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Today in Writing The Mythic Sons… The band's star is rising. Marmadues, their manager and owner of all contracts, has decided they need an overhaul of their image and sound. You know, just what every band wants once they get their first hit single. A new glow up. The band is pretty unhappy about this turn of events, especially our sweet Becket, who is the band’s newest but highly prolific creator. They protest, because of course, they do — good boys! But Marmadeus reminds th

I stopped writing for a while. Years, actually, after my kids were born. They're in their late twenties now. I won't get into the whole story of why, but at some point, I looked up and realized I had been "meaning to get back to it" for so long that getting back to it had started to feel like something other people did. Not me. I've worked in digital marketing for the better part of twenty years, and I've written a lot of content during that time. But because none of it was t

Time for me to do some local payback for the community love and absolute Zen I'm feeling from a few cafes, eateries, and all around Good People (with a capital G) in my area. Here is where I've found my inspiration and happy places recently. Please check them out and give them some love... Cafe Amano in Kittredge, CO - this is the coziest, hippest, coolest coffee shop I have had the pleasure to visit in the last couple of years. It doesn't hurt that my youngest son works ther

The hottest band in Vadura opens up about music, fame, favorite foods, embarrassing moments, and who takes the longest to get ready before a show.

There's a part of Solmara that the festival maps don't really bother with. The history books care, but they don’t always get the story correct. It sits in The Old Quarter, at the edge of the city where the noise starts to thin out — not because it's quiet, exactly, but because the noise there is older. More watchful. It's where the Duende Academe has stood for roughly three centuries, a four-story building of old stone with practice-room windows looking out over the bay, and

I need mood music when I write at least 80% of the time. I've shared the playlist I listen to (above) when I'm writing my Mythic Sons tales. None of the music belongs to me. I just pick songs that appeal to the setting, the character, or the tone of what I’m working on. Anything that helps create the feeling of a band that is making a lot of creative noise :) This playlist is constantly growing, for better or for worse. I keep adding songs as they inspire me for different sce

A Column for Vadura’s Wandering Music Enthusiast By Tessaly Vorn, Broadsheet Contributor, Solmara Tangle Quarter Resident, Perpetual Cheap-Seat Occupant Above: Woebryn's Echo, empty. Lower: Woebryn's Echo during a performance at the Solstace Crescendo Festival, full attendance. The Cheap Seats, and Why They’re Actually the Best Seats I will tell you my secret regarding Woebryn's Echo. I am a perpetual occupant of the upper tiers. This is not a financial decision. But it is a

A Column for Vadura's Wandering Music Enthusiast By Tessaly Vorn, Broadsheet Contributor, Solmara Tangle Quarter Resident, Perpetual Cheap-Seat Occupant Stone & rock formations near Woebryn's Echo Let me tell you something about living in Solmara that they don’t put in the travel scrolls. The travel scrolls say: Sun-drenched coastal kingdom. Festivals. Excess. Incomparable views. What the travel scrolls leave out: the part where you’re trying to get a decent night’s sleep in

Or, if you're looking for craft lingo: Outlines, Hooks, and Seeding Scenes The all-important technical gear :) Occasionally, you'll find that I will write some blog entries about process. Boring, I know — but writing it down helps me think. It's okay if those posts aren't your thing. Most won't be interested, and that's fine, because there will be plenty of other things here too: character bios and backstory that need to live somewhere before I lose them; playlists of the mus

Just a little something something to get the creative juices flowing. I felt this was highly appropriate for the Mythic Sons creation session I was working on tonight! Milestone - outline complete and 15 chapters done! ~Cheers Have a blast!

— You Beautiful, Slightly Confused Souls Blog Posted by Xac. Yes, THAT Xac. The handsome one. Artwork created by AI Well. You found us. I honestly wasn't sure you would. The last time I tried to hang a banner pointing people toward one of our shows, it accidentally redirected a funeral procession, and we ended up playing a three-hour set for mourners who were too polite to leave. Honestly? Best crowd we ever had. Very attentive. Didn't throw a single thing. But here you are —