Author: Ruth

Upcoming Kickstarter!

Upcoming Kickstarter!

Thank you to everyone who visited me and the books at Anime Central! If you’re visiting from there, welcome! I wanted to announce to those who weren’t at the convention that we’re going to have a Kickstarter to get The Tembelaka Voyage in print, launching on May 26! (That’s this Thursday.) This just so happens to fall on the first day of Balticon, at which I’m a guest! See us there to hear more about the upcoming projects! We’ll post more info here, too.

Revival

Revival

Hey everyone! Sorry for the long hiatus. I’ve been posting links to the Blackfeather Chronicles, chapter by chapter, on my tumblr. If you found the stories from there, welcome!

I wanted to let you all know I got invited as a guest to Balticon 50! I hope to have a table in the artist’s alley there, too, where I’ll have my prints and the first two books available in paperback, and maybe a bit of something extra! I’ll keep you updated as I get more news about Balticon.

I’ve also got a revived art and portfolio website at Worlds Within.

Ebooks and announcements!

Ebooks and announcements!

Book two, The Germhacht Episode, is now available in ebook form! You can find it here on Amazon. (If you don’t have a Kindle but do have a smartphone, there’s an app you can download to let you read ebooks.)

Jess and I have been working on revisions for The Tembalaka Voyage. Right now it looks like The Tembelaka Voyage will be out as an ebook, premiering at Gen Con this august, and hopefully in print a month or two after. We’re looking at a potential Kickstarter that will include printed copies of The Tembelaka Voyage, The Cambriol Riddle, and A Shandorian Journey. More on that as it gets closer.

The Levour Spectacle, as you’ve noticed, has been on an epic hiatus while I retool my whole plot outline. I think this one will be best written in full before posting.

Thank you all for your patience and support. Thank you to everyone who visited at Balticon, and everyone who’s stuck with me this long!

You can also check on Shandor’s tumblr or my twitter for updates as they happen.

The Levour Exhibition, Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds, continued

The Levour Exhibition, Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds, continued

Anna found her tent hard to leave. It was all soft green and lavender cloth, and vases of lilies, and a wonderful writing desk stocked with paper, pens, ink, and pencils of every lead softness. There were shelves of books on Levour, a Levour and Trade Common dictionary, a book of poems by the bard Tehvan, and an art history text. Continue reading “The Levour Exhibition, Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds, continued”

The Levour Exhibition Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds

The Levour Exhibition Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds

When the train arrived in the main Levour station, workmen removed the cars of materials and re-attached them to a different, smaller engine. With Anna and the workers packed onto the back, holding to the railings, the little train rolled down a special new track direct to the fairgrounds. It was near midmorning, but felt much earlier to Anna, whose hair was still slowly drying and curling madly in the damp drizzle that shrouded the city. Continue reading “The Levour Exhibition Chapter Three–The Fairgrounds”

The Levour Exhibition Chapter Two–Tasks of Duty

The Levour Exhibition Chapter Two–Tasks of Duty

“Well,” the grey-haired Queen of Shandor gasped. “That’s a great many stairs to climb to find somewhere quiet.”

Tam was inclined to agree, but the view was so striking that he didn’t say anything. The high tower of the castle of Shandor hadn’t been named too inventively, but that was, he expected, because no words could describe how it felt to stand nearly in the clouds looking down on half the country like a bird might. Continue reading “The Levour Exhibition Chapter Two–Tasks of Duty”

The Levour Exhibition, Chapter One–Plans–continued

The Levour Exhibition, Chapter One–Plans–continued

“So now they want to put us down in the third tier between the Dynasties and Sarvarthi?” Djaren asked, tapping the map with his pencil. He and Isakoa, teenaged king of the Tembelakan islands, were sharing tea with the ambassador at the little Shandorian embassy in Cambriol. The Shandorian ambassador to Arien had a guest, his counterpart who worked in Levour. That gentleman, Darcere, was a tall, thin man with hooded eyes and a bored demeanor that likely helped him in Levour. Continue reading “The Levour Exhibition, Chapter One–Plans–continued”

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

We’re on a week break from the story, but Jessica will have the next installment ready next week. Enjoy your holidays, and look forward to more chapters and more stories in the new year.  If I can get any good drawing done I’ll try to post some things before then.

Happy Holidays!  Everyone get some resting and relaxing in if you can. It’s a good season for warm blankets and good books. Also for seeing The Hobbit for a third or fourth time, . . .