This 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.
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Guide to Hyarmi Coat Colors
Just 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.
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Making 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 SillinessTenth Novel Complete!
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.
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My illustration ideas usually sit in line for years, until it’s the correct season, other higher-priority projects are completed, and I have the computer and 3D model resources to tackle it.
And then comes a situation like this! Since the moment I met Spilled Ink and Sungleam Under Storm in writing End of Days, I’ve been itching to do a picture of them together.
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I relish opportunities to make more winter illustrations, and I’m delighted to complete this particular image for my first novella, mostly written in 2008: Nothing Gold Can Stay.
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On January 15, 2024, I started writing End of Days, and it has turned into quite a fun romp. At the beginning, I thought it would be my fifth novella, but it is now plain that instead it will become my tenth novel. Hardly my first time: I thought Hope’s Choice and The Fourth Emissary would be novellas also.
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