2025-01-30T17:36:33Z
gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/sand-and-ash/
<name>D. Moonfire</name>
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
<title>Fedran Infrastructure</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2023/06/24/fedran-infrastructure/" />
<updated>2023-06-24T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2023/06/24/fedran-infrastructure/</id>
<category term="development" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Development" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<category term="nor-curse-be-found" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Nor Curse Be Found" />
<category term="allegro" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Allegro" />
<category term="nixos" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="NixOS" />
<category term="nix-standard" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Nix Standard" />
<category term="nitride" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Nitride" />
<category term="rust" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Rust" />
<category term="self-published-fantasy-blog-off" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off" />
<category term="reddit" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Reddit" />
<category term="woodpecker-ci" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Woodpecker CI" />
<summary type="html">In the last month, I've been doing a lot of writing and programming. I also finished a good-sized around of "fun coding" with Fedran.
<title>A Little Give</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2022/06/24/a-little-give/" />
<updated>2022-06-24T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2022/06/24/a-little-give/</id>
<category term="household" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Household" />
<category term="entanglement-2021" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Entanglement 2021" />
<category term="derecho-2020" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Derecho 2020" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="commissions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Commissions" />
<category term="mfgames-nitride" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="MfGames.Nitride" />
<category term="allegro" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Allegro" />
<category term="icon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="ICON" />
<category term="satisfactory" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Satisfactory" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="gitea" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Gitea" />
<category term="gitlab" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="GitLab" />
<summary type="html">A follow up on a previous post, things have gotten better in the last fortnight and I thought I would share both what went well and where my focus remains.
<title>Content Warnings - This Book Contains Death</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2022/01/21/content-warnings/" />
<updated>2022-01-21T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2022/01/21/content-warnings/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="content-warnings" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Content Warnings" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="content-warnings" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Content Warnings" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">As part of my work toward getting _Flight of the Scions_ done, I decided to work on content warnings.
<title>Future Plans</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/07/24/future-plans/" />
<updated>2019-07-24T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/07/24/future-plans/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="coins-for-your-troubles" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Coins for Your Troubles" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="let-his-memory-go" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Let His Memory Go" />
<category term="master-plan" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Master Plan" />
<category term="may-i-lead-this-dance" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="May I Lead This Dance" />
<category term="prospects-of-love-among-mages" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Prospects of Love Among Mages" />
<category term="raging-alone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Raging Alone" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">An update on near- and long-term plans for my writing and updates on this site. Also status on my Pride Month challenge stories, various novels, and financial plans.
<title>Poem - The Stone and I Breathe</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/04/21/poem/" />
<updated>2019-04-21T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/04/21/poem/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="national-poetry-month" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="National Poetry Month" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">For the first and twenty day of National Poetry Month, I wrote a poem about attuning oneself to rock.
