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Hello,


I am back from my 'brain vacation' after finishing my latest novel.


Already Annette has rolled her eyes as I giggle to myself just before bed time, as scenarios and plot points reveal themselves to me for The Lord of Lightning.


(I shouted out "Of course!" in the shower, and Annette thought I had hurt myself....)

I may start the third in the series sooner that even I had supposed.

But the first order of business is a deep and everlasting edit of The Archer From Kipleth, which I begin today.


I cannot promise a publish date, as this kind of edit takes its own sweet time.


It may be done in a week. It may be done in a year.


Seriously though, it won't be a year.


In the mean time, you will get another anthology of poetry, probably by the end of this week. If anybody out there likes my poetry (I sympathize. It IS vastly different from my prose) the best is yet to come.


The second volume of collected poems will include the books Dream Leaves (my favorite); Difficult Times; and Heavens and Deserts.


also, there is more Miranei. There will always be more Miranei.


cheers,


Kurt

coming back to the here and now

It's been four days now since I left Wealdland. The cataclysm at the end of The Archer From Kipleth just wore me out.


But it was worth it.


I really put my head under the last couple of weeks to reach my goal of finishing the novel by the date I set for myself. And I got a little messy and hurried towards the end (sorry, Koral, I know the last three chapters are a mess).


But that's why editing and editors were created.


Today I just cruised around in the real world. It was kind of fun. I cleaned the living room and the bedrooms, puttered around in the garden. Daffodils are spiking nicely. Sunflowers have sprouted. The herbs are looking great. Oh, my French Tarragon came back! I was certain it was a goner, but it apparently was just hibernating. All hail the green world!


So, I've just been listening to Steely Dan, cleaning, and organizing bills. Jeesh, what a disaster. So many receipts to enter, and statements to reconcile. Oh, well. That's our world.


Instead of a two handed Vorpal sword of fire to battle a dreaded Thuthnog, I must battle Microsoft Money, and the dreaded mountain of receipts.


But you know...


It's a laughable damnation.


I snickered to myself last night just as we crawled into bed.
Annette had to know what was up. I told her about a scenario that had just crept into my head, and it really tickled me. I don't know if it's going to make the cut. But still. Only three days have gone by and Wealdland is already skulking back into my head.


And I'll tell you the truth... Why the hell not.


I have no idea how The Lord of Lightning is going to develop. I know how it's going to end. I knew that way back when I started The Last Elf of Lanis. But how we get there... It's as much of a mystery to me, as it is to you.


But...


That's why Wealdland is so fun. You never know what's coming next. And, damn me, if the next thing behind the next tree won't surprise and delight you, as much as it'll surprise and delight me.




Cheers,


Kurt




Oh, and... Has the real world always been this dusty?  yeesh...

The Archer From Kipleth

I have finished the first draft of my second novel: The Archer From Kipleth


A day ahead of my goal I might add...


You don't know what a relief it is to have this done.


These scenarios and story lines play on an endless loop in my head until I can get them down in writing. Then, my mind lets them go. It really is kind of like an exorcism.


The novel is pretty good, even if I do say so myself. My writing has gotten better by the day.


And I'm faster, too. The Last Elf of Lanis took me about a year to complete. This took me just under six months.


Don't expect The Lord of Lightning in three months, unless somebody drives a dumptruck full of money up to my front door. Then, I might consider it.


Anyway... I am happy. You should be happy, too. You will soon get an amazing novel to read.
Let's all par-taaay this weekend!


cheers,


Kurt

Feb 7-11

No Miranei this week as I push to finish my second novel, The Archer From Kipleth. It's all coming together and pretty dang exciting. Check in on Feb. 11th to see if I made it.

Cheers,

Kurt

Miranei Sunday Secret - ahl

-ahl- modifier for an adjective to become an adverb, akin to English 'ly'. 

Ex: Taenduss savnahlunelle. 

trans: He did beautifully.

literal translation: He do(past tense modifier 'n')(adverb modifier'ahl')beautiful.

next week LOADS of adjectives.

cheers,

Kurt

Miranei Word of the Day - -laem and - laer

-laem (adv., prep.)  on (pronc. LAY ehm)

-laer (adv., prep.) off (pronc. LAY ehr)

Like English, some words in Miranei have several functions. These two adverbs are also prepositions, just like English. 

The book is on the table (prep.). Put on your rain mac (adverb).

fun usage:

"Sanrfee naskreim saufeelaem ghen nékk?" (Would you sew on this button?) 

"Fjetteelaer narsknee lérdrau." (Take off your clothes. )

Literal translation - strip(future tense)off your clothes.

All commands are future tense verbs; suffix 'ee'.

new words used in the 'fun usage':

sauf (v.) sew

lérd (n.) cloth

lérdrau (n.pl.) clothes

fjett (v.) strip

nékk (n.) button 

cheers,

Kurt

Miranei Word of the Day - ohn and iola

ohn (adv) once, after (pronc. OHN)

iola (adv) always, eternally (EYE oh lah)

now remrember your Miranei numbers?

1 - oh

2 - io

Aha! and remember the number two 'io' is also the word for eternity.

viola! one 'oh' becomes once '-ohn', and two 'io', also eternity, becomes always, '-iola'.

fun usage:

Like not(hínn) and never(oeva) (see yesterday's comment) once(ohn) and always(iola) are the rare adverb that does not have to modify a verb as a suffix, and can float in a sentence. 

"I told you ohn." (I told you once.)

"Ioll maefnnohn naskreim." (I loved you once.)

"Iofee maefnee'iola naskreim." (I will love you always.)

And, of course, like in English, 'love' is both a verb and a noun... jeez, that sounds like a bumper sticker... or a tweet.

cheers,

Kurt

Miranei word of the day - every -hrod and -dádr

-dádr (adv.) then (pronc. DAW dr)

-hrod (adv.) now (pronc. HROD, really exhale on that 'h' sound, and slightly trill your 'r'.) 

fun usage:

Nasfee anrúkk savahrod? 

(You will do it now?)

(Literal translation: You will it do(presnt tense)now?)

Naskreim tésta iltreemvee, dae naskreim savadádr hínva. 

(You want to dance, and then you don't.)  

(Literal translation : You want(present tense) dance(future tense)to, and you do(present tense)then not.)

A couple of notes.

I have changed the spelling of the end sound 'i' to 'ee' for simpler understanding. I used to spell 'you will' as 'nasfi', but now I will spell it as 'nasfee', just to keep things simple.

The other thing is I discovered last night, horror of horrors, I have been writing the formal farewell incorrectly.

I have been writing 'Orlemlemla' for 'until we are'. But, 'we are' in Miranei is 'orlee'. *gasp*

So the proper farewell is: Orleelemla Límbrenobar Lante'au'en Laefa.

And the shortened form of good-bye is: Leelem

I hope I haven't caused anyone to use the short form of good-bye improperly.

cheers,

Kurt

Miranei Word of the day - -obar and -obar

-obar (adv.) again (pronc. OH bar) (suffix)

fun usage:

"You forgot to fillobar the gas tank?" (You forgot to fill the gas tank again? Lit: You forgot to fill again the gas tank?)

"Do I have'obar to tell you?" (Do I have to tell you again? Lit: Do I have again to tell you?)

As you can see the adverb can be placed on the active verb or the objective verb. It all depends on the emphasis you want.

Also, -obar is used in the formal farewell: Orleelemla Limbrénobar (join(past tense)again) Lante'au'en Laefa.


cheers,

Kurt