The creative passions of Joelle Duran
As a race, hyarmi are predominantly left-handed, with roughly one in ten individuals being right-handed. Because of this, they write from right to left and bottom to top of a page or slate.
[Read more…] about Hyarmi Alphabet and PunctuationThis concept started way back in 2008. I saw a doormat on I Can Has Cheezburger? with the word “Leave” on it, and thought it fit Heruvael (Hileko’s father) perfectly. So I ran with that inspiration and made a small animated gif with a few character doormats. When it came back to mind recently, I could not resist the opportunity to add additional doormats.
[Read more…] about A Bit of Fun: Character DoormatsJust like many people have an image spring to mind when they read or hear the phrase palomino horse, many humans in Huavaen understood what a brown and tan hyarmi would look like. The guide below was made to assist people not born there with understanding how the various hyarmi coat colors appear.
[Read more…] about Guide to Hyarmi Coat ColorsMy second music video is complete! “The Song of the Changer” is not only Copper’s favorite song about his personal hero, but the lyrics serve as the source of the passwords used by the Separatist mages in the Geren’s Passage novels. Due to it being referenced across the first three Geren novels, it made a perfect choice.
[Read more…] about The Song of the ChangerMaking comics is a rare event for me; those shown below were originally created between 2003 and 2014, then enlarged and remade in 2025. I had no clue in those younger years about proper use of copyrighted fonts, nor could I guess how much the average monitor resolutions would rise since that time!
[Read more…] about Comics and Silliness
Both humans and hyarmi use the same system of length measurement.
End of Days is now written! The first draft, that is. I need to complete editing and minor revisions before I start looking for beta readers. But on April 14 I reached the finish line. That date is both special and amusing, since I finished the first draft of my fifth and final Geren novel, Emissary’s Sacrifice, on April 14, 2011.
[Read more…] about Tenth Novel Complete!