Lynn Flewelling's Blog, page 3

Winter? Fall? Who cares, it's gorgeous and chilly!


Tropical Bird of Paradise by my driveway.



The giant Liquid Amber tree in my front yard.

Even here in California, it feels like winter. Suddenly I really believe that it's only 3 weeks until Christmas. It must be, because my Christmas cactus is in glorious bloom.



Almost done Fall quarter at Pacifica Graduate Institute. In my second year!! How did that happen so quickly? Things are a little saner than they were for the last few weeks. Finished up the last on campus session for the quarter, including handing in many papers, including my thesis proposal. Now just a few papers and thesis outline to get in by the end of the month. I am doing my thesis on transgender issues, inquiring into the process of change as acts of individuation and soul making. If you have any transgender friends (or you) who would be willing to correspond with me, please let me know. I am not doing quantitative research, just gathering narratives. One of the options at Pacifica is a production thesis, for which you produce some form of art based on a theoretical framework and write about it. I am considering a novel.

I haven't been writing any fiction since I finished Shards last year, but recently I wrote a short story for the A Knight in the Silk Purse anthology, which is the sequel to Tales of the Emerald Serpent. My character, Shay Gatewell, has quite a nice reappearance! It felt so good to slip into a fantasy world and wander around. I like academic writing, but there's nothing like fiction. Don't worry, I couldn't stop writing if I wanted to!

And look at that: only 16 days until the contest winner is announced!

The first two chapters of SHARDS are now available at my website! http://www.sff.net/people/Lynn.Flewelling/

Dr D and I put this together this morning. It will, of course, be professionally rendered by the publisher. This is just a sketch.

Michael Komarck, who has created the last four, wonderful Nightrunner covers, now has SoT prints available for purchase at his site! Www.komarckart.com

My dear friends,

First, thank you all for the show of hands. It's good to know that so many of you are still here! As you know, I am running a contest on FB. https://www.facebook.com/Nightrunner.Tali. I also accept that many of you are allergic to FB. I would never dream of leaving my long time loyal friends here out in the cold, so I am running a second contest here just for you.

Seregil: This is a Secret Word Contest!

Alec: Choose your favorite Aurenfaie language word that ISN'T talí. Post it here, with a statement of why it is your favorite word.

Micum: HOW THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN: Those who post the pre-determined secret word will be the pool from which the winner will be randomly chosen.

Seregil: My eldest sister, Adzriel, has chosen the word and sealed it in a crystal walnut shell. It is on its way to Rhiminee by ship as I write this, to be kept in the Orëska vaults until Award Day. Thero?

Thero: I will be the Guardian of the Word until the Day of Choosing: December 24, 2013. Lynn has a special connection to that date, for some reason. Apparently in her plane is it is auspicious. The winner will be announced on this page and notified by FB message, which apparently is very like my message light spell. Micum?

MIcum: Here are the prizes.

1st Prize A complete, signed, personalized set of the Nightrunner Series-- all 7 books, signed by Lynn.
2n-7th Place: A signed copy of SHARDS OF TIME!

Seregil: So think hard, and choose wisely! Luck in the Shadows! Winners will be announced here on December 24th, 2013.

I'm very sad. Zoe's been aggressive toward Emma for quite some time now and after some research, I discovered that female boxers should never be placed in homes with other females! Zoe is half boxer and definitely takes after her mom. From everything I've read, the situation will only get worse now that she's an adult and it's not fair to Emma to let this go on. I wish the rescue people had warned us of this when we adopted her, but they didn't and it said right on the adoption form that we had a female dog. I'm really stressing out about it. I've contacted the rescue organization and they can't take her but said they would give me the name of a trainer who knows how to work with aggression. Maybe that will help.

Aside from that, Zoe is a great dog. She's playful, beautiful, a clown, and scary smart. She's the only dog we've ever had that knows how to "shake a paw". She loves to fetch. She's fine with Jackson and people, but I'm worried that she might seriously hurt Emma and that's not fair to Em.

I need to know how many people are still actively following this page. Could you post below? Thanks!