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Intro to Okal Rel – What is Okal Rel?
From a series of slides presenting a visual introduction to the 10-novel Okal Rel Saga.
From intimacy to the working relationship
This scene, from Part 7: Healer’s Sword, is emblematic for me of the loss of intimacy. Perry pushed Amel — hard — to face facts. He did. And while the two of them never lose their bond, it’s not the … Continue reading
The mad scientist lab coat thing …
I always pictured Lurol, inventor of my psycho-surgery gadget called the “visitor probe”, in a lab coat. But I knew it wasn’t necessary. So I made it a quirk of her character as discussed by disgruntled Ann in this excerpt. … Continue reading
The Trouble With Transparency … X-Culture
A sample of the Okal Rel science fiction setting. In this quote, Perry gives transparent-society guests the gears for making dangerous knowledge public in her neighborhood. Scene is from the Okal Rel Saga, Part 5: Far Arena, by Lynda Williams.
The Worst Bug in Your Book
Some typos are nastier than others! Neither editor nor proof-readers caught this one. Maybe because we’re just meeting bad-guys Delm and H’Reth in chapter 3 of The Courtesan Prince, so someone unfamiliar with them might not see how out of … Continue reading
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The Second Edition Cometh …
Part 1: The Courtesan Prince has been accruing fixes, scribbled in the margins of my personal copy, since its publication in 2005 I got started on the job this month, and will be sharing the journey, here. Happy to hear … Continue reading
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Interview with Lynda Williams
Still love the interview I did with the intrepid and generous Derek Newman-Stille on Speculating Canada, August 2, 2013. Here’s a quote from it: “The blindness of social systems, in other words, is revealed by the participants’ failure to see … Continue reading
LARPing in Text
Woke up today on a battlewheel talking to Erien Lor’Vrel, a character in the Okal Rel Universe. For 30-odd years, he was the main avatar of my friend Alison. And Alison wasn’t the first friend I larp’d with in the … Continue reading
“Empathy flows in both directions …
“Empathy flows in both directions. At one point, afraid he might die in a coming conflict, the prince begs leave of his betrothed to lose his virginity to a courtesan, and she writes back in anguish telling him she wishes … Continue reading
Chapter One of The Courtesan Prince: Pilots Are Uncomfortable People — Summary by Nina Munteanu
In the far future, two waves of human descendants have scattered across the universe to make a new home. The first Alpha colonists develop a liberal and technocratic society and call themselves Reetians (from Rire). They frequently lose their minds … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann of Rire, Lynda Williams, Nina Munteanu, Okal Rel, Part 1 The Courtesan Prince, re-reading
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The Story of Okal Rel 