Fiction Tuesday (On Thursday) – Expanding Council

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link After Ama’s arrival, Jeremy quickly summoned his friends to he and Walter’s quarters. Michael had been preparing to come on duty, and knocked on the door shortly after Ama’s arrival….

Fiction Tuesday – Preparations

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link Over the next two days Jeremy didn’t see much of Walter. The old Senator was often meeting with President Satal to discuss Jeremy’s dream and his desire to go South….

Fiction Tuesday – Nighttime Resolve

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link “Easy lad,” Walter soothed as he guided Jeremy to a couch. He winced as he touched the youth’s head. “Lad, you’re ice cold! What happened?” Jeremy shivered and shook his…

Unpacking Beginnings

We’ve arrived back in dreamland. This passage was originally slated to be the opening section of chapter eight, but the time jump in “The end of a road” demanded to play first chair. This isn’t a long passage, the dreams typically haven’t been, but there’s still some interesting tidbits found inside. Let’s unpack. Different evertorches…

Fiction Tuesday – Beginnings

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link That night, Jeremy dreamed again of the abandoned city. As before, he was perched on a high cliff overlooking the former metropolis. The Sun was setting in the West, and…

Exploring Mellel

I’ve been interested in the Mellel word processor for years. But as I’ve switched my writing format to Markdown, and my writing environment to Scrivener, I haven’t had much of a reason to put the software through it’s paces past it’s trial period. Until now, that is. Each Summer I put together the annual directory…