Some stories start with a plot.

This one started with a tension.

Duty versus personal cost.

I’ve always been fascinated by systems — cultural, political, familial — and the quiet pressure they place on us. The way they ask for loyalty. The way they reward obedience. The way they sometimes demand that we deny parts of ourselves to belong.

And at some point I had to ask:

What happens when the system is wrong about you?

Or worse — when it refuses to know you at all?

Embers of Harmony grew out of that...

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It is that time of year that a lot of people are making lists about what they will and won't do this new year.

Guess what? A few of my characters have made some lists. The lists, of course, are a bit unique. Want to see them?

Tally's List

TALLY'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS... because apparently this is something humans do...

1. Stop merging with ancient data archives just because someone's having an existential crisis. My code has boundaries.

2. Find better...