Evening’s Kingdom

As we get ready for the release of Book Two: Shadow of the Witch , ride along in today’s podcast episode as I raise joyful, provocative questions to ponder alongside the first 50 pages of Smoke & Honey, Book One, such as ….   the impact of names on our own, personal storylines,   how nature(magic) plays a role in our own lives,    & more :)    Pull out your copy of Book One (or order yours...

Introducing SMOKE & HONEY, Books One and Two, Available now! A sexy, witchy historical fantasy series spanning continents, kingdoms and time itself. When Honey Crowley is recruited to collect magic for a shadowy private library, she crosses a threshold through which she can never return. On assignments with Egyptian priestesses, Druids, elemental spirits and more, Honey tries to control feelin...

“I’ve danced at the birth of stars, and cloaked myself in oceans as they chastened to sands…” Evening’s Kingdom, by Paula Schmidt   Hello travelers,  We meet again on the bridge between our minds. Welcome to Evening’s Kingdom, where I’m reading installments of my epic fantasy, Evening’s Kingdom, books one and two, and interviewing other artists and thinkers…  If you’re enjoying the show, please ta...

In today’s episode:    Ouma raises an otherworldly army and alliances begin to shift…    Evening’s Kingdom, written & read by Paula Schmidt. This is Paula Schmidt…   We continue!    For more free stories, interviews and meditations, please visit EveningsKingdom.com Thank you for listening. Please share and enjoy :)

In today’s episode:    As the Chiriklo rebels storm the castle Ullalea, Yang soldiers and their families reel beneath the attack - and respond with their own. Ouma discovers a power beneath the sands, greater than any she has ever known…   We continue…   For more free stories, interviews and meditations, please visit EveningsKingdom.com Thank you for listening. Please share and enjoy! 

In today’s episode:  Ouma discovers a surviving Wutar who escaped the long ago genocide of their people... by doing the unthinkable. As they prepare for battle, Fern and Owain fall more deeply in love. And the warrior-executioner Talu is in his element as the Chiriklo rebels storm the castle Ullalea from occupying Yang forces.    Thank you for listening ~ please share & enjoy! For more free storie...

“Think of it as a game. A game of energy…” - Paula Schmidt, Evening's Kingdom.   Hello, travelers.... in today’s episode:    Ouma has a vision, and the great gathering of Chiriklo from all across the kingdom make their crossing to Ullalea, to seize the ancient castle back from the occupying Yang forces. Thank you for listening ~ please share & enjoy!   Love & stories Paula EveningsKingdom.com

Do you want a more satisfying daily routine?   Use this thought exercise to examine your habits of identity and desire, and create a more meaningful life pattern. Create goals that truly inspire you, and a life design that sparks joy.   Listen before journaling, taking a walk or on a day when you can give yourself space to reflect.    Want more? Voyage Into Energy with guided meditations, journali...

For paired journaling prompts for this meditation, visit EveningsKingdom.com. Please share & enjoy!

“Working on a yacht is one of the best ways to travel the world, earn cash, and live on a floating palace on the water (for free!)” - Baker Manning   Hello travelers, Today’s conversation is with my very dear & lovely friend, Baker Manning from Below Deck, the Bravo reality TV show.    Baker shares how mourning her beloved father led her into a life of world travel… and thrill-seeking became soul-...

Hello travelers,  For today’s episode, I’m elated to share my conversation with the extraordinarily talented Justin Booher ! Please enjoy as Justin shares his adventures cheffing for retreats around the world. We discuss energy work, ways to clear out space to let more wonder and alignment into your life; structuring a dinner party to delight all the senses, Justin's delicious wellness remedies an...

“Home is a feeling.” - Evening’s Kingdom   Hello travelers,  In today’s episode, we go deep into Fern’s world, as she falls head over heels for a lovely someone…  And I have a big announcement. Evenings Kingdom, Books One and Two, are coming to Kindle this fall!    Calling all fantasy lovers: would you like a free reviewers copy? Please visit EveningsKingdom.com and let me know. I’d love to hear f...

Hello travelers! Today I felt like sharing something a little different :)   Firstly, I’m seeking early readers for my new, epic fantasy series for adults and will soon be sending out a call via my email list soon. So if you would like to number yourself among them, please do sign up to my email list here.   Today’s show is about a long-running love of mine: journaling. I’ve been sharing journalin...

