Friends and Links
Here you will find the people, places and sites that have influenced me the most in my writing career.
Excelsior Free Shard
Mature and responsible staff.
Balanced shard. Friendly players.
Welcome to your new home.
SE/ML • PvM/RP, no PK • dueling • no skill cap • 300 stat cap
one account per person, two+ houses per account
smith/tailor/taming/fletcher/carpentry BODs,
custom monsters, items and materials, animal breeding,
bioengineering, apiculture, wax crafting, farming, ...
rentable houses and castles, the list goes on and on...
Excelsior is an Ultima Online free server that I've played on since 2007. It's the world that Vandor, Evie, friends, and enemies, call home, and the basis for the magic system that I use. I still play it today. If you ever visit the site, send me a PM. Game name: Cygnus
Shreveport Writers Club
If you are live in the Shreveport, Louisiana area and are a writer or aspire to write, this is the place. Whether a poet, a screenwriter, novelists, lyricists, or just like to dabble, come visit us. We would love to hear from publishers, editors and literary agents. We meet every first and third Saturday of each month. Visit us on our website or find us on facebook. Email us at: shreveportwritersclub@gmail.com.
What can I say. One of the greatest bands ever. Both musically and lyrically. Their music has helped shape my life for over fifty years. The lyrics to the song Cygnus X-1, Book 2 plays a significant role in my stories. I added it to the back of my first book. Hopefully, you will see it play out over the series.
I wouldn't be anywhere without the invaluable help these two programs provide. I use Scrivener as my word processor and ProWritingAid as my editor. If you are serious about writing, and you don't have these two tools, then you are missing out.
Pro Writing Aid
Scrivener
ProWritingAid is the essential toolkit for storytellers, helping over 4 million writers craft their stories and bring them to life.
Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more. Scrivener won’t tell you how to write—it simply provides everything you need to start writing and keep writing.
Tracy Caillouet is a fantasy author whose superpowers change daily depending on her mood and what world she’s daydreaming about. With two completed manuscripts and another on the way, she is blazing a trail to becoming published. Her work received third place in the Historical Romance category at a regional conference in 2025. The struggle to overcome unsurmountable odds, good vs evil, personal development, perseverance, friendship, and love are many of the themes commonly found in her stories.
ML Dumars lives in her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. She writes poetry, short stories, and novels. She also performs as a storyteller. Her stories are influenced by personal experiences, and by simple events that challenge the human condition. She has published in SB magazine, Up All Night anthology, Fleur de Lit Literary magazine, and Handbasket zine. She is the Critical Mass 11 (2023) Critics Choice Award winner for Literary arts.
Edward G. Gauthier writes novels, short stories, flash fiction, magical realism, poetry, and essays. His work has been accepted by Literary Orphans, Punchnels, Dual Coast Magazine, Gyroscope Review, J.J. Outre Review, Story Shack, The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and others.
Ed tends to explore psychic dreams and the infinite space of the mind. Themes like “the best laid plans of mice and men often goes awry” or other themes demonstrating mankind’s arrogance, are attractive to this writer.
Edward resides in Lafayette, Louisiana with his wife Anna and is visited by his two sons, Andre and Gabriel Emile not often enough.
The Writer’s Guild of Acadiana is a non-profit corporation organized in 1986 and operates to provide support and encouragement to its members:
Development of artistic and technical literary skills
Stimulating interest and appreciation for the art of writing
Encouraging free exchange among those engaged in literary endeavors
Disseminate information concerning activities in the field of writing
Yearly dues are $25. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, “La Plume,” which will be emailed. It contains valuable information about tips on writing, upcoming events, workshops, and WGA news.
Meetings are open to the public, and typically held at the South Regional Branch of the Library, 6101 Johnston, Laf, LA. Our agenda usually features a guest speaker one month and a member reading program the next month. We start at 6 p.m. and usually end around 7:30 p.m.
The East Texas Writers Guild, (ETWG) based in Tyler, Texas is dedicated to helping You advance as a writer, whether you are professional or a novice. Their mission is to offer their members support, education and opportunity for growth in all aspects of writing, publishing, and marketing.
The minute you step into a meeting, you are greeted by warm, smiling faces who go out of their way to make you feel welcome. They meet in person twice a month and conduct critiques over zoom. The 2nd monday of every month is their general/Speaker meeting where they usually have top-notch speakers share their experiences and advice. Their Nutz and Boltz meetings on the 3rd Monday, provides you with the opportunity to ask questions on a variety of topics. They also offer a variety of workshops.
All meetings start at 6:30.
