Short Story on Amazon!

Here it is!  My short story, Dragon Maiden, is live on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Maiden-Short-Story-ebook/dp/B009KB5348/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1349182846&sr=1-1&keywords=dragon+maiden+short+story

It will be up for free tomorrow, 10/3, and I'm running a promotion.  The first 10 people to write a review (good, bad, blah) and email a screenshot to lionfishfancies at gmail dot com (include your name and address) get a free 8"x12" print of the cover!  The print is without the title and byline, just a shiny piece of art on matte photographic paper.  U.S. residents only.

Dragon Maiden in progress

So...I've decided to self-publish my short story, Dragon Maiden. Here's the in-progress cover. Finishing up the brocade, smoothing out some of the shading, and then on to the dragon, finally!

Aerin and Danae, in progress 2

Still working on this when I can find the time.  Have to deepen some of the shadows on her face, and I'm not happy with the lumpiness of the mountains on the far right or the tree-line.  Will have to fix it.  But the twins are shaping up to look pretty much how I imagined them.  I should probably do a painting of Leith and Edan as well - half-brothers and the other side of this equation.  Leith is the elder of the two brothers, "fair as a field of marigolds".  Edan is dark and the by-product of his father's adulterous relationship.

Though their backgrounds are complex, their dynamic is relatively simple.  Aerin and Danae have the more nuanced relationship.  Throw the four of them together, and this is where the story begins.