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This is a difficult month to be a creative, given the upcoming elections, and not to mention the attacks on artists.
Yet, I’m pushing back, continuing my blog, developing a novel, editing a novella, and rushing to start work publishing Book-5.
Am I special? No. It’s what true artists do, despite billionaires wanting to reduce art to products with a price tag and no meaning.
Be everwell.
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In my stories, it’s a good idea to pay attention to everything. Novella-2, which I’ll publish with Book-6, is a good example.
Background about the location is shared in Book-1. There’s a slender thread linking it to Book-2. It impacts Book-7, and, like Book-2, has ties to the first Pannulus Mystery.
A lot of that, really, is just me foreshadowing events.
Be everwell.
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There are 2 Kovenlore novellas (compared to 12 written for Pannulus). Both take place in one city.
Novella-1 serves as a bridge between Books 5 & 6. It brings together the surviving characters from the first 5 books, focusing on a couple.
Novella-2 is told from the perspective of characters removed from national events, much of it occurring below ground in ancient tunnels.
Be everwell.
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Halfway.
I never pass up a milestone to use as motivation. Rather than celebrate them, they’re added like drops of fuel to keep me going.
That’s why I say, halfway, halfway through the targeted edit on Novella-2.
It’s difficult to believe, but that leaves me with only one more targeted edit to complete in the Kovenlore series. Good gosh, that’s how close I am to the end.
Be everwell.
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Reverse influence. Oh how things change.
The first 5 novels in the Kovenlore series were written from 2016-18. From 2019-21 I wrote Pannulus mysteries and novellas. At the end of 2021, I wrote the last 2 Kovenlore novels and a novella.
To me, it shows.
I doubt anyone else would notice, but I see where I influenced myself, which, as it turns out, was great timing.
Be everwell.
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What is real? That’s sure a relevant topic these days. Is that why it surfaced in the novel I drafted last December?
My protagonist’s life is turned upside down by the most bizarre happenings until she questions reality much of the time.
Every time I encounter the predatory lie that is AI, I can identify with what she’s going through.
It’s time to rebuild our reality.
Be everwell.
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I finished reviewing the draft from last December, the disaster that isn’t really a disaster.
Of the 65 chapters, only 10 will be cut entirely or mostly cut, and most of those were in the first half of the novel when I was really sick.
Then there are the missing chapters because I streamlined the story thanks to suffering from Covid. I’m shocked that I have what I do.
Be everwell.
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This Story Hour, Jordan Kurella and Meg Elison read us powerful stories of things we don't expect to see (but need to). Phenomenal stories, beautifully read. You can still watch! #bookStadon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #MegElison #JordanKurella
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The things I overlook sharing…
I’ve written a handful of sapphic stories, and Novella-2 that’ll accompany Kovenlore Book-6 is one of them. It’s strongly linked to the series, but not by existing characters.
It’s a story of a city occupied by sorcerers, hatred, and two young women who unexpectedly discover love. There’s a gargoyle, and terrifying creatures in the tunnels.
Be everwell.
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I’ve endured a chaotic few days, my life turned upside down, but I’ve come out the other side, AND managed to keep up with the edit of Kovenlore Novella-2.
I did have to pause on my Pannulus Mystery novel review, but there was no rush on that.
It required other sacrifices, too, but that was okay. Thing is, I’m exhausted now, but overjoyed, and proud, that I triumphed.
Be everwell.
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Burn September down to embers with Story Hour! This week, favorites Meg Elison and Jordan Kurella return. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #MegElison #Jordan Kurella @kurellian @megelison https://www.storyhour2020.com/
Fantasy Fiction was hard to find in the late 1970s. #graemeDavis #gamingHistory #fantasyFiction #tolkien #michaelMoorcock #conan
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Why do we doubt? Why, when faced with a task similar to those we’ve overcome before, do we become apprehensive?
Too often, I do.
I’m not happy about it, but I am pleased that, legs shaking or not, I face it, and then am reminded that I know what I’m doing.
