Author Archives: Llyn De Danaan

Consuelo’s Odd Marriage   Tiny half-formed apples rotted on the trees the year that Consuelo married the old man. Even they were few and not worth harvesting for there had been no rain. Beans pods shriveled before the fruit within … Continue reading →

If you have not been following along (and who has?) you may enjoy these chapters for themselves or you may wish to go back to the beginning and read forward. The Patient   The church was no longer simply a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader, Woe be unto thee if you are attempting to join us at this stage. You will have a dickens of a time working your way back to the beginning and then coming forward. This will be very much … Continue reading →

These are just about the best people in the world. I love them dearly. You’ll have to poke around this blog (starting with the masthead) to find the chapters that lead up to these. Little Hermes   Don’t imagine that … Continue reading →

The cradle is quite magic. In these two chapters we learn how the cradle was constructed and what it is able to do. The Cradle is Planned   The baby could probably have played with the intriguing Elsie for the … Continue reading →

I love this part of the story. Mainly because I love New Mexico. I put on my Lynch Hat Works (Lubbock Texas) pinch front hat and some turquoise  to get into the mood for this rewrite. A Beautiful Moment: 1900 … Continue reading →

The saga continues. The revised manuscript is now 163 pages long. I’m about half finished with the rewrite. The goal is to get this ready to send out in the next couple of months so I can get on with … Continue reading →

All previous chapters are available in either previous posts or by clicking a link on the masthead. This novel, begun and largely finished in the early 2000s, is being rewritten and serialized prior to submitting for publication. Consuelo Arrives 1899 … Continue reading →

What follows are the next two chapters of my serialized novel,  The Romance of the Village of Solución. Check out the masthead for the beginning….and then posts below for subsequent chapters. This novel was begun about a decade ago. It … Continue reading →