The Life-Changing Longnight
Two Newsletter Exclusive Short Stories—One from Kit and One from Mel! Eight years before The Goddess’s Illusion, Kit discovers a devastating secret, and in her distress, she blurts a cruel lie she can’t take back….
What’s in a Name: The Goddess’s Illusion
And here are the hidden meanings behind the names in The Goddess’s Illusion… The heroine is Katherine Elizabeth Gernand (née Sutton), the Countess of Blaine, although she goes by Kit. All of Kit’s birth names…
Behind The Goddess’s Illusion
To Mom—the only pastor whose sermons I always listened to without daydreaming about my latest story, even when my childhood antics being used as examples made me blush. The dedication for The Goddess’s Illusion. The…
Illusions vs. Glamours
from Saunders’ The Basics of Magic Illusions and glamours are both spells that disguise the true nature of objects. However, they are distinct spells—illusions make objects seem different than they truly are, while glamours alter…
Behind the Characters’ Quirks
In addition to giving my characters personality types and color seasons, I also like to give them a hobby, trait, or preference that’s one of mine to help connect me to the characters. Here are…
Curses
To Lady Juliet, Royal Witch of CalatiniRoyal PalaceOrmasMerrilea Dear Lady Juliet, Thank you for your information and advice about love spells. I’ll definitely avoid using those. Thinking of dangerous spells, what can you tell me…
Behind the Magic
In my stories, magic is used every day, but it always costs something (Newton’s third law, you know), and that cost can be difficult to control or predict except for small spells. (Although sometimes even…
Avatars of the Goddess
from Zariste’s Concise Guide to World Religions Near the end of the Age of Gods after Rhiannon had learned the secret of magic, the Goddess recruited four ladies to embody the season then four gentlemen…
Witch Shops of Ormas
Written by a Fashionable Lady in Spring 1013 AF Over the centuries, witch shops have flourished in Ormas—there are witch shops on every street, corner, and alley. Not including transient stalls, there are over two…
The Goddess’s Great Temple in Ormas
from Zariste’s Concise Guide to World Religions The Great Temple in Ormas is the most magnificent temple of the Goddess in all of Damensea, although it is a pale shadow of the Great Temple in…