<title>2018 Writing Monies</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/04/01/writing-monies/" />
<updated>2019-04-01T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/04/01/writing-monies/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="broken-typewriter-press" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Broken Typewriter Press" />
<category term="business" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Business" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="patreon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Patreon" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">My high-level breakdown of 2018 incomes and expenses for writing.</summary>
<title>2017 Writing Monies</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2018/01/12/writing-monies/" />
<updated>2018-01-12T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2018/01/12/writing-monies/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="broken-typewriter-press" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Broken Typewriter Press" />
<category term="business" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Business" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="patreon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Patreon" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">I've summarized both income and expenses over 2017 when it comes to writing and publishing books.</summary>
<title>Gender Roles, Guilt, Archetypes, and NSFW Second-Hand Dresses 21</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/10/17/second-hand-dresses-21/" />
<updated>2017-10-17T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/10/17/second-hand-dresses-21/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">This week's naughty chapter is about Lily coming home to find Hasan cooking dinner for him. Unexpected, she finds that she wants him even more and her resolve to avoid cheating with Mindil rises up until she is forced to take matters into her own fingers.</summary>
<title>More on Hair, Eye Colors, Falling Rain, and Second-Hand Dresses 16</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/09/12/second-hand-dresses-16/" />
<updated>2017-09-12T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/09/12/second-hand-dresses-16/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">Apparently I wanted to talk about the process of world-building, in specific exploring the repercussions of changing hair color in my world to fit with the image I want instead of what I started with. It lets me move to a world that I want now without breaking the world I've already published. Oh, and Lily goes on a walk.</summary>
<title>Advent Children, The End, Sand and Bone 35, What's Next</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/06/13/sand-and-bone-35/" />
<updated>2017-06-13T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/06/13/sand-and-bone-35/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">After thirty-five weeks, I've finished serializing [Sand and Bone](https://fedran.com/sand-and-bone/). The novel has been completely edited and posted. It is released as [Creative Commons BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). On the website, you can download the EPUB, MOBI, and PDF versions of the book. Or you can just read the chapters right on the website.</summary>
<title>Idle Thoughts, Worn Ideas, The Choice, and Sand and Bone 27</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/04/18/sand-and-bone-27/" />
<updated>2017-04-18T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/04/18/sand-and-bone-27/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="spoilers" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Spoilers" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="son-of-vo" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Son of Vo" />
<category term="pack-daughter" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Pack Daughter" />
<category term="desert-child" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Desert Child" />
<summary type="html">I've thought a lot about my master plot, the different threads and stories that weave together into where I'm going. Even thought *Sand and Bone* is a single point-of-view novel, it is part of a master plot that I hope to see some day. I'm just doing it novel-by-novel instead o scene-by-scene. However, there is a drawback of thinking about stories too much and I'm afraid of burning out the idea before it can be pried out of my skull.</summary>
<title>Death Marches; Burnout; Publication Status; Sand and Blood v3; Sand and Bone 26</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/04/11/sand-and-bone-26/" />
<updated>2017-04-11T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/04/11/sand-and-bone-26/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="raging-alone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Raging alone" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">There are moments in life when everything wears you down and you don't think you can move forward. This week, Rutejìmo is experiencing one of those moments as he focuses on burning a body before continuing his journey. I also talk about how the same death march has affected me in my life. Finally, a status update on the *Sand and Bone* publication process.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 19, sorrow, and fear of the dark</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/02/22/sand-and-bone-19/" />
<updated>2017-02-22T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/02/22/sand-and-bone-19/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">One of the common themes in the entire series is that Rutejìmo terrified of the dark. But what happens when unknown assassins are looking for him and he is left with the sorrow of losing his brother?</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 18 and the noble death</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/02/14/sand-and-bone-18/" />
<updated>2017-02-14T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/02/14/sand-and-bone-18/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Along with the others, Rutejìmo ends up running for his life. He sees his friends and families for what might be the last time before he sets off on his own perilous journey. Before he goes, however, his brother has one last thing.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 15 and speaking for gods</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/24/sand-and-bone-15/" />
<updated>2017-01-24T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/24/sand-and-bone-15/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Sometimes the simplest of phrases can be the most powerful. To stop a death, Rutejìmo makes a declaration that ruins my entire purpose of writing the series and becomes a hero.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 14, felony feedback, the Call, and anime fights</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/17/sand-and-bone-14/" />
<updated>2017-01-17T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/17/sand-and-bone-14/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">This week, we have a lot of violence, destruction, and a really bad idea. I talk a little bit about the mechanics of magic and the Call.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 12, HERO system, and pacing</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/03/sand-and-bone-12/" />
<updated>2017-01-03T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/01/03/sand-and-bone-12/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="hero-system" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="HERO System" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">We are now into the second arc of Sand and Bone, where things start to speed up greatly and the bloodbath is going to commence. While I'm setting it up, I talk a little bit about pacing for the book and how I use the HERO System to manage my fantasy.</summary>
