Enter the Season of Writing

It’s funny to think that it’s already September; autumn is coming, the days are shortening, the leaves are turning, and soon it will grow cold. It’s the time of year for reading, cozied up by the fire … and for writing.

I tend to get most of my writing done through autumn and into winter. Part of this is because January is always New Year’s resolution time, and my resolution is typically to write more. This leads to a burst of ferocious writing for a few months, which tends to peter out come March and April.

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The Redemption of Erâth: No News This Week

Since I posted chapter fifteen of the third book last weekend, I have to admit I haven’t done a whole lot. In fairness, I don’t have much time to work on writing during the week, and I was away last weekend visiting family in Portland, Oregon. So although I haven’t achieved any writing, here’s a picture of a lovely river we went to in Washington state.

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Many thanks, and hopefully I’ll have more of an update for you next week!

The Redemption of Erâth: Book Three, Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen: The Namirèn

The Sleeping Death, as it came to be known, did not come to Courerà that year, or the next. With the help of the courts, Elven and Gwendolyn banned all travel across the kingdom, unless it was a direct matter of life and death. The great gate to Erârün was shut, and Kiriün became a sealed kingdom indeed. Camps were set up at the entrances to all the largest towns, and healers—under the watchful eye of soldiers—monitored all who entered and left for signs of illness. Many were turned away; food became scarce in the capital, and even the rich grew hungry. Word of illegal trade in luxuries reached the ears of the courts, but to Elven it was a small price to pay to keep the plague at bay.

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