I have some writing updates that I would like to share with you all. I have decided to add both The Village of Strong Branches and A Matter of Oracles to Gumroad if you want an epub or PDF. They're bundled together. Also, several posts have gone up on my writing Substack. If you are … Continue reading Fiction Novellas Added to Gumroad
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A MATTER OF ORACLES Comes Out on October 9
A long time ago, I was listening to a SHWEP episode that was discussing the fraught relationship between various kinds of divination and astrology and the Roman state. The episode filled me with conflicted glee because it aired a while after I had written the first few drafts of A Matter of Oracles, which is … Continue reading A MATTER OF ORACLES Comes Out on October 9
How To Write a Hymn (2)
Listen to Rachmaninov’s cascading concertos,to the majestic meander of Yes’ “Awaken” —follow these melodies as they set forthbeginning to end, an evolution always revertingback to the first breathing fingertips upon keys. Now: an epithet. Come to it as an agalma.It is sheet music — syllables and stresses.It is speech coiled together — dimensioned tight.Like a … Continue reading How To Write a Hymn (2)
How To Write a Hymn (1)
Give forth enough breath to let imagescut shapelessly into the lungs’ flatness.Wrap each symbol tense, layering uponsteep cliffs the cascade of fall·catch·fall·rise.The God will buoy you. Attend to this:a flutter of notes light as incense,brittle as dried laurel crushed between palms.Open up this everything in ink's meandering traces.Work them gently like clay upon a wheel,but … Continue reading How To Write a Hymn (1)
A Few Writing Thoughts: Evil, Empty Jars, Fallow Earth
Over the past two years, while I have written fiction here and there, it has not been the primary focus of my non-work time. I have one novella that I am publishing in (probably) April or May, The Village of Strong Branches. I have another that will be ready to publish as soon as I … Continue reading A Few Writing Thoughts: Evil, Empty Jars, Fallow Earth
Looking Back at January
As I write this, snow is making dappled patterns on my windows as clumps catch in the screen while the wind blows and heaves outside. It's an exciting close to a month that has gone well, a time of renewed and deepening connections to the Gods, and a time in which I have honed in … Continue reading Looking Back at January
Wrapping Up 2021, Embracing 2022
The way 2021 went did not correspond to what I actually set down as goals at the beginning of the year. I knew it would be a strange year, especially after I returned to hybrid work in August after working exclusively from home since lockdown started in March 2020. During the pandemic, I have set … Continue reading Wrapping Up 2021, Embracing 2022
Acts of Speech Is Out
Acts of Speech is now out and in the wild in e-format. The print is a bit delayed due to the pandemic, although I now have a UPS tracking number for proofs, which is a serious improvement over my previous lack of knowledge regarding where the print version was in the printing process. Tracking numbers … Continue reading Acts of Speech Is Out
More Poetry Book Updates — Shared from Pangrammatike
Sharing this from my other blog, Pangrammatike. I did some light divination (prayed to Apollon and used the random.org date generator) to settle on October 29. Apologies to anyone who has seen this multiple times. 😅 For many months, I have been working on a poetry collection. If you have ever asked, “What is a … Continue reading More Poetry Book Updates — Shared from Pangrammatike
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