<title>On #lexember 24, I present kojinomi kikochyo fakóri, The Book of Ash</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/24/lexember/" />
<updated>2016-12-24T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/24/lexember/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="miwafu" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Miwāfu" />
<category term="lexember" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Lexember" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">On the twenty-fourth day of Lexember, I give you a word for The Book of Ash.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 9, a little lesson on Miwāfu, gender in the desert, and speaking for the spirits</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/14/sand-and-bone-09/" />
<updated>2016-12-14T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/14/sand-and-bone-09/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="desert-child" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Desert Child" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">A grandfather looking for revenge and a man who cannot stop him.</summary>
<title>My publications for 2016</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/12/eligibility/" />
<updated>2016-12-12T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/12/eligibility/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">As we approach the end of the year, there is a consolidate list of the pieces I've published in 2016.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 8, and traditional verses contemporary worship</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/07/sand-and-bone-08/" />
<updated>2016-12-07T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/12/07/sand-and-bone-08/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Chapter eight is a quiet chapter that sets the tone for what will be Rutejìmo inner struggle for the book.</summary>
<title>Sand and Bone 1, Flight of the Scions 35</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/10/04/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-10-04T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/10/04/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="desert-child" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Desert Child" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">This week, I start the serialization of Sand and Bone, the third and final book of Rutejìmo's story.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 26, Flight of the Scions 31, and doubt</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/23/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-08-23T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/23/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="cow" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Cow" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="for-glory" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="For Glory" />
<category term="for-revenge" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="For Revenge" />
<category term="for-family" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="For Family" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">This week, both series talk about doubt in different forms: violence and death for Rutejìmo and Kanéko has her questions about her father.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 25, Flight of the Scions 30, and character depth</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/16/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-08-16T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/16/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Both serials are at a turning point as we head into the conclusion for both. Also a bit about other books in the Rutejìmo series.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 24, Flight of the Scions 29, and teachers</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/10/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-08-10T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/08/10/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">Sometimes, we have a few lessons that need to be taught before all the action starts again. This chapter has a few quite moments.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 21-22, Flight of the Scions 27, powers, and secrets</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/27/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-07-27T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/27/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="pack-daughter" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Pack Daughter" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Both trios find out a bit of their enemies this week along with revealing secrets for everyone. Plus Sand and Ash is out.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 20, Flight of the Scions 26, death, and lessons</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/13/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-07-13T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/13/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">A smattering of lessons, both about death and more cheerful things. We are getting to some of the more interesting parts of both novels.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 19, Flight of the Scions 25, and recovering from action</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/06/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-07-06T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/07/06/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">This week, both Kanéko and Rutejìmo are dealing with the conquences of their action scenes in the previous chapter.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 18, Flight of the Scions 24, seeing in the dark, and violence</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/29/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-06-29T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/29/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">This week, both chapters have to deal with the same topic: fighting in the dark. This shows my love of the specific troupe but both stories go about it in very different ways.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 17, Flight of the Scions 23, magical healing, and power addiction</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/22/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-06-22T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/22/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="her-hidden-claws" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Her Hidden Claws" />
<category term="journals-of-fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Journals of Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">Just another pair of discussions with both serials. I talk a little bit about magical healing and the addiction of power, not to mention conventions that I'm using with other languages and telepathy.</summary>
<title>Trigger Warnings</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/12/trigger-warnings/" />
