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Coming Soon...
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...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 13, 20221 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Aug 19, 20223 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Aug 17, 20224 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Aug 8, 20225 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Aug 2, 20222 min read


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...

L.L. Stephens
Jul 27, 20224 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Jul 13, 20223 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Jun 28, 20224 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Jun 26, 20224 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Jun 15, 20225 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 31, 20223 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 16, 20222 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 13, 202211 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 10, 20221 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 10, 20223 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 3, 20222 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
May 2, 20225 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Apr 26, 20227 min read


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...
L.L. Stephens
Apr 22, 20227 min read


STORY: The Rune Hag's Daughter
Author's Note: This story is set completely with the Kheld people and their culture. Because readers will see more about Khelds and their...
L.L. Stephens
Apr 18, 202221 min read
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