Writings in Progress

To whom it may concern:

As of right now, I actually have several books in progress.

"Sylvan Dreaming" is my main focus at the moment. It is a book of 20 of my poems. The poems are finished, but the illustrations are still in progress. I hope to get it out by the end of this year.

I also have an as-yet-unnamed novella, or possibly graphic novel in progress that focuses on an alternate dimension with anthropomorphic animals. Specifically, there is a group of heroes in this world, who go to investigate a huge, unnatural storm that threatens to flood their valley home. The heroes are as follows: Aeolus, male fox archer, Dreamer, female woodchuck mediator with power over dreams, Naida, female otter ranger with water powers (and best fighter of the original team), Banhi, male lizard with fire powers (and fiery temper), Gardenia, very shy doe with nature magic, and Zephyra, shy female sparrow who can fly and has some wind/air magic. These heroes, on their journey up the mountain to the source of the storm, meet with a 'feral' black she-cat with power over darkness named Nocturna, who is actually the best fighter, and the most vicious and animalistic, because she's been living wild since kitten-hood. She thinks 'civilized' creatures are inferior, but agrees to help because her home will be flooded too if the storm does not end. But before the heroes can get to the source of the storm, they need to survive the 'wild-lands' of the mountains, bandits, and more...
Once this story is done, I already have multiple sequels/prequels/side-stories in mind.

There is also the "Children of the Owl" story I outlined in my previous post.

But my main focus novel-wise are six novels, interconnected, that center around a powerful girl named Star of Darkness (Star for short). She is the queen of a pack of shapeshifting, somewhat animalistic, yet strong and intelligent, warrior women (whose true form is a wolf with some feline features, and also have bat-like wings covered with owl-like feathers). These warriors live in a dimension based on the balance of nature, where everything is still wild. Their entire world is magic-based rather than science/logic-based. In winter, the balance is thrown off by demonic creatures that inhabit the deepest caves- they are in suspended animation of sorts until winter, and once freed, destroy all they can. These warrior women are the only creatures standing between total destruction by these beasts and survival of their world. Unfortunately, the queen gets into a deadly fight with one of the demons, who magic-blasts her into an alternate world- much less wild. She wants to go home, but her powers are depleted. In her travels there, as she tries to find a way home, she meets a young half-human, half-fox boy, who is constantly being hunted by demonic creatures and evil mages, who is very weak. She ends up saving his life, and he becomes completely obedient and devoted to her. But with all the creatures and people trying to kill him, he needs to be protected or he will not survive. His constantly needing rescue keeps her from her home, as she chooses to keep him for his loyalty rather than let him die (because her kind has high value on loyalty) and return to her world (her magic is too weak to take them both to her world). She has many adventures on her journey, but always longs for home, for her sisters, and for her pack...

The above six stories ('Star Stories' as I collectively call them) are actually in the process of a major rewrite, as I have figured out her world's culture finally, and need to alter the stories accordingly. The initial plot will be the same, but I need to make her show more of her culture in her travels. I also plan to do a 'guide book' of sorts that will have even more detail on her world and its history.

(Later on I may devote an entire post to the 'Star Stories'- what they are, the plot, the characters, etc., but this is all for now).