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Old As The Hills sitting on a bouquet of flowers - rosses, sweetpeas, and others, on a whitewashed bench with honey, tea, and other summery things. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Relationships with the land magic

May 13, 2025 / Albion

People in Albion have a wide range of relationships to the land magic (also, a few words about damage to the land sense).

Bound for Perdition, Grown Wise, Seeking A Wife, The Hare And The Oak

Cover of Outcrossing displayed on a weathered wood board, with a horseshoe and lucky clover.

Apprenticing in Albion

January 28, 2025 / Albion

An overview of apprenticing (and training of various sorts) in Albion. Includes a guide to the demographics, different educational paths, and apprenticeship itself.

Bound for Perdition, On The Bias, Outcrossing, Seven Sisters, Size of the Bog, The Fossil Door, Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna, Treats And Extras, Weaving Hope

Cover of Weaving Hope on a tablet: A man and woman in 1920s informal clothing are silhouetted on a bright pink background shading to purple. She is holding out a length of cloth to him, showing him something, with phlox flowers inset in the upper right corner. The tablet is lying on a garden path with greenery and small flowers.

Cover design : Mysterious Arts

June 26, 2024 / Writing and publishing

The cover design for the Mysterious Arts books (through Facets of the Bench).

Bound for Perdition, Facets of the Bench, Perfect Accord, Shoemaker's Wife

Copy of On The Bias lying on a bouquet of early summer flowers, with tea and honey nearby, in shades of pinks and pastel greens.

In Character: Thomas Benton

May 8, 2024 / In Character

Thomas Benton likes to be quietly in the background. Here’s a look at his life, from his early service in a country house, through the Great War, and his life after, entwined with the Carillons.

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Bound for Perdition, Carillon Family, On The Bias, The Magic of Four

Old As The Hills displayed on a tablet, in a stone arch with a glowing purple night sky behind it. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Neurodiversity in my books

April 17, 2024 / In Character, Questions and answers

A guide to neurodiverse characters in my books, as of 2024. (Check out the grid early in the post for the current complete list.)

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Bound for Perdition, Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Eclipse, Illusion of a Boar, Old As The Hills, On The Bias, Pastiche, Perfect Accord, Seven Sisters, Shoemaker's Wife, The Fossil Door, The Magic of Four, Three Graces, Upon A Summer's Day

A copy of Bound for Perdition standing upright next to a stack of leather bound books and a pocketwatch. The cover of Bound for Perdition has a man and woman silhouetted in dark brown on a green and brown background, with the woman holding a book while the man gestures. An open blank book and pen are inset in the top right corner.

Idea to Book: Bound for Perdition

March 27, 2024 / Ideas to books

Dive into the ideas that led to Bound for Perdition: Albion’s magical journals and bookbinding, Temple and Delphina Carillon, and the consequences of new technology.

Bound for Perdition

A look back at 2023

December 28, 2023 / Albion, Writing and publishing

Let’s take a look back at 2023: books that came out, things written, what’s been happening on the Patreon and Discord, and some website and wiki notes.

Bound for Perdition, Four Walls and a Heart, Illusion of a Boar, Nocturnal Quarry, Old As The Hills, Shoemaker's Wife, Three Graces, Treats And Extras, Upon A Summer's Day

The cover of Ancient Trust on a tablet, surrounded glasses, bottles of alcohol, and a man in a tailored suit. The cover shows a man with a monocle in silhouette, leaning on a table stacked with books.

Idea to Book: Ancient Trust

September 28, 2023 / Ideas to books, Novellas

Learn about the ideas behind Ancient Trust, a novella about Geoffrey Carillon and Thomas Benton in 1922. Those include the Carillons, Carillon and Benton, and connections to other people.

Ancient Trust, Bound for Perdition, On The Bias, Outcrossing