As expected, the next day I got the third degree about what happened with Terri. Annoyingly, both my parents thought giving up my car to get the divorce settled was a good deal and somehow I’d go...
2022-03-31 15:17:11 +0000 UTC View PostI spent the rest of the weekend dreading the upcoming week. Monday was the first sit-down with Terri’s lawyers, where I was going to find out just how badly I was getting screwed. The guy she was...
2022-03-28 14:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostLucilla stayed fairly late, the two of them talking, not just about their official duties, but about everything. Ky’s touch with possible death made them both suddenly realize how quickly things ...
2022-03-25 16:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking at the poll, the vast majority either want to see the covers or don't care one way or another, so I will start posting up covers as I get them. The Trumpets of Mars is coming to an en...
2022-03-24 14:08:12 +0000 UTC View PostA patron asked me today about seeing book covers before a book releases (I usually have the covers done a few weeks up to a month before the book is finished being written). I wasn't sure if this i...
2022-03-23 00:07:09 +0000 UTC View PostKy’s eyes snapped open and then squeezed shut to block out the harsh light from the unshuttered window.
“Sophus?” he said, out loud, his mind still fuzzy and unfocused.
“Consul?...
2022-03-22 16:32:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Sophus? You’re alive!” She said, all of the exhaustion from her trip instantly leaving her body. “Is Ky awake? Can I talk to him? How is he? Has he fully recovered?”
“Please ...
2022-03-20 16:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostDevnum
Lucilla was exhausted as she finally made her way back into the imperial palace and turned her horse over to the grooms that would take it to the stables. The trip sou...
2022-03-16 17:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough she wanted to ride with Ky’s wagon as she had on the trip back to the Caledonian capital, as leader of this surprisingly large contingent her place was in front of the column. Even thoug...
2022-03-13 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMonadhcarden
Lucilla knelt at the little alter she’d asked Modius to set up next to Ky’s bed, whispering prayers to Jupiter. He continued to lay motionless in his nothing...
2022-03-10 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy mother was putting food on the table when I got back home. I tried to hide how much discomfort I was in as I washed up and sat at the table while she put out food. Between walking from the bus s...
2022-03-07 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostShe spent the better part of the day questioning the villagers and the captured guards, and the picture they painted of life here after the Romans arrived was bleak. Abuses ranging from regular and...
2022-03-04 16:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostI spent the next several days going through all of my options. I couldn’t get another job for at least two months, and even then, I wasn’t sure what job I could end up with. The only two jobs I...
2022-02-28 16:58:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Talogren, I need to speak with you,” she said, riding up to the chieftain and his advisors.
Although she’d left Ky’s lictore with him, Carus had asked to go with her. At first, she w...
2022-02-24 17:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick note on updates. I'm traveling for my day job for a week and it's been making it hard to get new chapters out. You might have noticed I slowed from every other day to 3-4 d...
2022-02-21 02:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostLucilla used the hours before the move to tour the surrendered village. To Roman eyes, all of the Caledonian villages seemed primitive and rudimentary, but Rhaeadr looked just as primitive to Talog...
2022-02-17 01:49:50 +0000 UTC View PostVelius grumbled to himself as he looked over the scrolls, papyrus, and wax tablets stacked on the table in front of him. When he’d been raised to legate, he’d accepted the bureaucracy requireme...
2022-02-14 00:23:17 +0000 UTC View PostDevnum
Lucilla ducked back from Cynwrig’s swing, whipping her wooden practice blade around in a slashing motion, coming down under his swing in a counter, and for a second ...
2022-02-11 01:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post“He’s the son of a local craftsman who we think might be the ringleader of this little band,” Ramirus was saying as she walked into the room.
Lucilla had been woken after only an hour o...
2022-02-07 14:35:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Village of Pertmig
“Commander,” Sophus’s voice said, ringing through Ky’s head.
It was a vague thing, something far off in the distance. It was imp...
2022-02-04 16:23:22 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, it was weird waking up and having nowhere to be. My first year of public school was over and I’d more or less survived it. I spent most of the day at Hanna’s just hanging out with her a...
2022-02-01 14:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostMom was pissed when I got home super late, but I’d wanted to celebrate, and for once I had nothing to do until the next evening. We could probably stand a practice before our show at the prom, bu...
2022-01-30 15:24:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Village of Pertmig
Ky was once again looking down on a village scrambling to get women and children to safety as the warriors formed up to meet the oncoming host at his b...
2022-01-27 17:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostCaledonii Training Camp, Outside Devnum
Lucilla was out again, watching men train. Although she had been given Ky’s proxy and had been feeding him reports, she found that i...
2022-01-25 17:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning I woke up in agonizing pain as my back started spasming, the muscles clenching and unclenching to the point it felt like my spine was going to snap in half. Thankfully, Mom hadn’...
2022-01-21 20:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostThey hooked me up with some fluids in the ambulance, but I couldn’t get anything for the pain until we got to the ER. At least I was wearing the uniform, which meant they pushed me through the li...
2022-01-18 18:15:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Charlie! Charlie, can you hear me?” a voice was saying above me, although I was having trouble focusing on it at all. “Someone call an ambulance!”
I felt a hand on my shoulder, follo...
2022-01-15 17:22:29 +0000 UTC View PostNorthern Border
Ky was anxious as they neared the border. Even though the agreement between the Caledonii and the Romans was all but certain - since Talogren had agreed to mo...
2022-01-12 18:55:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning I was feeling every hit I took at the competition. As much as I wanted to make Chef proud, trying to roll out of bed without touching any of the parts that hurt made me definitely ...
2022-01-10 14:20:45 +0000 UTC View PostThursday we were back playing ball, this time playing away at their field. We were still in the district and were up against Murphy again. We’d lost to them in the regular-season game, although i...
2022-01-07 17:48:56 +0000 UTC View Post