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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.
2021 Goal Reset
Well, here we are... July 31st. I did not meet my goal for July. Not at all. I'm afraid I did not account for the possibility of a chronic back issue flaring up and making it almost impossible for me to sit in a chair, the last two-ish weeks. But that's okay. I've...
Day 10: 15 July 2021
Day 10... This is starting to look more like a chronicle of how I'm not writing. I am (I think) halfway through the business paperwork I had allowed to build up. Yes, I know...bad business owner. The nature of my personality, though, is that--whatever I start--I have...
Day 9: 14 July 2021
Day 9... "Let’s see how many words I put down tomorrow." Ha! Famous last words! I spent something like eleven (11) to twelve (12) hours yesterday on publishing company paperwork that I had allowed to slide by the wayside. It made for a rather substantial digital...
Day 8: 13 July 2021
Day 8! "Lost" another day to life stuff and clearing my head. But...the bright side is that I think I've finally gotten rid of the mental fallout from putting "Fires" together. It's time to write The Fall of Skullkeep. Let's see how many words I put down tomorrow. 😁...
Day 7: 12 July 2021
Day 7 of my journey toward 1.5 million words of new fiction... Well, I'm afraid I lost the day to business work and life stuff. No new words. Daily Word Count: 0 Monthly Word Count: 22,479 Total Words in 2021: 184,626
Day 6: 11 July 2021
When I wrote that I wanted to set a new monthly record today, I wasn't processing that 'today' is Sunday. Sundays are never a prime writing day for me; there is simply too much going on. Plus, it's good to have that one day with reduced--if not zero--pressure where a...
Day 5: 10 July 2021
Here, we are...Day 5 of my journey toward 1.5 million words of new fiction by the end of the year. And it was a good day. 6,821 words. That's a record for July. I doubt I'll set a new record tomorrow, but I hope I'll do so Monday the 12th. It felt good to get these...
Day 4: 9 July 2021
So, Day 4 was a bit of an underachiever for me, and that is 100% my fault. I only wrote 1,002 words today, and I wrote them sitting in the waiting room at my local Ford dealership while the superlative staff there to performed some routine maintenance on my vehicle....
Day 3: 8 July 2021
Day 3 of my push toward 1.5 million words of new fiction is coming to a close, and yes, it was a productive day. A good day, even. But I'm still not hitting the daily word count I need to meet my goal. That is 100% a time management problem. If I were to copy/paste my...
Day 2: 7 July 2021
Hello, folks, and welcome to the second day of my journey toward 1.5 million words by the end of 2021. Today was a much more productive day for me in terms of writing. To my rough eye and fuzzy math, I managed a little over 1.5 times the word count I achieved...
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