about me

Love reading and writing (isn't that original?) and randomness. My latest writing project, a fantasy web serial following the travels of a mute siren, an eccentric bard, a gentlemanly vagrant and an exceptionally penetrating young woman can be found at

http://outcastsofalyvion.wordpress.com/


Leir itched his left leg with his right boot, staring at his audience with a blank smile. The moment he strummed his mandolin, however, his shaking fingers calmed, his shoulders relaxed, and he promptly forgot he was facing an audience at all. To him, the audience was simply an excuse to play his music.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Leir said, "it has been long since we have last met, and tonight I have a few words of utmost importance to impart." He paused. There was a brief, expectant silence.
Leir opened his mouth, then closed it. "I've forgotten them," he said. "Ah, well. It happens. It was something about absolutely forbidding you to rate Vsuvi's books without reading them and critiquing honestly, and perhaps a mention of gratitude, but to be honest I found it utterly dull, so I will spare you the rest. And anyway, I don't think Vsuvi intends to visit this inn often, so she shouldn't mind if I just..." he strummed his instrument again. The notes lingered in the air, almost palpable. "Play...Have any of you heard the ballad Falgir of Olesse? I will tell you the tale, of the man who traveled the nine skies of the Civerra, the man who battled giants, the man who gave his life for the merits of his love and his music...he grasped the starry sky in his palm..." Leir's eyes closed, all words sinking into insignificance as music flooded the room.

favourite books

The Queen's Thief series by Meghan Whalen Turner
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Crown Duel and Court Duel by Sherwood Smith
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (as well as his Alcatraz books)
The Alchemist series by Michael Scott
The Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester

my websites

http://outcastsofalyvion.wordpress.com/