1st Chapter is online!

by Richard Perkins

Well, I’m finally satisfied enough with the layout and overall design of the site to start uploading content. I’ve posted the first chapter of my writing on the Writer’s Lair. There’s also a teaser synopsis of the series posted there as an introduction. In other news, I attended Intersolar North America’s opening day session on [...]

Chapter 1 Scene 4

by Richard Perkins

In the common room at Mabel’s Inn, the crowd was in a lively mood. Merrymakers had started arriving soon after sunset from the town and the surrounding countryside. It was a larger group of jovial villagers than Mabel’s usual quint-end patrons, but only just. The hearth fire crackled contentedly as the Mabel and her girls [...]

Chapter 1, Scene 3

by Richard Perkins

Far to the southeast, a Council barge was carried smoothly up a Minor Canal from Door Maker Citadel. Simon watched the cultivated fields of the south eastern Fertile Plains roll past, enjoying the easy travel for as long as he could. On the horizon to the west, the stark plains of the Great Desert loomed [...]

Chapter 1 Scene 2

by Richard Perkins

Devon froze with one foot hovering above the stone threshold. “Not one step further you old rascal! You clean yourself off before you come traipsing through my inn!” Mabel fixed Fronek with an icy glare that could not entirely conceal a glint of merriment. Her lantern gaze swung to Devon. “Child, haven’t I’ve told you [...]

Chapter 1 Scene 1

by Richard Perkins

Chapter 1: Reunion “In the dark of the moon, the child will be born to bear the mark of the ancients. When the Makers’ Art fails men’s grasp, the get of all tribes will overreach them. As the lodestone is drawn to the pole, his path will end at the beginning. None before him shall [...]

Synopsis

by Richard Perkins

The Doormakers’ Fall For over four hundred seasonturns, the Doormaker Council has maintained peace and prosperity for the people of the Fertile Plains with their command of the elements themselves. And the hardy frontierspeople of Guardian Village have been content to hold these powerful wizards at arm’s length, secure in the foothills of the Barrier [...]

Resume

by Richard Perkins

Richard Perkins Renewable Energy Engineer EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS B.S. Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997 E.I.T. Massachusetts Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors 1997 PV1&2 Solar Installer & Designer Solar Staffing Training Solutions 2008 CAREER SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE Modeling (SolidWorks, AutoCAD) Configuration Management (Agile) Systems and Requirements Analysis Project Management Vendor / Supplier management [...]

Ahh the frustrations of blog design!

by Richard Perkins

I’ve been working on this new site for over a week now, in the hopes that when it’s done it will help me find a few readers and reviewers for my story. But…