Unpacking The Pillars

Yesterday’s post was basically a bit of world-building. I’ve been wanting to talk about the healers a bit more, and a pair of majestic pillars seemed like a good time to do it. I’ve known for a while that all the healing branches take names which start with particular vowel sounds. There’s no great secret…

Unpacking The Plan

This post explores yesterday’s “Fiction Tuesday” post, The Plan. The teen shows up Jeremy’s character has been bugging me for a few posts now. He is a “lad,” as Walter calls him – probably around 16 years old. Jeremy just seemed too passive to me. This could have something to do a sense of unease…

Unpacking Uncovered

I’ve really been enjoying writing Welcome to the Valleys in serial form as my Tuesday posts. I write the posts on Monday, my day off, and schedule them to go live on Tuesday mornings. People seem to like the story thus far, and I’ve wanted to explore the tale a bit more during the week….