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Which cover do you prefer for Ancients & Death?

With the first draft of Ancients & Death nearly complete and ready for the editing stage, I’m starting to look toward possibilities for covers of this third book in the series. The theme is ‘Darkness is coming’, and previously I’ve used single, full-spread photos for the covers. To remind you, here are the covers for Consolation and Exile:

Below you will find six draft covers for Ancients & Death; I would love to know what you think—is there one you prefer, or do none of them catch your fancy? What do you think best represents the title, Ancients & Death? Let me know in the comments!

The Genealogy of The Redemption of Erâth

So, instead of writing recently I’ve been playing around with MacFamilyTree, which is a pretty neat genealogy application (I’m sure there are equivalents for Windows). Not only does it let you add in mothers, fathers, partners, brothers and sisters, but it then tells you the relationship between all these people, gives you plausibility warnings (e.g. if someone was married two years after they were born), and gives you the person’s age at time of death.

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What Should We Watch?

For a long time now, Little Satis and I (little … he’s nearly thirteen!) have had a tradition of watching a movie on Friday or Saturday night, something we like to call Movie Night. There was a time when I would write up reviews of what we watched, and I’d like to start doing this again. However, I need some help. After years of superhero and action/adventure movies, I’m looking to expand his horizons by introducing him to some other varieties—classics, thrillers, horror, etc. I’ve come up with a few categories that I’d like to expose him to: I’ll list these below with some example films from each. If you feel so inclined, I would love to know what film recommendations you have for a thirteen-year-old to watch with his dad.

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