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Maike Claußnitzer, @Ardeija, asked a great question yesterday about using history, which started me thinking about sharing history with the reader.

Yes, I avoid info dumps, and I share only what’s needed.

But, HOW?

I’m going to add daily to a thread on this topic because I realize there are many ways I pull the distant past into the present.

Like on the map shown.

Be everwell.

BLACK AND WHITE TREMJARA MAP The continent is roughly oval with notable exceptions, the oval tilted southwest to northeast. In the far north are the Frozen Lands, but otherwise the continent is surrounded by three oceans, the Para-Equa in the west, Terminus in the south, and Titania to the east. A long, slim peninsula, along with multiple islands, exists in the northwest. In the west and south are multiple, large islands. The southeastern peninsula is a barren wasteland with some volcanic islands off its coast. There are scattered islands up the eastern coast, most notably Pannulus, a roughly circular archipelago. The continent is roughly divided in half by mountain chains, some more extensive than others. Mountains also exist in other locations, especially the southwest. The west is heavily forested, the east a mix of forests and grasslands. The south desert. The east coast is dominated by the Brillica Cataclysm Region that prevents east and west travel. Some notable locations follow. Mythwyll in the southwest was the elfin homeland. In the west, Forstava is still the ora’ean homeland. In the east, Emprensa was once the home province of an empire. In the northeast, Draskrith is the realm of the shadow lords. Below that, and as noted, is Pannulus. At the continent’s center is nation of Carrdia. It’s surrounded by mountains, except in the west along its border with Forstava, and in the northeast. The continent’s biggest lake is located there, as is the mighty Key River.

NEW EPISODE: Jim's back with a book review, this time the long awaited fantasy Kings of the Wyld. Could it really be as good as people claim? As entertaining? Time to find out! https://youtu.be/orF3CSCN1bU

This is a note of thanks to my amazing readers, because I'm planning to start writing the 3rd Lady & Lord Riven novella (A Waltz of Sinister Import) on Monday, I just looked at my online dashboards, and I cannot even tell you how inspiring it feels to see hundreds of preorders already! 😍

https://books2read.com/WaltzSinister

Ooh, I absolutely loved my early copy of Isabel Sterling's With All My Haunted Heart (such a fun, ghost-y sapphic romance!), and if you're in the US and have Netgalley access, you can grab it as a "Read Now" book for the next 48 hours! https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/796131

Ebook omnibus 25% off: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647

Levi Jacobs always dreamed of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi’s journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.

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The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion. (Background) View of a planet from space. (Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text: Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my! Just another day for a young wizard. (Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf. (Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed. (Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends. (Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads. (Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather. (Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

Come down, down, down to a fanciful semi-improvisational comedic play by The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre as we explore the depths of a farce of adventure, deception, and goblins in love TOMORROW (Saturday, March 7) at Cleveland ConCoction!

See more about CleCon: https://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Chapter 6 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on : https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

The recruits show up for the afternoon's training, but their instructor is absent.

Yasu begins to get a bad feeling and looks around, just in time to notice a woman holding a grenade!

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3/6: "If you have several stories, which one should a new reader start with?"

As my individual books are more or less self-contained, you can start wherever you like. However, it might make sense to read "Tricontium" first, as this is where certain major characters are first introduced. And it also contains a case of pumpkin theft - if that isn't a good reason for jumping right in, nothing is, hm? 🎃

3/6 If you have several stories, which one should a new reader start with?

Humor fantasy: Book 1 of the "Hilda the Wicked Witch" series (28 books so far)

Scifi Alien Encounters: "Wanted: hero"

Historic time travel: ¨The Magic of the Bull"

Scifi time travel: "From Time to Time".

I think that covers the start. I have 'a few more' books out.