More about the background of the Pact in the previous post. Here we’re looking at who makes the Pact, when, and some edge cases.
Making the Pact
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The Pact
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The Pact has been a foundational magic of Albion since 1484. After my post about apprenticeship, I had several great questions from people who wanted to know more about specific aspects. This post covers the basics of the Pact. The following post (up on the same day) gets into making the Pact in more detail.
Healers and apprenticeship
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Continuing on from last week’s post about apprenticeships in general, it’s time to dive into a specific set of training: Healers and related professions.
Apprenticing in Albion
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I had a question from a reader recently about how professional training works in Albion. Today’s post is about apprenticing in general, and next week’s will talk about Healers and related professions in more detail.
Plans for 2025
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Hello to my plans for 2025! (You can check out what came out in 2024) As you know if you’ve been reading me for a little, you know that I plan a fair bit out in advance at this point. There’s room for things to move around, but these are fairly stable points.
(This is due to a combination of how I schedule writing and needing to plan out the background research.)
I’ve also got some updates to the website, direct sales via Payhip, and so on in the works over my winter vacation time. (Keep an eye out here and on the newsletter for an update when those are done.)
(more…)2024 in review
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It’s the end of the calendar year, and that means it’s time for a roundup of the year. Read on for what was published, what I’ve written, the extras shared this year, and what’s on the Patreon!
(more…)Mysterious Fields is coming!
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Elemental Truth (out December 13th)
It’s my first trilogy! One romance – and substantial plot – playing out over three books. I’m so excited to share Thessaly and Vitus’s stories with you – along with everyone else in these novels.
This trilogy is about finding the difference between what you’re told to want and what you actually desire. It’s full of siblings making different choices about how to love and support their brother or sister (or in one case, not.) It’s about the patterns that families make and uphold – some much better for everyone than others. And it’s about falling in love, finding a way through the difficult times together, and coming out into the sun with hope for the future. And it’s about how the spirit of invention and experimentation brings both great delights – and new threats.
Oh, and it’s also full of Council politics, six deaths, and a wedding.
(more…)Victorian Albion
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I’ve written a few things set in the Victorian era (Forged in Combat takes place mostly in 1882 and Four Walls and a Heart in 1884). But with the Mysterious Fields trilogy, I got to spend quite a lot more time in the period. These three books are set between March of 1889 and June of 1890 (with the last chapter in October of that year).
In Character: Elizabeth Mason
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I adore Mason (everyone calls Elizabeth Mason that.) Her background and the role she has in my books has grown over the years.
In Character: Orion Sisley
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Welcome to our next character study piece, this time about Orion Sisley.
Orion is the stroppiest character I’ve ever written. He has good cause – especially in Illusion of a Boar when he’s coming out a completely horrific six months or so. For those not familiar with the term, it’s slang. The term became more common in the 80s, but is dated to use starting in 1943. It means rebellious, with an edge of ‘just plain difficult’, sometimes for baffling reasons. (Here’s the Etymology Online entry.)
This post contains plot spoilers for Illusion of a Boar, Orion’s romance. (Stop at “The War” of you want to avoid those.)
