Royce's Random Thoughts

Made my word count today by just four words. Which wouldn't be too bad, except I'm getting the horrid feeling my story is going to fall well short of the 50k word mark. May have to make up for it with something Tez & Maria or perhaps chaypeta's annual Christmas fanfic.

Another bit of gift art from the fabulous Wazaga

I'd explain the context, but that would actually make thing worse.

I'll get back to The Summer Intern shortly. This just came up in my head and I had to get it out.

( Have I ever mentioned what an asshole Tez is? )

Another quick five dollar commission from Wazaga. Link to the original

Georgia spots my copy of Unexpected Diversions

Georgia (points to Tez): What's he?

Royce: He's an elf.

Georgia: Who's she?

Royce: She's a girl. Her name is Maria.

Georgia: What's that she's wearing?

Royce: That's a dress.

Georgia (points to Maria's sash): What's that?

Royce: That's a sash. It makes her dress look prettier.

Georgia: What are they doing?

Royce: They're kissing.

Georgia: Why?

Royce: Because they love each other.

Georgia (points to Tez's open fly): Why are his pants broken?

Daddy picks up the book and puts it away.

I've got a conversation between Tez and his daughter Swan swirling in my head that needs to be written down properly. For now here's a taste.

( Hell hath no fury like Tez. Period. )

1: Events of Shopping Expedition and Dungeon Crawl occur.

2. Maria's first child Meribeth is born.

2 to 10: Maria's other children are born.

100 (approx): Andrea passes away. Maria and Tez are given many embarrassing toys courtesy of her will.

100 to 200: Maria and Tez visit the Dragon States, prevent a new Racial War between Men and Elves, and are betrayed by Swan. The Old Man of the Mountain is awakened. Events of Old Tools occur.

255: Maria passes away. Tez finally sees Death and is promised eventual release from this world.

500 (approx): Alisa, Tez and Maria's last child, passes away (The Last Story) Tez leaves the family he created and searches for new adventures. Magic begins to fade once again in favor of technology.

1000?? BD/2050 anno domine: An unfortunate accident with a Plane Shift spell lands Tez on the Earth of the Terinu universe, a few days prior to the Varn Dominion's use of the Mantle Cracker cannon.

2050-2150??: The Human Subjugation/The Twenty Years War. Tez sits out events by remaining in hiding in the Canadian and Alaskan wilderness (hey, it's not like it's his war!)

2150?: Tez runs into an aged Marty Greycoat.

2300 (approx): Tez grows disgusted with Earth politics and decamps to Vulpine Prime, setting himself up as an import/export entrepreneur.

2600??: Events of main Terinu storyline begin to occur. Tez meets and briefly seduces Leeza.

2601: Events of Returned to Life occur. Rachael Namatijira escapes the attention of the Terran Federation and moves in for a time at Brushtail Manor as she settles down on Vulpine Prime. Tez and Rachael meet during a party at the manor.

Woke up this morning to check my e-mail and found that chaypeta had sent me the pdf for the wraparound cover. After some minor corrections (a couple of goofs on the back cover copy on my part and some argument with Lulu's automated system about the size) I successfully uploaded and completed the publishing process.

Now Unexpected Diversions is now available for purchase! Just $15.15 for the trade paperback, or a cheap $6.25 for a PDF download!

The Elf and the Beast

Betrayed, enslaved, and stripped of everything he owned, including the
shirt on his back, the ancient elf called Tez finds himself bought by
Maria the Beast-Kin, a woman who looks mostly human, but is really the
product of a wizard's alchemy. While trying to discover what his
eventual fate is to be, Tez finds himself drawn to the mystery of this
wizard's familiar turned landed lady. What does she want with him, and
why does she act far younger than she appears?

Together these two outcasts form a tentative alliance, and then a deep
partnership. By turns erotic, adventurous, and philosophical,
Unexpected Diversions explores Tez and Maria's deepening relationship,
as one of them tries to atone for the evils he has done, and the other
pays a steep price to obtain the only true form of immortality

Need to move the Dragon States universe to Tez & Maria's world (now you know why the Southern Continent is so mysteeeeeerious). Because Maria finding out that Teal is one of Tez's exes = Komedy Gold. Especially after Teal punches him in the snoot when they meet again.