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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.
Consular Times – A Writing Update
At 11:52pm on 22 September 2021, I finished Consular Times, Book 3 of the Primogenitor Saga. I've done a quick proof of sections, and my editor still has the second half (minus the final five chapters). What this means is that the story is solid, but there are still...
16 September 2021: A Writing Update
Hello and good evening, Well...it's evening here as I write this. I realized when I hopped over here to make the post about "Skullkeep" that I hadn't posted a writing update lately. Not that I actually think anyone is reading this, but one never knows. I'm doing much...
The Fall of Skullkeep
Here's a message going out to my newsletter and via my publishing company's site today. It involves the next volume of the Histories of Drakmoor, The Fall of Skullkeep. ---------- Hello and good day to you, This is one of the "special announcement" emails I mentioned...
Day 15: 16 August 2021
Well, I do believe I've missed a few days on the writing. I will confess to a moment of indecision when I sat down to write this update. Should I count the days I have actually written? Or should I count the days as they fall on the calendar? In the end, I chose the...
Neat Discovery
There are as many way to go about writing a story--whether short story, mid-length, or novel--as there are people who want to write them. A lot of people use Word. A lot of people use Scrivener. I used to use Word when I was a Windows-only shop, but since I've...
Day 5: 6 August 2021
Today was a good writing day. Not as good of a production day, but good for writing overall. Daily Word Count: 1,457 Monthly Word Count: 12,398 Total Words in 2021: 200,380
Day 4: 5 August 2021
Today was a Life Errands day, I'm afraid. Part of me thinks it would be perfect if I could just sit at my computer and write, but the more aware parts of me know that would not be healthy in any sense of the word. So, I run my life errands. Daily Word Count: 0...
Day 3: 4 August 2021
Day 3: 4 August 2021 Well, I did better today than I did yesterday, but as Grimlock would say, "Not more better enough." I had to hop to a different project this evening, just to clear my head. "What comes next" was proving a bit elusive on my primary project....
Day 2: 3 August 2021
I realized I forgot to update my progress last night. Whoops... I don't know if it was the storm activity in the area yesterday or if I need to re-visit the chiropractor, but my back was trying to act up again most of the day, which made for some challenges. ...
Day 1, Redux: 2 August 2021
Day 1: 2 August 2021 I feel deja vu, all over again. 😝 Today was a good start to the refreshed challenge. Life did try to get in the way a little bit, but I made excellent progress overall. It feels good to be writing again. It also feels good to have fun writing...
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