Alexandra Cenni made a very, very generous donation, and for this I am very, very grateful.

Many sincere thanks to Kirt A. Dankmeyer at Ivanhoe Unbound for his generous support of A Distant Soil. Your donations keep the comics coming. More work added to ColleenDoran.com

Val Trullinger with the donation so nice, she made it twice! And she takes this shiny minty fresh Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit game off my hands. Thanks, Val!

Yolanda Kozak put a tip in my jar, and that brings you the pages. It pays for the website and the roof over the poor artist’s head, as the storm rages outside and drops another five inches of snow on my sad little farm. Woe is me! THANK YOU YOLANDA! Don’t forget to let me know what books you wanted.

There are updates to the galleries at ColleenDoran.com. Check ’em out. The noble and gracious SONIA TAN crosses my palm with silver and sponsors A Distant Soil today with a hat tip in the jar! THANK YOU!!!

Thanks to Bob Heer, whose sponsorship of A Distant Soil brings you today’s thrilling romantic entanglement. Thanks so much, Bob!

This scene has gotten my book into hot water in libraries, primarily because Rieken is often mistaken for a woman. Apparently, those objecting to the book have not been bothered enough to read it. An article with a mention of this troubling romantic moment appeared at Media Bistro. And now it’s on the internet, corrupting your morals. Today’s thrilling spectacle was brought to you by Anthony Soderquist. Thank you so very much for your kind support of my work! Enjoy the goodies.

OK all, come back on Monday to see if they get it on, or if D’mer shows up and kicks Bast’s butt. Our biggest patron of all time is the uber-awesome Allan Harvey, and we send many many thanks for years of kindness and cheerleading!

O noble and wondrous Torsten Adair, you grace my humble talents with your patronage! I am bloated with acceptance!!! Thank you for your uber-generosity! Your hat tip brains me with shekels!

Our sponsor for today is the much appreciated, long-time A Distant Soil fan Miki Anamanthadoo! THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKI!!!