<updated>2016-06-12T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/12/trigger-warnings/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">I've been thinking about Jim C. Hines' post about trigger warnings for a few months now. In the process of re-releasing two books, I decided to do something about it.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 15, Flight of the Scions 21, and telepathic computers</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/08/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-06-08T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/08/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">After a few weeks of taking a break, I'm back to my serials. This week, we have a bit of introspection and a naming of the Big Bad.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 11, Flight of the Scions 17, Sand and Ash status, abusive relationships, telepaths, and economics</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/27/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-04-27T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/27/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<title>Sand and Blood 10, Flight of the Scions 16, and gaining powers</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/20/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-04-20T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/20/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<summary type="html">Magical talents are one of the underlying aspects of Fedran, but how everyone gains their powers is wildly different.</summary>
<title>Sand and Blood 8, Flight of the Scions 13 (again)</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/06/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-04-06T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/04/06/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">I said I was going to take a little break, but I lied. Sand and Blood is starting to be serialized and I reworked Flight of the Scions 13.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/30/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-03-30T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/30/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Well, this is the end. Yeah, it's a week early, but I decided to post the final two chapters at once. It is a sad moment for me, mainly because there is a lot of me in this novel but I'm also glad that I got a chance to do this.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 34</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/23/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-03-23T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/23/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">The climax of Sand and Ash but one that comes in a whispered confession to a man who can't speak.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 33, Flight of the Scions 14, miscarriages, and abortion</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/16/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-03-16T05:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/16/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">When I originally wrote this and the next chapter for Sand and Ash, I was in the middle of dealing with a miscarriage. There is no question that this part of the story is influenced by my experiences.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 32, Flight of the Scions 14, and doubt</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/09/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-03-09T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/09/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">As Sand and Ash comes into the final stretch, we are dealing with a non-typical fantasy ending. At the same time, we are also coming to where Flight of the Scions becomes two separate books.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 31, Flight of the Scions 13, living, and dying</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/02/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-03-02T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/03/02/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">Sand and Ash hits the epiphany that I originally never planed, Rutejìmo's purpose in life. In Flight of the Scions, Kanéko realizes that she may have made a mistake.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 30, Flight of the Scions 12, foreshadowing, and magical healing</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/24/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-02-24T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/24/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<summary type="html">In Sand and Ash, I realized that I'm already foreshadowing the third book of the series while Rutejìmo finds unexpected allies while he was dead. In Flight of the Scions, Kanéko meets one of the few healers I plan on ever writing for this world.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 29, Flight of the Scions 11, suicide, and racism</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/17/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-02-17T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/17/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">While Rutejìmo is struggling with guilt as he plans on leaving Mapábyo, Kanéko is being attacked for being nothing more than curious and black.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 28, Flight of the Scions 10, and depression</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/10/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-02-10T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/10/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="depression" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Depression" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">A dark chapter for poor Rutejìmo who is dealing poorly with being home but ignored. For Kanéko, a bright chapter as she approaches the Boar Hunt Inn. And a bit of discussion about miscarriage and depression.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 27, Flight of the Scions 9, getting caught, and being a fool</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/03/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-02-03T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/02/03/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">Happiness is a hard thing to find, more so for characters in my world. Rutejìmo finds stability while being dead, alternating between working hard hours and spending time with his love. Kanéko, on the other hand, is humiliated in front of everyone including the boy she is falling for.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 26, Flight of the Scions 8, and mistakes</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/27/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-01-27T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/27/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">This week Rutejìmo gets a hint of what he is becoming and Kanéko finds herself falling for a boy.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 25, Flight of the Scions 7, and love</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/20/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-01-20T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/20/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">This week Mapábyo gets Rutejìmo to talk about his love for another woman and Kanéko makes a humiliating mistake while trying to prevent a larger one.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 24, Flight of the Scions 6, and dog girls</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/13/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-01-13T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/13/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">And one of my favorite characters, the absolutely adorable Maris, is finally introduced to the readers.</summary>