WE know what we’re doing. Believe in yourselves, individually and collectively. Stand up. Overcome your fears. Achieve.
Be everwell.
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Benefits of Research for Writing Fantasy
Author Corinne Price shares her thoughts on the benefits of real-world research for writing fantasy worlds.
The post Benefits of Research for Writing Fantasy appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/benefits-of-research-for-writing-fantasy
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#PhantastikPrompts 28 pt2
secondary character plot lines
Here’s my classic (as in, already published) example, a favorite from Kovenlore Book-3, Exhuming Truths.
Nattie Rantassle is only in one chapter, but we learn a lot about her because she might have information Maniff needs in his research.
Thing is, her information leads him down the wrong path, but that actually interests him more, a frequent problem in the story.
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The Book-6 edit complete, I went straight into Kovenlore Novella-2 and finished a chapter. I’m clinging to my schedule by my fingernails.
I’m riding the boost of finishing the novel and launching into a much different, and far shorter, story with different characters. A lot of it occurs in tunnels where terrifying creatures lurk, but also surprises.
And a romance, of course.
Be everwell.
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In TFF #77: “The King of Swords” by @[email protected] (and art by L.E. Badillo), an epic of resistance, popular revolt and imperfect leaders. futurefire.net/2026.77/fict...
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The King of Swords, M.X. Merro...
In TFF #77: “The King of Swords” by @[email protected] (and art by L.E. Badillo), an epic of resistance, popular revolt and imperfect leaders. futurefire.net/2026.77/fict...
#magicalarmor #nokings #fantasyfiction #novelette
The King of Swords, M.X. Merro...
I finished the targeted edit on Book-6 of the Kovenlore Chronicles yesterday, so now it’s on to its accompanying novella, which will take a couple of weeks.
Too, I continue reviewing the mystery drafted last December while enduring Covid. It’s become a pleasant surprise.
Be everwell.
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The Old Ways: Chapter 33–The Storm
A storm changes everything. #fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fantasyfiction
http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/09/26/the-old-ways-chapter-33-the-storm/
The Old Ways: Chapter 33–The Storm
A storm changes everything. #fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fantasyfictionhttps://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/09/26/the-old-ways-chapter-33-the-storm/
While reviewing my Dec draft, a chapter brought to mind the book’s initial inspiration in 2025.
While waiting at a traffic light, music was coming from the pickup beside me that was odd, like a scratchy, distant voice singing. It was eerie.
An instant later, a scene came to mind that mushroomed. An abandoned carnival where a 78 RPM record plays over and over again…
Be everwell.
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Going through the chapters and writing minimal notes on last year’s drafted mystery, I’m pleasantly reminded of one of the best ideas I’ve ever had.
I still believe in the story.
I’m 40% of the way through already, and there are outstanding chapters, but because of needed changes to the plot, some will be gutted or discarded altogether, especially in the second half.
Be everwell.
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After nine months of hiding my head and not thinking about it, I’m finally going through the novel written last December.
Not only did I scrimp on prep (it shows), but I had Covid while drafting.
The short version? So far, it isn’t as bad as I feared, and some of it is outstanding.
For now, this is a side project, but it is encouraging, and is posing many new ideas.
Be everwell.
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He’d found yet another historical link. She used to tease him about his heart living in the past.
She used to do a lot of things.
Next to the arch’s inner south wall, he touched the stone darker than the others. The stone she rested the back of her head against when he kissed her. Her sly smile stole his heart. If he raised his hand, might he touch her cheek…?
Kovenlore Book3
Be everwell.
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Is the creative process one big quest?
I know that when I hike, a part of me is exploring. What’s around the next bend, over the next rise?
Listening to the Beethoven symphonies, I can hear him searching, the evidence being his frantic changes on the sheet music.
It isn’t just another story in my head, it’s me searching, and I don’t even know what I’m searching for.
Be everwell.
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