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Banner Credit: Cover for The Shepherd by Suzie O’Connell

Current Project

Vorcalix

Word Count (4 November 2025): 1,736

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.

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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...

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...

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,...

14 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 30

Hi! For the thirtieth day of the Q4 Challenge, I'd love to tell you that I outright crushed the word count. I could totally tell you that, too. Even mock up a screenshot to "show" it. But it would be a lie, and that's not me. I had a car appointment that day for the...

13 November 2022 — Q4 Challenge: Day 29

Greetings and salutations! It seems like it's been forever since I posted an update here (tongue very firmly in cheek). I just finished up writing for the day, and I have to say I'm pleased with my production. And before I get to the section where I upload a screen...

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