… you can be atain, special in a bad way… or dira, special in a good way. We treasure the everyday, aunera; our goal is normalcy and contentment, not the sorts of highs and lows you seem to find important.
For the audio edition of Book 1 of Blood Ladders: An Heir to Thorns and Steel! Come and fund if you're so minded! Or just drop me a buck for solidarity and daily updates! <3
Cat has earned a new blanket in my never-ending quest to keep him from destroying my chair. He looks happy about it, and I am happy about him not kneading holes in my cushions, so... win?
Happy Saturday, everyone! It's been... whew, a crazy week. Wrap-up!
“You’re lucky I’m not biting you.”
He thrust his arm at me. “Please! If you do, I’ll win my money back!”
I sighed, torn between exasperation and fondness. “Ajan…”
He held up his hands. “Peace, Haraa! It was a joke!” He paused. “Between Kor and I, granted. But a joke nonetheless—...
2019-01-23 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is All Fan Chat Day! Come hang with the regulars on Discord! You will be dropped into #picnicfield, our channel for public hangouts, and it will be marvelous! Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/NtQNbU
Please not...
2019-01-23 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
"My jaws are wide enough to fit around your head so if I want to look ridiculous with my tongue stuck out I think I'll do that"
Yay, it is Saturday and I am finally well again! *does dance*
So, good stuff, either happening, or coming!
Nearly a year has passed since the conclusion of the Chatcaavan War… which means it’s time for Jahir and Sediryl to marry, and Sediryl to kneel for the coronet of the imperial heir! All their allies are gathering to celebrate, from the expected, like the Queen Ransomed and Lisinthir, to mentors and friends from years past...
2019-01-17 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFarren’s studio is a temple to sunlight, beauty, and pigment. Order, too. That struck me when I walked into it after so recently having tarried in Lenore’s office. Language was a kind of art as well, but Lenore practiced her art far more chaotically than Farren. In his sanctuary, everything had its proper place, and retur...
2019-01-16 15:42:45 +0000 UTC View Post
If there is a soft blanket, he sits.
Helloooo, peoples, we have finally arrived at Saturday on a very lackluster week. I went to the doctor on Tuesday after dragging for almost two weeks only to be told I'd been ignoring an infection and next time to come in sooner. Today is my last day of antibiotics, so hopefully I wi...
2019-01-12 13:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you have already noticed the look of my Patreon page changing along with the tiers and tier rewards! So I thought I’d explain what I’m going to be doing next, and why.
As you know, I am now a full-time writer and artist! Which is great, because after running the numbers, I’ve discovered the way to maintain...
2019-01-10 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSharing my notes with Kor was rewarding and alarming. The former because he didn’t pretend interest in it for my sake; he was as curious about how aunera speak as I was, and smart enough to have begun picking up pieces of it while we were there. He also didn’t fear contracting maien from the study, which was a relief. Wor...
2019-01-09 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again! In lieu of a monthly round-up, we get the yearly. Side note: I went full-time as a writer/artist on June 16th, so you can fill in the blanks with tumult in the transition, and sudden changes in plans and goals. I'm looking forward to not having to radically switch gears in the middle of the year this yea...
2019-01-07 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, different kitty. Still counts? *grin* We went to a cat sanctuary over the holiday, and I took lots of photos. If I run out of cute smol cat pictures, I now have a source of big ones!
Look at those eyes, y'all. And those PAWS.
Welcome to the first Caturday of 2019! Lots of exciting news coming in the next cou...
2019-01-05 18:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostI wound my way back through the tranquil night, amid softly glowing lanterns, and breezes that smelled sweet like flowers, and resinous like incense, and the worldweight was soft on my limbs and I was home.
…and then I reached Qevellen, and remembered all the things I had not yet resolved, and my wrists grew tense, an...
2019-01-02 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Camouflaged to blend into my floor, too, complete with woodgrain patterns on his head.
This is the last Saturday of 2018! I hope you are relaxing through it. I know I've been taking it easy this week, other than the manic cooking on Christmas morning...!
Did you get any fun presents? The ones I'm getting the most ...
2018-12-29 16:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I found another old Le'enle short! So here it is. Illustration above, "To Outlast Eternity", is of Distant Song (creamy colored) and Argent Star (silvery).
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"Turn the storm, Empress."
Distant Song's silver eyes rested on the froth of the agitated waves rushing to shore. On the horizon t...
2018-12-28 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Osulkedi,” He said, gentle. “Take off your boots.”
One obeys Thirukedi, reflexively. I’m not certain even now—especially now—if it’s because of something He does with His voice, or something He is, only that we all respond to it… a little like we respond to Shame, when Kor is acting ...
2018-12-26 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
...to those of you celebrating, and to those of you not, a wonderful day anyway, and a happy new year coming. Lunch bags are on hiatus until January, but other regularly scheduled patreon content will continue! Because I am a whiz at planning at advance. <3
Enjoy your holiday season, ariisen!
2018-12-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
...is more interested in Ursula's gift bag than in the goodies I excavated from it. Just like a cat.
We are heading into the holiday season, for those celebrating Christmas! Like me! If you haven't already read the Alysha holiday short, "Season's Meaning," I put it back up for free here: 2018-12-22 20:04:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Patreon changed how content is served to y'all, and that means you need to go back and check each Creator you've pledged to and select a tier if you want to receive their content! Please double-check that now... I know some of you aren't receiving the stuff I'm posting anymore, and I don't want you to miss anything!
Her...
2018-12-21 18:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostI did not go directly home, but rode to center. I couldn’t not. When one seeks calm, when one needs context, when one needs to strip away everything but the essential, one goes to center. And I… I was now osulkedi, and owed my first impressions to Thirukedi, the first impressions that were bubbling and roiling in me...
2018-12-19 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Since you all wanted to know when they were available, here they are:
He's looking at the crows. :D
Anyway, this being the month of my Get Everything Done Because I Guess I Wanted to Work Through the December Holidays, I went ahead and finished up the last of the print editions:
Behold their glory...
2018-12-15 13:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
No, seriously, I mean that. I think I mentioned in my last business post that I bought software that would let me convert my manuscripts to ebook and print simultaneously, which means going forward I'll publish those two editions at the same time. But I had the backlist to worry about, and instead of sitting on it I decided to d...
2018-12-14 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI know a little more of your mind now, aunera, enough to have guessed what you’re thinking now… so possibly it will disappoint you that I am not interested in recording, at length, all the conversations that followed in the next three days. I had many of them, certainly, because I woke in the morning and went immedi...
2018-12-12 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A rare public post! Share with friends, so they know why you're tossing me a few dollars. :)
Anyway, audio! In which I discuss not just Chatcaavan grammar, but how I choose to portray multilingual characters in fiction, and why.
This one I actually edited a little! So I spared you a lot of my 'um' and long pauses. >.&...
2018-12-11 18:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post
