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Meet the Characters - Reid

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Three's a charm, and this is a story that takes place well after The First King and The Unicorn's Crown . I don't have a precise timeline but this happens at least one thousand years after Terence's time. I call this series The Crossing of Horns . Terence and Rhiella have many descendants, and fun fact that's also ginormous spoiler: Terence is a direct descendant of Silvan while Rhiella is a direct descendant of Varian. So, we've got quite a family tree here.  The Crossing of Horns focuses on Romulus and Tallis Lactantius, Terence's I-never-bothered-to-count-how-many-times-great-grandsons. Let's keep it nice and simple and just say they have Terence's blood. Tallis is the current king of Daire (another fun fact: "Daire" is Irish for "fertile" or "prosperous") with his big brother Romulus serving as his most trusted advisor. Interestingly enough, Romulus might as well be the one sitting on the throne, since he's doin...

Meet the Characters - Varian

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While I should probably focus on one adventure at a time, I do have several adventures in mind for The Caer Epics . In my defense, I get burned out if I spend too much time and energy on one thing, and you might as well grab the ideas before they get away, right? Furthermore, an idea for another story just might trigger an idea for the other story you're working on. You never know. Anyway, besides The Unicorn's Crown , I've got another series in the works that I'm pretty excited about, called The First King .  This one is a lot more recent; it was my 2018 NaNoWriMo project, and my most successful one at 90,000 words.  In case you don't know, "NaNoWriMo" means "National Novel Writing Month." Every November, aspiring writers try to write 50,000 words. A very basic challenge; there's no real competition, no prize to be won, though you get a certificate of completion if you reach your goal, and you can still buy some cool merchandise, like mugs a...