Welcome. My name is Mintermist and I am the prodigal author.

A lover of characters and art, I love to share stories and chat with readers. Sometimes I'm slow, but slow is better than never? ...right?

Of course, please comment and review; I love to hear from you. As I discovered over the last decade, comments have the power to bring me back from the non-writing dead, for which I couldn't be more glad.

News To Readers:

Saturday August 11th 2018
(Taken from Mintermist's own Ballad review note)

HELLO, dear reader. If you've crept over to the comments page (or my profile) and read this note, I just want to say thank you for being here and sticking with Ballad. It's been a very long, broken haul of a decade of playing with this and forgetting about it, then remembering it, and then having life eat my time like a pack of Oreos. But I hope I can bring the conclusion of this longwinded saga to an end worthy of your time.

A note, though, for any who might stumble here as fresh-faced, new readers, or who might want to brush up/catch up on the memories of their younger days: the beginning chapters of Ballad are... a flawed time capsule, shall we say? I began writing as a wee thing, and as such apologize for some of the early jumping-of-the-gun-fluff, typos, and any over-sugary moments. In retrospect, I learned a lot in the early pacing, but sometimes the early pacing is... questionable. BUT, dear reader, please don't lose heart! I grew up (a little), got some more credible life experience (a lot), and hopefully if you stick with Ballad to the later chapters, you'll enjoy a little more substance and action from our heroes.

Thank you all for your patience and kindness. My favourite emails are the ones linked to your comments, reviews, follows and subscriptions. It really means a lot to me. Enjoy and as always, please R&R!