Clouds

 Painting clouds in GIMP. I've recently been thinking about how beautiful and random clouds are. I got some time to sit down and paint these out of my head. Pretty fun, and it's challenging because clouds are full of so much variety, and I'm so used to painting something that's pretty straightforward.

The Last Rite

 Hello readers! This is a special post, because only special posts have story excerpts! This one is extra special because this has a whole short story!

This is The Last Rite, a short story from the Incarnate Duty anthology that takes place between books IV and V of The Legacy Incarnate. The stories in this anthology are chronological in order, but I won't say where this story falls in that timeline. 

To celebrate the sharing of this story, I have created some new merch based off our hero of the story, Tarcua! Please go check it out!

Without further ado, please enjoy!

Silence is Golden

 Hey everyone. With the silence around Xenithar's Lair, you'd think I'd given up on writing, wouldn't you? Au contraire! The truth is I fight to write with all the duties I have with family, Church, and scouting, and that difficulty with getting writing in actually helps fire up my passion for my stories, even if I'm unable to sit and write everyday.

Let me share a few things on my writing projects.

I'm still revising Book IV of The Legacy Incarnate, Incarnate Key, which is my main project. Get ready for lots of heartbreak!

Sabra looking upon
one of her failures
in life.

I'm still rewriting Book 3 of The Legend of Draconite, E'lsra. I don't have as much inspiration on this one, but fortunately I created a general story outline for it, so if I'm feeling lost I have a whole story plan to refer to to get me back on track! The funnest part about this project has been expanding characterizations.

I'm writing the Legacy Incarnate anthology, with the working title Incarnate Duty, which takes place between Books IV and V and fills in the time gap with important vignettes that will tie into the main series. The written/planned stories so far include the main POVs of Sabra, Tarcua, Bix, mail-carrier Kervak, and Sabra's daughter Adair. There are more yet to come!