Tales of the Tilián
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Original Dream-inspired fiction by Dolores J. Nurss
 

 
I do swear
To serve Lovequest
With the sharpest edge of my mind, , , , ,With the softest tenderness of my heart
With the holiest courage of my soul, , , , ,With the last endurance of my flesh,
With understanding,
Or if necessary, without.
Where I cease to love Creation , , , , ,There I cease to love myself
--The Lovequest Vow of the Tilián
 

 

 
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  WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
  
Updated as of: February 3, 2012
  
(For the duration of "The Outlaw God" I will update on Tuesdays and Fridays where possible, because too much happens simultaneously to restrict the updates to once a week.)
 
Latest additions:
 
1. Fifteenth chapter in Skirmishes of Souls, Volume III of The Outlaw God, titled "The Small Dead", plus dream notes.
 
Other:
  
1. Yesterday marked the anniversary of 27 years of a fabulous marriage and 29 of heroic friendship with my wonderful, empowering husband. As David likes to say, paraphrasing Fritz Leiber, "Two long-sundered halves of a single weirdo, together again at last!" I am sooo lucky!
 


  
TABLE OF TABLES OF CONTENTS

  I. INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
(Wherein I cover ethics, legalese, donations, advertising, and the philosophy of self-publication, not to mention a guide to how best to read these tales for the maximum enjoyment.)
 
  II. BACKSTORY FICTION AND ESSAYS

 
(Stories and essays that provide background and additional context for the main body of work, for those who find this sort of thing interesting. Not necessarily in chronological order, but I will do my best)

  : III. TWO HISTORIC PIECES THAT READERS SAY ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO CONSIGN TO THE BACKSTORY SECTION:   
1: The Harvest of Young Minds (novella, RE: the origin of Til)
  
2: Colonization of Novatierre/Development of Til Institute(essay)
  IV. NOVELS/SERIES
  
Series 1: The Poison Gamble(Completed)
  
Series 2: The Outlaw God (In Progress)
  
Series 3: In the Mountains of Fire(not yet active)


  IV. MISCELLANEOUS
  
Glossary

  
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There are those who write not because it's a nice hobby, a literate pastime, but because we have to, because the words on the page are the only thing that stitches up the wounds. Literature is not escapism--it's confrontation! If it were escapism, we'd all share stories about fluffy bunnies and rainbows with nary a discomfort on the horizon. Instead we write--we must!--of wars and dragons, crime and grief and heartbreak and heroes running for their lives before they turn at last to fight.

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