I've just handed first edits of The Rill Lord back to my editor. There are several rounds of edits, beginning with the ones I conduct myself before turning in the finished manuscript. Next come a couple rounds of edits from my "first readers," both of them people with strong editing skills who I trust to point up weak parts of the story, character arcs, dialogue, or plot. Only after they have seen it do I pass the manuscript along to my publisher. There are no spoilers in the

This is the first chapter of the first book of the Triempery Revelations series. In short, it is the beginning. 1 The Rill grieved, and Dorilian listened. Other voices drew him along shadowed corridors and into the courtyard. Nights in Sordan were never dark. Rill glow from the City’s heights paled the sky and silvered rooftops, walls, and even the flowers in the trees. He’d run barefoot through the immense palace’s empty halls and pillared courts and seen

The Triempery series has a variety of villains. Nammuor is the main villain, of course, but he’s not the only threat faced by the other main characters.   Foremost among this second tier of villains is Chyralane, Denizen of Phaer: murderer, schemer, and almost Nammuor’s peer when it comes to the number of times she appears in the series. Is she a sorcerer in possession of a god-infested device of immense power? No. But she’s leader of the Seven Houses and that’s almost as na

Full World map of the Second Creation as it is understood in the Triempery novels. When I started writing the Triempery series of novels...

Emyli is the first female main character introduced in the Triempery Revelations series and she stands solidly atop the female character...

Many things enter into the series' conclusion in The Rill Lord and some make their appearance early. For one thing readers get to return...

Doodles are casual sketches or scribbles. When arrayed around a book cover, doodles are often silly (and occasionally profound) comments...

I created this meme in 2022 following the publication of The Kheld King . In 2021 when I published Sordaneon I didn't need a meme or...

As readers of the Triempery Series know, each book's cover presents a microcosm of the story within. The elements may be concrete or...

Nalf is one of those series characters who pops up in early books in minor ways—and then becomes a more major character later. I think...

The first book of the Triempery Revelations series, Sordaneon , was published in 2021. Since then I’ve published a new book in the series...

Dorilian Sordaneon is an important guy. The first book of the Triempery Revelations series is named after him. Every event that happens...

While making additions and deletions to the Appendix for The Walled City , I noticed there were no listings for titles used in the...

The Walled City , Book 5 of the Triempery Revelations series, is a chonky, battle-filled book. It starts out on a hopeful note, however,...

Though he doesn’t make his appearance until Book 3, The Second Stone , Arne is a key character in the Triempery Revelations series. His...

Legendary founders, both gods and mortal, anchor the Sordaneon dynasty. First of those founders was, of course, Derlon, one of the...

You’re in the world of the Triempery and you wish to share a bit of news. Good news about someone’s improving health, perhaps. Or bad...

Legon is an important secondary character in the Triempery series and is one of a handful of characters who appear in every book. He...

Dazunor-Rannuli is the preeminent city of Essera, its greatest Rill port and economic engine. In addition to having the largest...

I wrote the Triempery Revelations series over a period of more than 20 years. As such, it is a sweeping, many-layered tale with a host of...