Plus ça Change – May 13, 2026 I have an underlying theme that Marie experiences throughout her adult years in New Orleans. The Americans bought the territory in 1803. That started a culture war that lasted for decades, and Marie lived through it. As always there are exceptions, but the… Continue reading
Plus ça Change – May 1, 2026 Pantsing has consequences. I didn’t know who what when where why, but I expected something like this. I’m sure it’s going to happen again. At this point in the narrative, Marie’s father, Charles Laveaux, is a widow. His wife had money. She was… Continue reading
Plus ça Change – April 28, 2026 So, I’m walking with Marie down to the waterfront where she is going to see her sister Dolores off. Dolores is on her way to live her life in Paris. I know where ships docked on the waterfront. A map from the time… Continue reading
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Authors have always been on the scam end of things. Vanity publishing has been around for literal centuries, and content itself has been used, abused, and weaponized by creators, publishers, and critiquers. I mean, there’s something to the tropes of us working in the dark, alone, in writer garrets. The… Continue reading
Plus ça Change – April 26, 2026 There are chapters, and then there are chapters. I suppose it depends upon what sort of “thing” you’re writing about. Mine are family stories, tales of life, the universe, and everything, set back in time. I want the characters to be real people… Continue reading
White Gold Wielders has been the group’s name for literal decades. With a more public focus, we’ve started our rebranding to QuickSilverQuills, which reflects our current group focus and respects the copyright of the original White Gold Wielders concept by Stephenson R. Donaldson.
Some of the folks in the group have unfortunately been hit by this intellectual property theft, so here’s the latest.
Plus ça Change – April 11, 2026 The chapter I’m working on is very much “author’s conceit,” in that I’m jonesing to write this. It is history that presents a wonderful vehicle for the narrative. Abraham Lincoln visited New Orleans twice as a young man. There is legend that on… Continue reading
Plus ça change – April 4, 2026 I have fun with this blog, toward two ends. I love to share what I discover from history. I also like to write about the process of writing, and that’s what this one is. I’m working on Chapter 10 (for now) in Laveaux:… Continue reading
