The Written Wyrd

A Non-Profit Literary Trust In Washington State

Greetings And Welcome!

Offered Works
The Interstellar Concord Saga
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The Diplomacy Trilogy

Humor

The MacKenna Trilogy

Military Drama

The New Generation

Young Adult

Perhaps humanity's greatest Gift is the ability to dream - second only to our ability to read and write. And nowhere does this Gift better expressed than in the realm of Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror).

Those who cater to this desire - the authors - serve a vital and welcome social role, a role rightly time-honored. Yet becoming a capable author is a long and difficult quest; a quest to learn subtilites of language and culture most people are not aware of. And while 'book learning' can do much, the best learning comes from the tradition of mentoring and peer review.

Sadly, the professional industry is often reluctant to help the newcomer. While there have been notable exceptions, all too often issues of plaigerism, personality, and the press of deadlines discourage the veterans from reaching out to the new author. This situation is the reason this web site came into being.

The Written Wyrd* is a literary trust created by a typical self-published author who has been down this road. The goal is to support self-published and small press authors and cover artists by recounting my own efforts, successes, and failures in order to smooth the journey for others.

The works listed at the edges of this page are my own efforts at independent authorship, which I offer world-wide as a charitable activity. The income is used to support new authors and cover artists with technical advice and resources on this site. The goal is to help them develop their skills and get their names before the reading public - to provide them that little edge which can make the difference between a wannabe and someone with honest accomplishments in hand.

So please come in, look around, explore the world of speculative fiction as seen through the eyes of the self published author, and above all, enjoy!

Thank you for your time and interest. I hope these efforts will prove helpful.

All my best,

Bob Boyd
Founder

* The term 'Wyrd' is Olde English for one's fate or destiny, as in 'he met his wyrd'.

What's New On This Site:

The Origin Story

New To Authorship? Check out

About Writing

To begin your creative journey.

A Special Appeal To The Industry

Established Writers, Publishers, SMOF, Please Read.

The Ideas Board

Ways You Can Promote The Art Form.

A Quick Note About Writing:

Remember that your aliens are logical, reasoning beings,
and will act from clearly definable motives.

Visit our writing section for more detail.

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All proceeds from sales go to support interest in speculative fiction and the efforts of self-published and small press authors.

For Your Consideration:

From 'TRIAL':
"Gawd." His tense look deepened. "Like a fuckin' football game, pardon my French." He scanned the frenzied humanity barely held in check by a thin cordon of city cops and National Guard troops, then turned his attention back to her. "So what brings the Palace Guard to our little shindig?"
"That."
'That' seemed innocent enough at first glance: a perfect sphere twenty-odd feet in diameter made of some shimmery, pearly silver material with no markings, seams, openings or any other detail. The catch was that it descended out of a clear blue sky three days ago, and it now hovered six inches above the center of the cluster of softball fields in Central Park next to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"An honest-to-God flying saucer," she whispered. "Jesus."
Watching TV wasn't the same as actually standing there and seeing it. An alien space ship: product of a civilization far more advanced than mankind. The reality of it chilled her. Her first rational thought as she studied the enormous pearl was that the automatic tucked in her waistband was about useless.

Your Disturbing Thought For The Day:

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospitals, dying of nothing.

From The News Room:

My Writing Career Is Restarting!
As many of you know, I have been absent from my writing for some time - years - brought on by a combination of health issues, several unexpected household moves, and some severe writer's block as a result.
I am pleased to announce that my writing has taken the first tentative steps to restarting: first by a long overdue upgrade to this web site, followed by completing several novel length works.
First of these will be the third of the MacKenna trilogy, which I can see will need some substantial rewrite. After that are two epic fantasies, two mainstream novels, a third YA demi-novel, and another short story collection.
This will take time, especially as my writing efforts are still problematical, but - hopefully - things are moving again.

Famous Last Words
"That was completely unethical."
"The best moves always are."
(M'tinDegan and W'kiLap - 'Diplomacy's End')