Tag Archives: Marakand
DragonCon 2014
It’s a bit difficult to keep up with things this fall. We’ve moved house and I’m still not unpacked, with so many things looming that Must Be Done in the next month or so — making insulating curtains, getting my … Continue reading
First Impressions: Praitan
The action of The Leopard begins in the lands Over-Malagru, in Praitan and the area south of it around the city of Gold Harbour. (If you’re looking at the Blackdog map, that’s off the edge to the east, beyond Marakand. … Continue reading
First Impressions: The City of Marakand
Marakand, where much of the action of The Leopard takes place, is the city at the eastern end of the western caravan road. It lies east of the Stone Desert of Blackdog and west of the lands Over-Malagru, in the … Continue reading
First Impressions: Ivah … and Holla-Sayan
Ivah, you may know. She’s one of Attalissa’s enemies in Blackdog, and I’d always intended to write more about her. Ivah in Blackdog, even once she is into her twenties, is still a girl trying to be Good and meet … Continue reading
First Impressions: Zora and the Voice of the Lady
Zora doesn’t appear until halfway through The Leopard, yet she is one of the central characters of the story in the two volumes of Marakand. She’s a temple dancer — and common S&S clichés notwithstanding, that doesn’t mean what you … Continue reading
From the Wild Forest - Thoughts on a Writing Life 