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April 11, 2018
A Geography Of Haarth: The Keep Of Winds (Updated)
“The Heir Of Night” map: artist, Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the posts explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has returned to gazette the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as new listi...
April 8, 2018
Nice: Some Shout-Outs for “The Wall Of Night” Series
Unsolicited shoutouts, I may add, so arriving as a complete surprise and even more of a buzz for that reason. 
April 4, 2018
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dame Nelys
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In 2017, I resumed my “About the Characters” post series that focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, because :
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter o...
April 1, 2018
What I’m Reading: A Wizard Of Earthsea Revisited
First published a half-century ago, in 1968, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin has become a classic of children’s literature and one that I felt it was high time I revisited—which turned out to be a really rewarding experience.
The (main) character of Ged and the story being told both have real depth. The worldbuilding—particularly in terms of the magic system—is powerful and yet so understated I didn’t really notice its power overtly, but more through the innate satisfaction I felt thro...
March 28, 2018
A Geography Of Haarth: Keep Of Stone (Updated)
The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the posts explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has returned to gazette the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as ne...
March 25, 2018
A Quote From Isak Dinesen
Credit: A Robins
“The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.” ~ Isak Dinesen—
Great quote, huh?
Isak Dinesen (1885 – 1962) is the English-language pen name for renowned Danish author, Karen Blixen, who is probably best known for her memoir, Out Of Africa, which was made into a film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in 1985.
The quote is attributed to Out Of Africa, although it’s so long since I’ve read it that I can’t be 100% certain on that point.
March 21, 2018
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Dab
UK/AU/NZ
In 2017, I resumed my “About the Characters” post series that focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, because :
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter o...
March 18, 2018
What I’m Reading: “Anansi Boys” by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys is one of those books where I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to read it. I think it was a (sad) case of being aware the book had come out, intending to read it, then being sandbagged by Other Life Events, and so the moment passed me by. But I’ve always been aware that it was a ‘miss’ and so finally settled down with the book recently with a sense of the long overdue finally happening.
And I enjoyed the read. In terms of where the book fits on my reading spectrum, I hav...
March 14, 2018
A Geography Of Haarth: Jhaine (Updated)
The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is exploring the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the posts traversed locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has returned to gazette the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as ne...
March 11, 2018
Poem: “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 – 1889
Glory be to God for dappled things —
…For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
……For rose-moles all in stipple on trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
…Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;
……And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
…Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
……With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
……………………………...
