The First Five Days

5 Nov 20165 Nov 2016

Five days in, and binge writing is still the order of the day. I discovered quickly I cannot dictate.  My mind just refuses... REBELS even... at speaking out in prose.…

X-post Fact Toast #1

4 Oct 2016

I publish more often short updates to Facebook, so I decided to start sharing the content here from now on.  They won't occur on any set schedule, but usually happen…

Akiniwazi Notes: Keeping Time

30 Sep 20163 Oct 2016

I have had trouble a long time with keeping time in my setting till I came up with a better, but more imprecise way of tracking it.  Throughout history, the…

Timeline of Akiniwazi: 1307-1310AD (39-42 Ad Segregationem)

23 Sep 20163 Oct 2016

  1307AD (39AS) Halmarpakt- Through the planning of his father, Halmar created the “Akiniwazi Union”, unifying all the Jarls and their Aettir into one cohesive government under him. There were…

Timeline of Akiniwazi: Aettirkriegen!

16 Sep 20163 Oct 2016

After the Fimbulvetr, there was a lot of problems that came up for the Forsamling.  Not only was the threat from without by the Skaerslinger, the threat now came from…

Improving My Craft

13 Sep 201613 Sep 2016

Learning the craft of writing is far more than pecking away at a keyboard and handing over those thoughts without review.  Writing is in the re-writing and editing when pursuing…

Timeline of Akiniwazi: Fimbulvetr

5 Sep 20163 Oct 2016

Formerly known as "Den Lange Vinteren".  Why the name change?  Because I have a spectacularly helpful friend in Norway who's been a great cultural sounding board.  Take another bow, Torfinn!  Where…

Orion’s Articles : Municipal Feedstock Utilities

29 Aug 201631 Aug 2016

And now, another addition of Orion's Articles.  The series of community commons licensed sci fi licensed material written originally for the shared Sci Fi community of "Orion's Arm". Municipal Feedstock Utilities…

Timeline of Akiniwazi: 1205-1266AD

26 Aug 201626 Aug 2016

A continuation of the alternate history timeline of the Land of Akiniwazi.  As always, these are letting you in to see my background notes of how the fantasy setting came…

Timeline of Akiniwazi: 1115-1190AD

24 Jun 201624 Jun 2016

The next century of the important historical events of Akiniwazi. 1115AD – Thanks to stories from sailors who had plied the trade between Akiniwazi and Viking lands, the rumor that…