The cover illustration for Part I of Gennebar Rising actually depicts a scene from Part II, in which the main character, Arol, is standing in front of an enormous meteorite protruding from the bottom of an impact crater. One may notice that the artist, Victor Mosquera, happens to have placed the sword in Arol’s left hand, making him left-handed. This was a lucky coincidence of which I heartily approve. I like this for two reasons.
Author: Clint Geller
The Character Names in Gennebar Rising
Several friends have asked how I came up with my character names. I was not entirely consistent in my naming approach for all the characters, but I endeavored to make the names of most of the Gennebri characters sound at least vaguely Hebraic. Most of the place names in Gennebar were chosen with the same idea in mind. Similarly, the names of most of the Drenarian characters sound approximately Roman, but I even directly appropriated a couple of historically significant Roman names and re-purposed them. Beyond that, I deliberately made many of the Gennebri names end with an “l” sound, (as in Arol, Lemuel, Dimacielle, Zemakiel, etc.), so as to lend them a kind of group consistency, as one might expect from the names in an actual real world culture. Of course, some Gennebri characters’ names parallel actual biblical names in a recognizable way (e.g., Meshnab – Moses, Methasomol – Methuselah, Daviel – David, Gamleol – Gamaliel, etc.), but a few were special.
September 21, 2017 Publishing Update:
I am delighted to announce that Gennebar Rising, Part I: Awakenings is now available in e-book, hard cover, and paperback editions on Amazon.
For buying links for each edition, head to my Gennebar Rising page.
Final Cover for Gennebar Rising, Part 1
The final cover image for Gennebar Rising Part 1 has arrived!
August Publishing Update
The official release/book signing party for Gennebar Rising Part I: Awakenings is set for Saturday evening, October 7, 2017 in Pittsburgh. The e-book and soft cover print editions will launch on Amazon shortly before then. I expect to have a stack of hard cover collector editions to autograph and distribute to friends, relations and collaborators at the get-together. Lots of my musician friends have been invited and we’ll have a great Old Time Music jam there. I’ll be posting pictures afterwards, so watch this space!
The American Civil War Talk (CWT) Website
I am an active participant and a patron of the American Civil War Talk (CWT) website. CWT is a well-moderated message board featuring far-ranging, and often quite scholarly discussions and debates of both historical topics broadly related to the American Civil War, and even some current topics with their roots in the Civil War. (Hey, some folks think the Civil War never ended!)
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Civil War Horology
New Book on the Way:
My new non-fiction book, The Appreciation and Authentication of Civil War Timepieces, has been peer reviewed and will be published by the NAWCC this Spring. Once again, I will be using Saul Bottcher and Indiebooklauncher.com for assistance with production. The book discusses the types of watches that saw service during the American Civil War, and the prevalence of watches in the war, with an emphasis on watches (mostly American, and mostly on the Union side) that are identified to specific Civil War combatants.
