Although Tony and I knew we wanted to limit the world to either fantasy or sci-fi, we still had to decide which one, as well as which sub-genre. High fantasy or low fantasy? Dark fantasy? Star Trek or Star Wars? Dune? Firefly? After a bit of research and Tony’s offer to use a future universe [...]
Learning to write
I have, for over three years, harbored an idea for a novel or collection of short stories that would allow me to explore (and re-visit) the roots of my first two degrees and combine that with a life-long fascination I have had with Japan. Having ignored both my B.A. in English (emphasis in creative writing) [...]
Making of Gallidon, Part 2 – Multimedia
Having put the basic framework of the world and the rough business model together, Tony and I began discussing exactly what kind of content we would want in that world. Based on Tony’s background as a writer and my brief, distant training as a writer (a B.A. in creative writing twenty years old and collecting [...]
Gnome Stew posts about Runes of Gallidon
Thanks to the crew at Gnome Stew for giving Runes of Gallidon a nod recently! Expanding Gallidon through role-playing game modules as a way of pushing the world experience off the site and onto the gaming tabletop has always been a goal, and I’m grateful for the post from a recognized site devoted to helping [...]
blogstring.com posts about Runes of Gallidon
Many thanks to Nathan Burke and Jason Brandenburg over at blogstring for the great and accurate write-up of Runes of Gallidon! Nathan was kind enough to commit the resources to writing a post, and Jason completely understood the business model, value offering, and the kind of creative collaborative space we are striving for with Gallidon. [...]
Creative Commons posts about Runes of Gallidon
I’m really pleased to announce that Creative Commons posted about Runes of Gallidon today! The permanent link is here. Cameron Parkins has been lending his support since we first approached Creative Commons last summer; many thanks to Cameron and the rest of the CC Crew for the post!
Making of Gallidon, Part 1 – The Concept
Runes and Rice I committed to what became Runes of Gallidon while finishing a platter of bimimbap at a Seoul Brothers restaurant in April of 2008. I was having dinner with two friends, Tony Graham and Andy Underwood, and after a few weeks of evaluating our collective skill sets, I decided that our startup idea [...]
Runes of Gallidon – marketing machine is in gear…
We officially started the public marketing efforts for Runes of Gallidon late this week. It is incredibly surreal, scary, exciting, and even somewhat anti-climactic (a significant lack of sleep is probably compounding the effect at the moment). For someone who has aggressively kept a private life – especially online – the act of launching the [...]
Welcome!
You’ll notice the only post here at the moment is this very lonely message; that’s because I just launched the blog this week, and I’m currently slammed on my Runes of Gallidon project. Regular posts should begin some time next week, after the site’s public marketing efforts are well underway.
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