Ivaldi

The True True Seaborn

December 3, 2003

A few of you have read some portion of the fantasy novel I’ve been writing for almost 20 years (and still haven’t finished). You may have wondered where I came up with the name of the protagonist, True Seaborn. Even if you haven’t, I’m about to tell you (patience – I do have a reason). [...]

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Ivaldi: Table of Contents

March 1, 2003

Available chapters are shown as links below. Book 1: True Seaborn The City of Light – supplement: The Ivaldin Calendar The Font of Knowledge Overnight Success Bard in a Gilded Cage More Tales from the Font of Knowledge Carilla and the Long Arm of the Law Chitra Has an Engagement Book 2: Teja Red-Headed Stranger [...]

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Fiction: Ivaldi

March 1, 2003

I began Ivaldi during my undergraduate years at the University of Texas at Austin. Douglass Parker, a professor of Classics, taught a course in Parageography – the geography of fantasy worlds. The reading list ranged from The Odyssey to Tolkein, and I remember vividly the day Dr. Parker came bounding into class, waving a book [...]

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The Ivaldin Calendar

March 1, 2003

The Ivaldin year consists of eight months of 45 days, each divided into nine morens of 1, 2, 3,… 9 days: One Month Moren 1 Day 1 Moren 2 Day 1 Moren 2 Day 2 Moren 3 Day 1 3-2 Moren 3 Day 3 Moren 4 Day 1 4-2 4-3 Moren 4 Day 4 Moren [...]

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