Lesser Weevils

Hope for better, and think of me
and dream of lands beyond the sea
I’ll be there upon the shore
wishing for better and hoping for more


Hope for better, and remember me
when I am gone away from […]

It was a quiet place, Adelgir, predominantly consisting, but not limited, to the peculiar race of Elves.

Chapter 2
I sat with the wind children and picked flowers with them for a while.  They seemed to grow less timid and started to sing and giggle in their twinkling little voices.  I learned bits of their songs and […]

Chapter 1

I sat in the grass of a meadow and everything around me was green and alive. It seemed that I was alone, but I didn’t feel so. I looked up to the bright sky, but I saw no sun, though the world seemed […]

“A land without names or need of names: where reality simply could not exist…” =====================================================================

As I looked over the green hills towards the westering sun, […]

Well, that’s it folks.  With the posting of Chapter 5 comes the last of my pre-written chapters (until about chapter 10…ish).  Fortunately, I have the next week off work, so I can (theoretically) focus some […]

I read once that we must rest in the soil of our homeland in order to regain our strength.  The dirt-nap thing is crap, but getting back to the shade and familiarity of my apartment after a strenuous morning of […]

It has been a somewhat schizophrenic day.

Got my first sight of snow this winter, which is always cause for joy.  Pity it was localised to Tewkesbury and was little more than a thin dusting, but the way things […]

Hours passed.  I looked out my window, and it the sun was just beginning to set.  I often lose myself in books, and I never like finding myself again when I’m done.  I got up out of my seat and stretched.  […]

Pure vs. Impure.  The effects of sunlight, garlic and religious iconography.  Strength.  Feeding habits.  Origins.  Reflections.

Every vampire author has their own take on the rules of the species.  The […]

Hmm, part of me thinks I should be taking more time over these chapters – the editing and fine-tuning – but on the other hand, the whole point of this exercise is to get the thing written.  More intricate editing […]

Manhattan glistened in the fading light of the early evening.  The sky glowed deep shades of orange and yellow as the sun sank into a horizon broken by the familiar towers of glass and steel.
Rebecca Sharp had […]

…then saying “Bollocks. That’ll have to do.”

This has more-or-less been my process since that very first draft.  There are chapters that have come easily, conversations that flow with an almost sitcom-like […]

First, a quick note on Spiral Galaxies: Including our very own Milky Way, it appears that all spiral galaxies are formed from a vast amount of stuff being drawn into a Super-Massive Black Hole (think dirty water […]

I’ve been pondering how to sell myself (and before anyone says it, it’s too cold to be standing on street corners).  Episodically posting work is a good start, but without some kind of hook or a lot more […]