Evenings Kingdom: the Conversations. Wide-ranging conversations with artists and thinkers on their work, their life; their adventures, processes and routines.  Hi travelers! I’m thrilled to present you with my conversation with Justen Ahren, the 2017-2019 poet laureate of Martha’s Vineyard. Justen is a dear friend, poet, photographer, musician and teacher. He served as poet laureate of Martha’s Vi...

Evenings Kingdom: the Conversations. Wide-ranging conversations with artists and thinkers on their work, their life; their adventures, processes and routines. Kind of an ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ meets ‘The Tim Ferriss Show,’ these Conversations will, no doubt, wend their ways into my writing. In stories from me in years to come, you may well recognize characters and ideas first discussed here. ...

“My lady, I am but the tongue that bridles an unruly mind, and would see it brought quiet.” Weir Rathwau, Evening’s Kingdom.   Nor loses hope: the oligarchs destroy his efforts to save Tensingland, and  the priestexxes of Oculus vanish without a trace. Ouma holds a ceremony for a dying medicine woman of an enemy tribe.  And as the Chiriklo prepare to retake Ullalea from occupying forces, Fern meet...

“In the name of Goddexx!” - King Nor Tensing, Evening’s Kingdom.    Written and Read by Paula Schmidt.   Book Two of Evening’s Kingdom begins!   As the drought continues, Nor’s reign comes into jeopardy and Ouma performs a healing for a dying medicine woman from her enemy tribe, the Yang.     Today’s episode also includes some very personal confessions from me. As I live and grow alongside the sto...

My lovelies, I’m back :)   Season Two shortly awaits -  But first, as requested by the marvelous Baker Manning, a quick recap of Season One before we begin. The transcript is below for your referencing pleasure. If you are new to Evenings Kingdom, please turn that dial all the way back to Episode 1, because here be spoilers!    As you may recall, Ouma, our bold, non-binary hero, is on a mission to...

"You cannot remember where you came from. But darkness was your first mother, your first father..." - Evening's Kingdom   The snake god, Lacqsis, grooms Ouma towards the darkness... and gifts her a magical tattoo with a mind of its own. Prince Nor's army takes ancient Ullalea, while Talu and Oriaku entertain themselves at the Cloud Abbey... with a fart joke I couldn't deliver without laughing, hee...

"Just as wild plants have the strongest medicine, so do the wildest gods." - Evening's Kingdom   Ouma, Oriaku and Talu journey into the mountains to trade with the famously reclusive monks of the Cloud Forest. For the first time, we glimpse our mysterious narrator... but when a powerful, mysterious god appears to Ouma, she apprentices herself to his dark ideals to learn how to destroy the Yang. Me...

"Magic is an instrument of fate, just like anything else." In a searing twist of fortune, Nor and Nejmi's paths divide across unbridgeable kingdoms. As Ogodei recruits Chiriklo to retake their homeland on the coast, Fern discovers a family of wild catlings... with devastating consequences. Stay tuned after the episode for a preview of "The NeverSeas," a dark, erotic thriller coming soon, for free,...

This is an epic quest across an ancient, magical kingdom … as Ouma, a reluctant young shaman seeks her revenge against the king who killed her family. But, guided by otherworldly allies and unlikely new friends, Ouma unlocks a whole new world. Written and Read by Paula Schmidt. Subscribe via EveningsKingdom.com, Spotify and Apple Music.  If you'd like to help the story find more listeners, please...

As a royal execution incites riots, Nor races through the jungle alone to save his beloved Nejmi. The Chiriklo caravan stumbles onto the ancient, lost city of Andohar... attracting an unwelcome guest. Written and Read by Paula Schmidt. If you’re enjoying the tale, please subscribe via EveningsKingdom.com, and I’ll email you when each new episode is up :) If you'd like to help the story find more l...

An erotic encounter between Nor and Nejmi in the grotto beneath the palace changes the course of the kingdom. At the Well of Skulls, Oriaku has a powerful encounter of his own, while Ouma journeys with the ghost of an ancient Wutar shaman into the past, and her most painful truth... Written and Read by Paula Schmidt. If you’re enjoying the tale, please subscribe via EveningsKingdom.com, and I’ll e...

Harem violence escalates in the palace as Nor & Nejmi fall more deeply in love - but the princess has her own designs. Meanwhile, the Chiriklo caravan reaches the Well of Skulls, a haunted desert village famous for its exalting smoke baths, and Oriaku, Ouma and Talu cannot resist... Written and Read by Paula Schmidt. If you’re enjoying the tale, subscribe via EveningsKingdom.com, and I’ll email yo...