In the story "The Many Journeys of Ian Scranton" you recall the death of Hollani, right?

Well, there were also two cities that were destroyed. Countless carnivorous fairy children got massacred. Nameless victims whose fate won't just go away into the historical ether. Karma is going to become a vengeful little cruise missile. So yeah, I lied. Some more high profile characters will die. Including one that I was getting fond of. Ah well.

This is what my characters would look like... more or less.

From "The Many Journeys of Ian Scranton":

Isaya, or at least one of her Spriggans, appearing out of the ground:
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Substitute the snake hair for vines.)

Hollani, may she rest in peace:
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Tuyen Pham, with her wings folded up:
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Yes, I'm still looking around for a fairy or elf archetype that looks something CLOSE to the awesomeness that is Roshana. If I see someone who comes close to resembling her, I will update this blog...

I'm staring the true lesson of employee productivity right in the face in our office here now that all the employees have left for the day.

As you know my wife and I run an insurance business; home, auto, commercial, that kinda thing. We have life insurance license and a broker's license too but we like to avoid that if possible, even though annuities, health insurance and all that stuff makes GOBS of profit, it's a dirty, nasty, predatory industry and we hate it; but anyhoot...

We're now mining the entire state of California for new P&C policies from personal auto to commercial general liability and everything in between, and we've got service calls way under control. Our staff has gotten more experienced over time and the key issue here is that they have outpaced the ever growing workload.

Now the true lesson of employee productivity shows its ugly face. You've got a group of workers that have done all the right things - work hard, work smart, and skill-up, becoming more valuable...

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is a dead one? Not necessarily, but it is the title of Chapter 8.

Chapter 8 is done and by God I found a way to keep the story on track WHILE addressing key, make-or-break loose ends in the previous chapters:

Chapter 2 - why was Hollani going on about the dangers of dealing with Rikati fairies and yet Roshana put that Rikati stray down so easily?
Chapter 3 - why did Roshana freak out about seeing the Bloodvine? And just what is this Bloodvine?

But the most important make-or-break question remains, and is on the verge of being answered: who is the real Roshana, and why is she here? One more piece of that puzzle falls into place in Chapter 8. When the final piece comes in, you will genuinely be shocked and awed.

Plus, you will see yet a new mystery unfold. A clue, a foreshadow, so to speak. And so will Ian.


But for now I need an editor. Who wants to have the first crack at shooting holes in this chapter before...

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