The Spoils of War - Chapter 2

Well, this week saw the end of the peace and quiet in my house for a while. Son & daughter-in-law will be moving out of the apartment and into daughter's bedroom, while she will be taking over the apartment (finances being a key issue in this necessity) and so stuff shifting from one end of the place to the other is going to be quite unsettling for a while. It's a good thing I'm not seriously being pushed on anything at the moment.

Daughter definitely wants me working on Original Fiction (or O-fic, in the jargon) and I have a novel about 3/4s done in first draft that she gave me five hours worth of concrit on, including extensive brainstorming aimed at helping me finish the darned thing. Yes, I do need to do this. No, I'm not certain my Muse wants to cooperate. But everytime I start skimming those 12 pages worth of hand-written notes, the Muse perks up her ears a little. We'll have to see.

All of that as prelude to today's offering: the second chapter of The Spoils of War. Enjoy!

( The Spoils of War - Chapter 2 - Chains )

Aearwen's Little Bits - The Harp

This double-drabble is the first of a set of two related pieces, set in my I Dhaerlend Dadui timeline. Enjoy.

( The Harp )