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).… Continue reading The True True Seaborn
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Ivaldi: Table of Contents
Available chapters are shown as links below. Book 1: True Seaborn The City of Light 01Light supplement: The Ivaldin Calendar The Font of Knowledge 02fontknow Overnight Success 03Overnight Bard in a Gilded Cage 04Bard More Tales from the Font of Knowledge 05MoreTales Carilla and the Long Arm of the Law 06Carillalaw Chitra Has an Engagement 07Chitraengaged Book 2: Teja Red-Headed Stranger b201red… Continue reading Ivaldi: Table of Contents
Fiction: Ivaldi
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… Continue reading Fiction: Ivaldi
The Ivaldin Calendar
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… Continue reading The Ivaldin Calendar