This one is going to be a little scary. Are you ready? Since this week's reading was all about the ways our community can support and challenge us as creators, and about the ways creating together can build community... Write something. Anything. Something from one of … [Read more...]

Welcome, fellow travelers, to our eight-week discussion on Andrew's new nonfiction book, Adorning the Dark. This week we're reading the Prologue and Chapters 1-3. Click here for the full book club reading schedule and details. I think of the last twenty-five or so years of … [Read more...]

Dear readers, I am glad that this is not The End. I've picked a very short snippet for our last excerpt of the book club. It burned in my heart. Janner lay awake for a long time. He thought about the Fane of Fire, just on the other side of the ancient door, where the … [Read more...]

Anniera, fabled and graceful. Even growing up a short sail away it always felt like a place out of fairytale. Nia’s whisper woke him. “We’re almost there.” Janner sat up and yawned as Leeli handed him a hunk of sweetbread and a handful of shadberries. The sun stared at … [Read more...]

Readers, I cried through these chapters. No surprise there. I don't want to post anything too spoilery here on the main page, but I don't want to shy away from the real heart of this part of the story, either. Come talk more in the forum if you want to process together. The … [Read more...]