Tales by Eressë

Belated Easter blessings to one and all! I hope those of you who observe Holy Week and celebrate Easter had a fruitful weekend.

It's summer in my part of the world and my family headed for the beach at the request of my mom though we've always preferred to stay home from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Not only do the usual heavy traffic and its attendant noise and pollution virtually disappear when just about everyone leaves town for somewhere else, the resulting peace and quiet promotes a more prayerful atmosphere too. But the resort we went to has a long beachfront where you can find a nice cozy spot for yourself if you're so inclined. It's also far enough from the madding crowd that you can forget the outside world and and just relax and enjoy each other's company. So we came back rested and refreshed and thankful that my mom is persistent almost to a fault.

It's been a very long while in between updates for Prior Claim. This is rather short and transitional in tone and a little foreboding for an Easter offering, so I decided not to make it one. But it felt good writing this and there was a lovely sense of homecoming when I immersed myself once more in this universe. Hopefully, I'll manage to write another one before too long now that I've submitted the manuscript for Book Five to my publisher. I'm now waiting to see if they'll pick it up (crossing all my fingers that they do!), but in the meantime I might as well try to update as much as I can before I start the next book. As always, I hope this pleases.

Title: Unforeseen
Author: Eressë
Fandom: JRR Tolkien – The Sons of Elrond (fanfic100)
Characters: Elladan and Elrohir
Prompt: 085. She
Word Count: 818
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The characters belong to the wizard of storytelling himself, JRR Tolkien and/or his estate. No offense is intended or profit made in my use of them.
Summary: Elrohir discovers he may not be the only Peredhil to know a bittersweet love. Part 44 of Prior Claim.

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In case anyone's wondering if I'm still around, yes, I definitely am. If I was MIA for the past few months, it was due to work and a hectic schedule which only got worse with the onset of the holiday season. But I'm rested and quite refreshed after a trip to Hong Kong and Macau with the hubby and kids. With luck, I might just manage to get on with my WIP and finish writing my 5th book within the first quarter of 2013. Anyway, I hope everyone had a 

Title: Timeout
Author: Eressë
Fandom: JRR Tolkien – The Sons of Elrond (fanfic100)
Characters: Elladan & Elrohir, Estel, Legolas
Prompt: 051. Water
Word Count: 1627
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: The characters belong to the wizard of storytelling himself, JRR Tolkien and/or his estate. No offense is intended or profit made in my use of them.
Summary: The twins indulge in play with their father’s latest fosterling. Part 43 of Prior Claim.

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I've read many guest posts on different blogs. I never expected to be invited to contribute one! The post is in Chicks & Dicks, a blog devoted to M/M romance. Their theme for the month of August is World Building and my series Chronicles of Ylandre fit the bill so to speak. Needless to say, I was more than happy to write about how I go about building a story universe and, of course, I had to include a shout-out to the LotR fanfic community to which I owe a lot in terms of learning the craft of story telling and character development. So if anyone's interested in reading (and commenting on) my post, you can read it here. I hope it pleases.

In other news, I'm trying to finish the next chapter of Prior Claim as well as get on with Book Five of CoY. I landed in the hospital for gallbladder surgery late last month and, as with all disruptions to my writing, I wound up with minor writer's block. I am regaining momentum and hopefully will be back to full speed before too long. But, yeah, this was an unexpected setback in my schedule. *sigh* Happily, my recovery was fairly smooth and not as painful as I'd thought it would be (my commiserations to those who haven't been as lucky, especially aglarien1). Anyway, I hope to post a new chapter next week and, if I can keep up the pace and no further interruptions come my way *crosses fingers* maybe finish Book Five before the year ends. 

Wish me luck! ;)

Heartstrings is finally out. I don't recall the release dates for the other books yo-yoing the way this one did. But on the other hand, it's the earliest release date i've ever had yet. So I suppose that balances everything out. *grin* In any case, thanks to everyone who looked forward to this book thereby keeping my spirits up. I hope it lives up to your expectations.

It seems LSB's shopping cart provider has servers in the area the big storms in the U.S. went through. Consequently, they were knocked off line and suffered hardware failure. So the books slated to be released today will come out July 4, 7:00 pm EST instead. Ah well, there's nothing I can do but continue writing Book 5.

Summary: When conflict breaks out in the southeast of his kingdom, Rohyr Essendri decides to use a plea for help as a way to increase the Crown's presence in the area. Impulse pushes him to journey to distant Tal Ereq with the delegation assigned to negotiate terms with the small town's citizens. But destiny has something in store for the powerful Ardan of Ylandre. An unlooked-for merging of memory and reality and a second chance long hoped for.

Note: Prelude to Fate is set just before the events described in Chapter 1 of Book One: Sacred Fate. It can be downloaded here.

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You're not seeing things. The release date for Chronicles of Ylandre Book Four: Heartstrings has been moved back to July 2, 2012. Anne Cain came through with another stunning cover for the series. To celebrate, I'll be posting that chapter "prequel" I promised next.


Scions of the most powerful House in Ylandre, Ashrian Mithani and Eiren Sarvan were more than just cousins. Lovers of long standing, theirs was a bond that would have been the envy of all were it not for one glaring flaw—Ashrian’s inability to commit himself wholeheartedly to Eiren. Despite the dismay of some and the derision of others, Eiren bore his inconstancy; displaying a loyalty Ashrian seemed incapable of returning. That is, until Ashrian crossed a line and the transgression proved one Eiren could not forgive.

In the wake of grief and remorse, Ashrian seeks to make amends and win Eiren back. But something stands in his way. Or rather someone. And the irony of it all is that Ashrian can neither hate nor help befriending the Deir who is his rival for the heart of Ylandre’s most beloved physician.

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The release date of Heartstrings, Book Four of the Chronicles of Ylandre has been moved to July 23, 2012 due to the delay of the cover art. My publisher Liquid Silver Books was kind enough to ask me if I would accept the change and of course I did. The covers of the first three books merited a lot of praise and many readers informed me they bought Sacred Fate due to its cover. So who am I to deny Book Four a great cover?

In the meantime, I'm trying to find enough time to write a decent new chapter for Prior Claim. Hopefully, I'll manage to get one out before the month ends. *cross fingers* I also have to break out my folder of deleted scenes and see which ones are suitable for release. After a bit of tinkering of course to bring them up to snuff. And then there's this brand new scene I dreamed up—a kind of secondary prologue for Sacred Fate. I just don't know if it's okay to post it as it's something of a "prequel" to the first chapter but from a different POV. It's best not read unless the reader has finished SF already.

Anyway, whichever I wind up doing first, I hope it will please readers.