First story Captain’s report: Sailing through contested waters, we are headed to the free port of Koto for repairs to the keel damage sustained meeting the El-Fax. Our lookout has sighted a Gegmun sloop, which has moved to intercept us. Although the small vessel is no threat to an Inquisition class ship like the Phoenix, […]
Archives for March 2023
Friendship Magician
I’ve released my next book, Friendship Magician. This is the sequel to my cozy urban fantasy book Merchant Magician. Self-exiled from her family of traders in mystical goods and services on her 23rd birthday, the Friendship Magician must make her way in the world: meeting a Scandinavian werewolf, a business-minded minotaur, an air elemental with a […]
The Importance Of “Slack Time” In A Job
There’s a “polite fiction” with employment that every employee is working as hard as they’re capable of. Perhaps the other side of this is that employers are paying employees as much as possible. A steady stream of Quora questions ask some variation of an employer considering firing their most productive employee who gets work done […]
Endless Seas: Never Meet Your Idols
Captain’s report: We have embarked on our maiden tour and are en route to meet the El-Fax, a friendly culture being considered for acceptance into the Pantheon. This voyage will also serve as the shake-down cruise for our ship the ‘Phoenix’. Three days’ sail out of Mytertown, the voyage has been mostly uneventful to this […]