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February 27, 2012
Activity that Isn’t
I’ve been persona non grata in my own blog for the past few months. Again. I can’t promise to be absolutely regular here (unless someone’s willing to pay me to do so), but I’m going to try. Real life takes a far higher priority, but this may be my primary writing venue for a while. [...read more by clicking...]
Activity that Isn't
I've been persona non grata in my own blog for the past few months. Again. I can't promise to be absolutely regular here (unless someone's willing to pay me to do so), but I'm going to try. Real life takes a far higher priority, but this may be my primary writing venue for a while. [...read more by clicking...]
May 28, 2011
Kharndam: Rumors from the Shadows 1
I'm no Akanri Lorekeeper, but I know how things operate in dark, light, and anywhere there's a coin. I pay attention to any opportunities that weigh more than the blades leveled against them. I see with whom I can do business, on whom it's safe to turn my back, and against whom I'd be fish [...read more by clicking...]
Rumors from the Shadows 1
I'm no Akanri Lorekeeper, but I know how things operate in dark, light, and anywhere there's a coin. I pay attention to any opportunities that weigh more than the blades leveled against them. I see with whom I can do business, on whom it's safe to turn my back, and against whom I'd be fish bait for doing either. If you want to learn what I know, drop a palm of coin to make my time and truths yours. [...]
Kickstarter Update & Drakesfall
27 hours to go until the end of our fund-raising drive at Kickstarter–and we've picked up a surge of new backers in the past few days, for whom we've deeply indebted and grateful. Head on over to Kickstarter for a quick update and a few links of information on the Akanri or Secrets, like Dragons… Inside that link are the guest posts I did over at the blogs of two old friends and colleagues from my TSR days: Jeff [...]
May 27, 2011
Teaser: The Pegasus Throne
This will eventually become a second book trailer/teaser for Secrets, like Dragons, but I wanted folks to get another taste of Kharndam before Sunday's end of our fund-raising drive. Hope it intrigues a few more people into pledging the project over the line to its successful completion. The Pegasus Throne symbolized a Golden Age. The Pegasus Throne stood for Peace, Harmony, and Wonder. The Pegasus Sovereignty unified Kharndam for five centuries until its betrayal. The Pegasus Throne lay shattered [...]
May 26, 2011
Kharndam’s Ancient History
If you wish to understand Kharndam as it is today, you must know its history. You also must acknowledge that Kharndam is but a name attached to the lands by history and hopes of its peace returning again. For far longer, the lands of which we speak were called the continent of Rokhal, the largest [...read more by clicking...]
Kharndam's Ancient History
If you wish to understand Kharndam as it is today, you must know its history. You also must acknowledge that Kharndam is but a name attached to the lands by history and hopes of its peace returning again. For far longer, the lands of which we speak were called the continent of Rokhal, the largest and earth-dominant continent of Dharual. Now, youngling, the world-birth's distance from us today makes knowledge of it seemingly pointless, but that is the short-sight [...]
May 23, 2011
Links and Thinks….
This week's going to see a flurry of activity around Kharndam as the Kickstarter campaign to fund Secrets, like Dragons… winds up this coming Sunday. If you've been curious about the project but haven't yet pledged, please do so this week. We've added another reward stage for those who would like to leave a creative stamp on the world, so go to the Kickstarter site for more info. I've also been allowed to do a guest-post on Jeff Grubb's [...]
May 13, 2011
Akanri Badges and Kickstarter Exclusives
For those patrons of our Kickstarter campaign at Stage Five and above, an extra for their pledge level is a very limited edition leather badge identifying its bearer as a member of the Akanri Order. Our prototype for the exclusive badge (available to a maximum of 40 patrons, 10 of which have already been claimed) [...]
