I have done jack in keeping up with my website during my school break. Other obligations interfered. I am a terrible webmaster ... of my own website, anyway.

As always, I am hoping to make progress around here. I suppose that updating my sidebar is a positive start!

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Magic and Mechanica is out from Ricasso Press! And I'm in it!

My short story "Cogs" has been published in this anthology, which centers on speculative fiction about "piston-driven fantasy and industrial sorcery." "Cogs" is about a heroine's attempt to reclaim her people's humanity in a world overrun by machines. Magic and Mechanica is available from the Ricasso Press Bookstore or on Amazon.com.

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New in the Library:

The Message. Valinor has been left in darkness, and Finarfin is the new king of the Noldor. One night, he awakens with a strange vision: Someone has died in Middle-earth--but who?

New on the Heretic Loremaster:

Move over Fëanor . . . Some thoughts on Fëanor's jewelry choices and the larger lessons they suggest about how to read The Silmarillion.

I Need to Rant. On the notion that slash is a disgrace to Tolkien's world.

Inferior Writing? On Chicklit, Fantasy, and Mary Sue. Why do we put down certain genres of writing? Is there anything anti-woman about those we choose to scorn?

Dispatches from Other Lands:

I'm on Facebook. OMG yes really.

You can find me now on FanLore!

And my obsession du jour is Delicious: Check out what I'm reading and researching here.

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

There is a whole world beyond the Midhavens, begging for exploration. Herein lies a list of places where I have hung my banner on occasion--even flown it proudly--else found friendly company willing to share a song and a cup of wine.

Silmarillion Writers' Guild. Dedicated to studying and writing about J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, I founded the SWG as a place for discussion, fellowship, and the celebration of creativity.

Hundrede Artes. Here I document my progress as I attempt to create one hundred pieces of medieval-inspired artwork in seven years.

The (Cyber) Bag of Weasels. This was my first online home and, today, serves as my personal journal.