I came across fieryzard on the site-that-should-not-be-named and was delighted to meet them on Mastodon after I migrated. I then realized they also read Herald Petrel. The thing is, every February I am teaching a course and traditionally put that money into commissioning artwork for my stories. So, this time, I knew I found the…
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Here I post news and updates about the Herald Petrel project.
Chapter 82 – The End is Here!
I didn’t believe it would come to this, but here we are. Today, it is the last chapter of the Herald Petrel is here. https://archiveofourown.org/works/25167412/chapters/115302370 It was a wonderful journey. Right now I am revising it and it will be self-published somewhere later this year when it is back from the editor. The rough version…
Happy Holidays – Celebrate the Rebirth of the Dragon Child
Many religions and beliefs have a celebration around this time of year. And just like that, while the crew of the Herald Petrel is very mixed, species from all across the universe with very different belief systems, there is one festivity they all know because it is very popular: the Rebirth of the Dragon Child….
Chapter 53 and Musings on Tropes
It is Friday after a rather demanding week, but that makes posting a new chapter even more worthwhile. In chapter 52 we ended up with a very common trope: Our two heroes trapped, alone, with no way to escape, and it is getting colder. Tropes have become both: a new buzzword to market books and…
First post of the Herald Petrel Blog
Recently, I thought about a lot of things and made a couple of decisions. One of those decisions was moving to #Mastodon as @strangeseawolf@mindly.social. Another one was giving my passion project, the story of the Herald Petrel, an independent place in the World Wide Web. I also set it up so it got its own…