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Banner Credit: Cover for The Shepherd by Suzie O’Connell
Current Project
Vorcalix
Word Count (14 December 2025): 31,131
They set out to kidnap a rich kid. They grabbed a princess instead.
Korvira, Crown Princess of Vorcalix, was enjoying a rare day among her people—until a moment of chaos ended in her disappearance. The crew meant to snatch a textile heir. But when one of them recognized Korvira, everything changed… and now they’re in way over their heads.
Because someone will come for her. And they should pray it isn’t him.
When word of the abduction arrives, there’s only one team the King trusts with his daughter’s life: Shepherd Security Services. Led by Alex Hawke, the crew must unravel the truth, outpace planetary politics, and find Korvira before the galaxy’s most dangerous rescue mission becomes a funeral.
Meanwhile, the long-awaited launch of the Magellan begins a search for something lost to a coffin ship’s fried datanet: Earth.
A kidnapped princess. A desperate mission. And a galaxy about to remember why you never cross the Shepherd.
Vorcalix delivers high-stakes action, layered intrigue, and the search for a former home.
25 – 28 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Days 41 – 44
To make a long story short, I didn't write anything these four days. I spent Friday (the 25th) and Saturday (the 26th) getting ready for the drive to Ohio to attend my aunt's visitation and funeral. She was one of Dad's sisters and one of my favorite aunts. I have...
24 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 40
Novemebr 24th was Thanksgiving in the United States. We have a huge amount of traditions and "history" and truth that isn't always related to "history" (even by implication) surrounding that holiday. Those who know me personally will not be surprised at all when I say...
23 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 39
I have no idea how I spent most of the day before Thanksgiving. I do know I made a small grocery run, where I bought a pack of Brown 'n Serve rolls (see the post for Thanksgiving Day). But regardless of what I did... I didn't write a single word.
22 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 38
Last Tuesday (the 22nd), I visited my poet/professor friend to help him with some computer issues. It was a wonderful day, and I thoroughly enjoyed the chats during the work and while waiting on the technology to do what we told it to do. I was thoroughly wiped when I...
21 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 37
Monday the 21st was not nearly as good of a day of writing as Sunday the 20th, and at this point, I don't remember why. Yes, I know. I need to do a better job of keeping up-to-date on these posts. I've already decided that as soon as my Q4 Challenge is over, I'm going...
20 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 36
Well... Day 36 of my Q4 Challenge has officially come to a close. At least in terms of production. And I met my target. Exceeded it, in fact, but only by about sixty words or so. And the best part is that I'm okay with that. All of the thinking and evaluation and...
Q4 Challenge Thoughts
Today (20 November 2022) is the first day of the sixth week of my Q4 Challenge. Which means that I'm thirty-five (35) days into it. Out of those thirty-five days, I've had nine (9) days where I wrote zero (0) words. Four (4) days, I've wrote less than 1,000 words. So...
19 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 35
If you've noticed the post date versus the post title, you'll see that--once again--I'm behind. At least it's only a day behind, this time. 😁 I spent the afternoon with a good friend, and it was an awesome afternoon. I'm going to be helping him with some tech work...
18 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 34
Hello, everyone! I hope the days have been treating you well. The past few days, I've been slipping a little bit on the 'people' side of these posts, and while I may not always say so, I do hope the days treat you as well as possible. Yes... I have--in the...
17 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 33
Thursday was another underwhelming day of writing. The Escape I inherited from my mom had its own car appointment yesterday, and I figured it would be easy to duplicate the thousand words from Monday and set myself up for a good word count. Yeah... not so much. Again,...
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