Independence (The Magician – Chapter Sixteen)

This is the sixteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Independence It took some persuading, a bit of magic, and even some of her seemingly inexhaustible pocket money, but eventually Vanessa made it backstage. She was surprised at […]

Crossing the wilderness

Temptation. First thing that comes to mind for me when I hear that word is that its the brand name of my cats’ favorite treats. But it also is woven into the fabric of our lives. Everywhere we look, there is something to tempt us. We are tempted by stuff we should not be eating. We are tempted by […]

To new beginnings and old memories

So I am sitting in my new OWNED abode at my computer, having just spent the first night in what the other half and I hope is our forever home. I’m surrounded by boxes and it was weird sleeping here last night since while the bed was my own, the room was different and the […]

Theater (The Magician – Chapter Fifteen)

This is the fifteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Theater Thora was able to finally land two box seats to the Saturday night performance of the pathomotus under the name of Alice Rothschild, one of her […]

New year, same story

It’s been a crazy start to the new year, but it’s been a welcoming start. For those who don’t know, last week the other half and I closed on our very first home. The past week has been a whirlwind of cleaning the new to us house, painting the interior walls, doing some minor repairs that […]

Recompense (The Magician – Chapter Fourteen)

This is the fourteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Recompense Ignace laid on the bed on his stomach, his right cheek pressed into the sheet-covered mattress as pillows remained where they had been tossed.  He was […]

I love to tell the story

“I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory / to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.” ~ Katherine Hankey “I Love to Tell the Story” (1866) Last night, on Christmas Eve, I sat as I usually do in the tiny church in my little swath of the […]

Abscond (The Magician – Chapter Thirteen)

This is the thirteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Abscond The first few weeks of the new world tour had come and gone uneventfully.  Ignace mostly performed his usual stories, the magical paintings that had made […]

I didn’t know you wrote…..

So if you’ve been paying attention to some of my other social medias, you’d know I have published another book in my Portals Series. This one tells the story of the heirs of the Dynast, the Cleric, and the Portal Seeker, continuing the tales of Delphian, the Realm of Original Magic, and even Earth itself. […]

Thora (The Magician – Chapter Twelve)

This is the twelfth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Thora “You’ll never guess what I just heard!” Thora hissed excitedly after the two cousins greeted each other with hugs and kisses. Vanessa looked at her elder […]