In the Woods Beyond the Wood, where Bekka travels in THE WOODLOCK, there are only two seasons, summer and winter. The transition from summer to winter and winter to summer lasts but a few moments. The riot of summer color on flowers, stems, hedges, trees, branches, leaves, roots, fades to winter white. The winter white […]
Here is Georges Perec, the great French experimental writer. Here is Riffle Sike, one of the water wizard brothers from THE WOODLOCK. I couldn’t have found a better model for a water wizard than Georges Perec.
Here comes The Woodlock, Book Four of The Bekka Chronicles. She will be available to be purchased and read about starting next week from Wild Child Publishing at http://www.wildchildpublishing.com
In THE WOODLOCK, Book Four of The Bekka Chronicles, a time-traveling shapeshiftress named Shendra Nenas appears. Why would I name a character Shendra Nenas? To honor that fellow above, a famous writer of fairy tales. I simply took his first and last names, tossed the letters around a bit, and got Shendra Nenas. Hans Andersen […]
Fleckrunners appear as supporting characters in tales told by all the chroniclers – Harpo, Lace, Bekka and Plumly. They are Blossom Castle dwellers and tend the gate. Their general disposition is described below by Lace in her chronicle, O’TAN’S GATE. A certain mystery about them is revealed much later in the same story. The Quing, […]
1. BEKKA OF THORNS – published 2. THE CARVEN FLUTE – published 3. RAKARA – published 4. THE WOODLOCK – coming soon 5. THE BLUE HILLS – a tale of retrieval 6. THE WAND – a tale of rests 7. QUEN NIM – a tale of the ridiculous 8. THE SNOWS OF THE CHARBORR FOREST […]
Here is the cover art for RAKARA, the third story of The Bekka Chronicles. It will be released on May 17.
Pink windwhirls play prominent parts in 2 chronicles, Harpo’s THE WELL OF SHELLS and Bekka’s THE BLUE HILLS. Below the sketch is a description taken from Harpo’s THE WELL OF SHELLS. It tells of the windwhirl’s first appearance before a pair of witchlet sisters. A spatter rattle drumming of hail sounded on the chack branch […]
Motty is the Princess Nimble Missst’s nanny and plays a supporting part in QUEN NIM, one of the future chronicles written by Bekka. That’s Motty below along with a little piece clipped from QUEN NIM. High in the round blue tower of the Sapphire Palace in Cloud Castle City was a round blue room. It […]
Today is the birthday of ‘The Carven Flute’. It is now available at http://www.wildchildpublishing.com.
