Monthly Archives: August 2013

Her hips move, and I can feel what they’re saying, swaying Take the third line of the last song you heard, make it your post title, and write for a maximum of 15 minutes.  From the song “Love you to … Continue reading →

Legends of Lorata the Movie Some of my favorite books have been made into movies or TV series.  Lord of the a Rings, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Eragon, Stardust and so many more.  I think it would be amazing to see my … Continue reading →

The jester On the whole, I feel like a lot of dark things happen in my novels.  The emperor in book one goes to the the Temple of Métius with his son, and that prince grows up to possess a … Continue reading →

Loratannh Success In case you hadn’t guessed it already, ‘Loratannh’ is the adjectival form of Lorata.  That is a fun thing about making up your own world and everything to go with it: you can also choose the adjectives.  In … Continue reading →

Those things on your feet Legends of Lorata has all kinds of boots.  Soft leather boots like Shiir would have worn.  Zarrek’s tall black lace-up boots.  The kind with the fol-over cuff that Vincente probably wears now and then… I’m … Continue reading →

Virus, virii, viral, viralis. I have a cold right now, so mentioning viruses is pretty apt.  Yes, I checked. ‘Virii’ is one of those misnomers in which we try to use Latin and turn -us into -ii for the plural.  … Continue reading →

Fifteen credits At three credits per class, fifteen credits is five classes.  Twelve is considered full-time, so fifteen is a heavy load, but I usually did fifteen to eighteen.  When I was taking Japanese, that was a four-credit class, so … Continue reading →