Originally, I was going to save this until I had finally illustrated all of the dragons and proto-dragons that I had dreamt up and put them all into a nice cladogram. However, given the strangely high popularity of Part 1, I decided that it best not to leave my readers hanging. Perhaps, some time in…
Fictional Phylogeny, Part 1: How to Create an Alien Ecosystem
I am writing this on 3 December, but I probably won't post it until I have drawings ready for you. Unlike an earlier post I wrote on the subject, titled "Dracologeny," I will not simply write with the assumption that my descriptions are adequate. I find that building a fictional world from the ground up…
Kaia Explains Secret Societies
What follows is a portion of what will, most likely, become chapter 25 in book 4, Songs of Steam and Steel. However, upon reviewing my outline, I may have to change the order of some of the chapters, given the POV format I've chosen to use. Unlike the last two passages I uploaded, I did…
Journey Into Skhara
Below is the second of my three-part series on one of the intrigue plots in The Nine Empires. Unlike the first and third posts, however, this one is not currently slated to be any specific chapter. This is an old draft, and I plan to stretch this part of the story over eight chapters, with…
An Unholy Presence and a Tongue of the Gods
Well, you know how plans always change? I still haven't finished translating my post about validation into Russian, and then I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about a certain intrigue plot in The Nine Empires. Part of this plot will be released in three posts, and I started with the third…
The K Projects
This passage will most likely be the second half of Machinations of Crowns and Chains, chapter 3, "Adya Redmane." I have the first half of the chapter written, which introduces Adya Redmane as a character, and formally introduces the chuyinka to the reader. "What have you got there?" "My four great projects, all of which…
A Conversation About Social Experiments
What follows is a passage I may include at some point in The Nine Empires. Adya walked briskly down the corridor, finding the door, left ajar, by the faint blue glow emanating from within the room on the other side. He gently pushed the door open with the back of his hand, finding, perhaps, the two…
The Aeronautical Development
This is, so far, the most complex airship model I have designed. It may not look like much compared to the glossarian airships, but trust me, rendering this thing was an interesting experience. I'm still tweaking a couple of minor details, and once that is done, the model will be available in my Shapeways shop.…
Kaja's Kreations 