Okay, so this is part writing tip, part rant. Generally I get excellent reviews for ‘Maldene’, but a couple of them also asked, “But where are all the character backstories?”, as if every character involved must have a backstory before Chapter Two. There’s just a few problems with that philosophy (besides ending up with things …
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The Art of Maldene – Three Princesses
Okay, it’s back to some more Maldene Tarot card images, though I do have images of other characters as well as of other worlds in the Maldene star system. Like Earth Tarot, Maldene’s has different suits, and court cards, though the arrangement is different. For Maldene it’s three suits– Gai (swords), Naib (orbs), and Trib …
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Images from, Maldene: 3 characters that make life… “interesting”
Well, today we have a bit of a theme centered around another card from the Maldene Tarot, specifically the Trib of Naib. This card is the third in the suit of Naib (or Orbs for you Earthers); a card that represents ‘distinction’ in its main meaning, ‘physical suffering’ for its left-corner, and ‘Dominion’ for …
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Images of Maldene– Fates
Welcome to the third in my series of helping you to visualize the worlds of my works, this time focusing a bit on the forces of Fate that intrude into that world. Let’s start with the Maldene Tarot for a bit, in that there is a relevant card: The Fates. Like all Maldene cards, this …
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Character Talk: Shong and the Triplets
This time the random draw from the Stein has me talking about Shong– that brave man who is the best with the sword– and a certain pair of infamous triplets and their infatuation with Shong. Unfortuately the Triplets are just kids and the King’s daughters and that leads to complications.
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