<title>2015 Writing Income</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/10/writing-monies/" />
<updated>2016-01-10T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/10/writing-monies/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="business" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Business" />
<category term="broken-typewriter-press" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Broken Typewriter Press" />
<category term="patreon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Patreon" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<summary type="html">Following up with last year's post on writing monies and inspired by Jim C. Hines' own posts, here is an update on the financial side of my career as a writer.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 23, Flight of the Scions 5, Falling in Love, and Dreams</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/06/weekly/" />
<updated>2016-01-06T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/01/06/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">Two big moments for both Sand and Ash as well as Flight of the Scions. Rutejìmo finally declares his love and Kanéko dreams of proving herself to her father.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 22, Flight of the Scions 4, Hard Lessons, and Garèo</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/30/weekly/" />
<updated>2015-12-30T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/30/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="kin-killer" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Kin-Killer" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">In the fourth chapter of Flight of the Scions, we introduce one of my favorite, screwed-up characters.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 21, Flight of the Scions 3, Rejection</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/23/weekly/" />
<updated>2015-12-23T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/23/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">This week we have two very different stories going on, both of my characters are setting out on their paths.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 20, Flight of the Scions 2, Obsession, and Hope</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/16/weekly/" />
<updated>2015-12-16T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/16/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">This week is Sand and Ash 20 and the second chapter of Flight of the Scions both talk about obsession and hope.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 19, Flight of the Scions 1</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/09/weekly/" />
<updated>2015-12-09T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/09/weekly/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="icon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="ICON" />
<category term="patreon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Patreon" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="wiscon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Wiscon" />
<summary type="html">This week is Sand and Ash 19 and the first chapter of Flight of the Scions, including some reasons of where Flight came from and where I'm going with all of this.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 18, Flight of the Scions, and Second-Hand Dresses</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/02/sand-and-ash-18/" />
<updated>2015-12-02T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/12/02/sand-and-ash-18/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="flight-of-the-scions" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Flight of the Scions" />
<category term="patreon" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Patreon" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="sand-and-blood" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Blood" />
<category term="sand-and-bone" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Bone" />
<category term="second-hand-dresses" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Second-Hand Dresses" />
<category term="wattpad" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Wattpad" />
<summary type="html">Chapter eighteen is a short one, but there were some interesting things happening outside of the novel worth talking about including starting to release Flight of the Scions as a Patreon-only reward.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 17, Autism, and Making Mistakes</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/25/sand-and-ash-17/" />
<updated>2015-11-25T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/25/sand-and-ash-17/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">The seventeenth chapter is the point where Rutejìmo realizes the biggest mistake he had made: failing to understand how much Mapábyo loves him.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 16, Banyosiōu</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/18/sand-and-ash-16/" />
<updated>2015-11-18T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/18/sand-and-ash-16/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">Banyosiōu, someone who lost their clan. I never planned on having a word for this when I started this novel, but it became a gateway into something far deeper than I could ever imagine.</summary>
<title>MfGames Culture work, Reviews, and other plans</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/15/culture-reviews-plans/" />
<updated>2015-11-15T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/15/culture-reviews-plans/</id>
<category term="family" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Family" />
<category term="programming" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Programming" />
<category term="work" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Work" />
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<category term="mfgames-culture" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="MfGames Culture" />
<category term="author-intrusion" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Author Intrusion" />
<summary type="html">Among many other things, I've been working on a Javascript version of MfGames Culture and got something to show off.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 15, Phrases of Affection</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/11/sand-and-ash-15/" />
<updated>2015-11-11T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/11/sand-and-ash-15/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">I rarely think about what I'm writing. Call it intuitive or just being a pantser. I wasn't thinking when I wrote this chapter, but it ended up being the first time I've used a phrase that would be the hallmark of the rest of the series.</summary>
<title>Sand and Ash 14, Drinking</title>
<link rel="alternate" href="gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/04/sand-and-ash-14/" />
<updated>2015-11-04T06:00:00Z</updated>
<id>gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/11/04/sand-and-ash-14/</id>
<category term="writing" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/categories/" label="Writing" />
<category term="fedran" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Fedran" />
<category term="sand-and-ash" scheme="gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/" label="Sand and Ash" />
<summary type="html">Abandoned by everyone he knew, Rutejìmo retreated to a bar to lick his wounds and drown himself in a mug of alcohol. But sooner or later, the money would run out and then where would he be?</summary>
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