Kris Kramer's Blog, page 14
January 9, 2013
So… what is Cithria?
One of the new books we’re releasing this year, Rise of Cithria – The Chosen, has a little bit of history behind it, which I thought some of you might find interesting. The book is a collection of three dovetailed stories, written by three of the writers here at the4threalm, myself (Kris Kramer), Alistair McIntyre, [...]
November 24, 2012
Guns?
The argument prepping for launch isn’t going to be very popular in Texas, but I hope people can stomach the dodgy parts long enough to see that I’m not advocating the removal of guns from the public. That said, let me share a fun story from a few weekends ago. My wife nipped out for [...]
November 17, 2012
Kickstarter is LIVE!
Well, after a few months of hints, it’s time to make this official. Our 4threalm comic book universe project is officially live on Kickstarter! What does that mean? It means we’re now taking donations to get our comic books off the ground, and you can take a direct part in that process through a friendly, [...]
October 30, 2012
A new Star Wars movie is coming in 2015… why am I not excited?
This won’t be a long post, mostly because there isn’t much for me to say here that hasn’t already been covered by the Star-Wars-apathy crowd over the last fifteen years. Like most people my age, I loved Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Like most people my age, I hated [...]
Kieron Gillen on Writing
Kieron Gillen is probably best known as a writer for Marvel Comics, specifically on Iron Man and X-Men. While discussing the latest X-Men news in an interview for www.comicbookresources.com, a fan asked him about any advice he might have for new writers, and his answer fell in line with something I say to people all [...]
October 29, 2012
Jogging is for fat people – and other motivational tools
We all need a little motivation in life, especially when we take on an certain artistic endeavors that require both some hard work, and some out of the box thinking. So with that in mind, I figured I’d share with you, our readers, some of the motivational sayings that have stuck with me for a [...]
October 19, 2012
Are writers the best criminals?
I saw the headline for the recent art theft in Amsterdam and the first thing I thought of was ‘Wow, a real life art heist!’ I’m weird that way, though. I like reading a good crime thriller, or heist story. I love stories like Ocean’s Eleven, not just because the heist itself usually plays out [...]
October 18, 2012
Our Kickstarter Project
We’ve been hinting at it for a while, but I guess it’s time to come clean and let you guys know that in a few days or so, it’ll be happening for real — our very own Kickstarter project! What are we kickstarting? Our comic book library, of course. We’ve been promoting our two new [...]
June 23, 2012
Coming soon… Machine
We like to work on many different kinds of writing projects here at the4threalm, and one of more interesting (and fun) projects we have coming up are our comic books. We’re working on a few, but we’ll be premiering two at some point in the near future, one called Machine, and the other, Centurion. We [...]
