August 2018

by 2 comments on "Meta fiction! Character studies! Cheesy writing!"

I had toyed with the idea of doing some side-character interviews during the debut month of THE PURIST, and I still might. But today’s offering is an old, mad, bit of fanfiction that spawned out of my on-and-off-fanfiction obsessions from 1991 to present. As I say in the disclaimer, through what I’ve seen from far…

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Four tiny (about .75″ high) Arizona landscapes handpainted onto heavy canvas, then beaded. The beads are mostly #14 and #15 glass seed beads, with a few larger seed beads used for texture. The smaller beads are under 1 millimeter in size. The two panels at the top are mostly done, while I still have the…

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Thank you to all the people who have purchased THE PURIST directly from NineStar Press, or from Kobo, Smashwords, and all the other non-Amazon platforms. Yeah, sure, you can buy it on Amazon, too. But if you do want to read this book, please consider buying directly. It helps my publisher and helps me! I…

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For the (very few) readers who haven’t run screaming from this page already, here’s a link to a new glossary of people, places, and things from my Lonhra Sequence books and short stories. I don’t include much pronunciation for these entries (maybe later). You can, if you squint hard enough, see a couple of overlaps…

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When I finally settle on another online store, this reworked piece is probably going up for sale. ‘Enamel Flame Pendant’ is a 17.75″ tiger-eye and green aventurine necklace with an elaborately cast .925 sterling silver hook clasp, .925 Balinese sterling silver accent beads, and an original .925 sterling silver jointed pendant by yours truly, circa…

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by 10 comments on "The Purist Launch Party and Giveaway"

It’s Thursday 2 August 2018, and that means we’re getting closer to The Purist being available for general purchase from www.ninestarpress.com and other vendors. To celebrate (and calm my nerves a bit), I’m setting up a giveaway on this blog. What is this book? Learn more here. Rules are simple: From today until 3 September…

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