An Outcast Healer's Diary

Damn, I really need to stop making promises, at least as far as deadlines are involved. Anyway, here it is, my newest creation :

Entry One

Could it be? A stroke of luck after all those weeks of damp misfortune?

I was running quite short on my supplies – with basically nothing left but crumbs. When I saw the distant image in the mist, I thought I was finally going out of my mind. When I found out I wasn't, a somewhat mitigated happiness spread through my veins. I was way too exhausted to be joyous.

It's more of a settlement than a village, but hey – in the wretched state I was, a trollcave would be a luxurious palace. The guards at the gate seemed somewhat wary of me, and the fact I was dead tired, tattered and badly injured didn't really help my case. I couldn't even explain who I was, or what my business in their “glorious city” was. Fortunately, their captain, slightly more imaginative than the rest, decided that perhaps they could make an exception, and interrogate me AFTER they gave me a chance to rest. Oh, joy.

As soon as I got to my designated room in the local inn I blacked out. I regained consciousness well after dark, and was still too tired to go off exploring my newfound home. So I decided to start a diary – a journal of my new life, of sorts. Oh well, tomorrow will be a good as any other day to wonder about

Another Update

So time for another update. It seems this blog hasn't quite caught on, but I'm optimistic about its future. So optimistic, to tell the truth, that I'll be starting a series of diary-like short stories just to post here. Again fantasy, that seems to be the genre which most appeals to me for now, and I'll try to post the intro page of this diary tomorrow.

So, expect my fledgling "Outcast healer's diary" tomorrow :)

Oakfiend Description

It took quite some time, but as promised - the Oakfiend is here. Since it turned out somewhat bigger than I'd expected, I posted it in a forum, and will provide the link to the post for your reading pleasure :)

OAKFIEND

Quick Update

Just thought I should throw in a quick update. University is a tough beast, preventing me from dedicating enough time to this blog. Fear not, however, I'm a persevering person, and that should pay off soon. This Friday I hope to be able to post my first work on this here Netherworld.

It's not going to be a real story, though. I do have several short stories written down in paper, but they're in Bulgarian, and need some work. The creation I will be sharing with you this week is a more different story. A description, so to say.

Let me explain. Recently I saw a topic in a Bulgarian fantasy forum I frequent, telling of a writing contest. The goal - to describe a fantasy creature of the author's own making. By the time I saw the topic, the contest had ended, sadly. Despite that, the idea really appealed to me, and I took it up - only in English.

So, this Friday you can eagerly await my very own diabolical creation - the dreaded Oakfiend.

Introduction

This was to be a merry introduction post about myself and the blog. But when I sat down to think about it... I really don't know what to say. Not a good start for an aspiring writer, but hey - noone was born perfect.

I'm the Graven. For quite some time I've been interested in writing, and have created several stories, both shorter and longer. With no easy way of letting people know about them, however, they've just faded away into the deepeset corners of my harddrive. I really hope this blog will allow me to display my works for more people to read and rate. Writing is just a hobby for now, but in due time - who knows? With your help I just might rise to the prominence one dreams of when deciding to write :)

Some of these fabled creations will be in English, some in Bulgarian, some in both. So, no matter your nationality, feel free to stop by and have a read. I'm currently deciding on whether to post them in .pdf form, or give a quick link to tomreader and just publish them in ordinary .txt. Oh well, time is before me, a decision will be made soon enough.

Oh, and one more thing. I'm studying at university, with no connection to the internet 5 days per week, sometimes even more. My writing is not impeded by that, but expect this blog to be updated in a rather strange manner. I think it won't be that unusual for me to be unable to update in a week or two, after which to post several works at once. Hopefully that won't be so often as to scare all the newcomers away, heh.

This became a rather long post, so I'll be ending it. Hello everybody, and welcome to the Graven's Netherworld. Enjoy your stay!