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Now that readers are starting to dig into THE KHELD KING, here’s what will be coming to this website and blog. * In a month or two I...
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L.L. Stephens
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
LORE: Seven Springs in Agalor
Seven Springs in Agalor is the most famous poem of Issahan, Lahgael's national poet. This poem first appears in The Kheld King, when...
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L.L. Stephens
- Aug 17, 2022
- 4 min
LORE: The Vermillion Aqueduct
In 2/185, the city of Gignastha was founded on the shore of the poisoned lake Sar’Pryannis by the Highborn prince Deben Sordaneon, who...
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L.L. Stephens
- Aug 8, 2022
- 5 min
LORE: Mulsor
Thaa knelt and gathered a handful of that pitiful flaked earth into one hand, let it dribble from cupped fingers into a little pile. Thaa...
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L.L. Stephens
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
Dual (or Dueling) Points of View
When I wrote The Kheld King, I had a few goals. First, of course, was to create the bridge narrative between the events of Sordaneon and...
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L.L. Stephens
- Jul 27, 2022
- 4 min
What Editing Looks Like: Example from The Kheld King
Just for yucks and giggles, I'm going to show how the process of editing looks and feels to the author. I will use an example from The...
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L.L. Stephens
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Storytelling Through Art
Anyone familiar with me will know I love art. On my travels I seek out art museums and the shops of local artists. When I attend cons, I...
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L.L. Stephens
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
LORE: Nammuor's Diadem
This artifact is the oldest of any in the Triempery Revelations and is the only one not to have originated with Leur or the Three. It is...
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L.L. Stephens
- Jun 26, 2022
- 4 min
LORE: The Leur's Ring
This item is mentioned for the first time in Sordaneon, where readers see it being worn by Marc Frederick. Unlike the other two Highborn...
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L.L. Stephens
- Jun 15, 2022
- 5 min
EXCERPT: The Kheld King
This will be the last excerpt from The Kheld King I will put up before its release. Some sales sites will soon have first chapter or...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
Teaser Excerpt: The Second Stone
I just turned the manuscript for Book 3, The Second Stone, over to my publisher. This means I like the additions/deletions I made and...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Map of Essera
I also added this map to the Maps tab on the site. I figure readers might want to pull it up for reference when reading the ebook, which...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 13, 2022
- 11 min
Ten Things That Changed My Life
I got the idea for doing this from reading this piece by Justin Currie. If you don’t know of Justin Currie, he’s the lead singer and...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 10, 2022
- 1 min
The Kheld King cover
I didn't talk about the Sordaneon cover because I didn't have a website at the time. Now that I do have a website, I will talk about this...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
LORE: The Wall Stone and the Rill Stone
The Rill Stone and the Wall Stone appear frequently in conjunction with the Entity-bound Highborn princes. Though often called devices or...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
Switching Tracks
I’m getting the edits on THE KHELD KING this week and that’s going to make me shift tracks. I’ve been using this waiting period to write...
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L.L. Stephens
- May 2, 2022
- 5 min
LORE: Worlds Apart, excerpt from a book by Marc Frederick
Marc Frederick Stauberg-Randolph, King of Essera and a main character of Sordaneon, first novel of the Triempery series, is a prolific...
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L.L. Stephens
- Apr 26, 2022
- 7 min
LORE: Report to King Erydon
When Khelds first invaded lower Tahlwent, entering through a Rift event, King Erydon sent his kinsman Eldhan to find out more about the...
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L.L. Stephens
- Apr 22, 2022
- 7 min
LORE: The Rill
Pre-Return. The Rill is one of a few First Creation feats of engineering to have survived into the Second Creation. The others are the...
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L.L. Stephens
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
Where to Find Me
Depending on what you are looking for… stories and lore, the latest news, giveaways of my books, get to know me as a person… here are the...
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