S.E.’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2012)

S.E.’s comments from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.

Ashe wrote: "I said i was gonna read on some Conan but my books aare still in boxes in the garage after moving. Can't get to them right now and no money for new books."

Ashe, I recommend checking out:
1)http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/
2)http://www.swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/
3)http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/

These on-line e-zines are effectively anthologies (collections of short stories), just online. Many stories, if not all, are free I believe.

Less a networking post, and more of a DYI blurb: For tech-savy folk, it can be "easy" to produce a video trailer by buying templates, royalty free sound, and royalty free motion graphics. You'll have to know how to assemble them.

I'm a big Adobe software junkie. So combing the envato marketplaces (http://market.envato.com/), Adobe After Effects movie templates can be purchased from Videohive, as well as music from Audiojungle, and images from GraphicRiver or Photodune. These can be easily assembled into a trailer.

Lords of Dyscrasia Video: This used a single AE template for a trailer; text and graphics switched out; royalty free music inserted. Cost for the pieces <$50, Cost for software and training is another story.

Spawn of Dyscrasia Video: This one is more of mix (not a AE template): video footage from VideoHive, blended with a "movie opener", more royalty free sound too.

Seth wrote: "Audible has been good for me. Customers are also very good about rating books, so it didn't take too long for my number of Audible ratings to quickly catch up and overtake my amazon ratings."

Seth to Seth, That's nice to hear. Author Tom Barczak directed me to ACX last November. I have two projects ongoing now, due out in March. So far, it has been a great experience. Quality voice professionals are accessible. It is quite wild to listen to various auditions of other people reading your own work. Pronunciations, accents, etc... books become slightly theatrical. From a world-building perspective, it is valuable.

I was not an Audible/Audio Book customer before, but am getting hooked on listening to samples. If I had a longer commute, I would jump into Audio Books for sure.

Amazon's ACX exchange (https://www.acx.com/) is worth checking out, as it links up voice professionals with authors looking to make audio books.

Also, I offer a shout out to Rob Matheny who is trying to get in the game. Below link to YouTube features a trailer he did for Ragnarok Publications:
http://youtu.be/nNgAV1dhLfc

From the initial folder thread, I recopy/highlight member-Donna's book cover design pages:
https://99designs.com/profiles/dhmdes...

This area is for video or audio productions (trailers, audio books, etc.)

Finished Azieran Adventures Presents Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery. This collection worked for me. It essentially extends the thematic Rogue Blade Entertainment anthology series.

Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm onto Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology next!

I echo the need for more "Harvest" from Gramlich.

All, I set up separate folders for Book Covers and for Editing to help separate possible needs.

It may be a bit redundant, but feel welcome to repost some promotions/requests in these other folders.

This folder is for folks looking for editing work/help.

This area is for book cover discussions/designs.

Joseph wrote: "Krod Mandoon remains one of my favorites..."

I have "Krod" on the TV list, though I've never seen it. Looks funny.

Joseph wrote: "Coincidentally, I just watched the 2007 Robert Zemeckis version of Beowulf last night. Kind of a shame -- it seems like there was something interesting there, but I'd like to see it reshot with ac..."

Is there any sorcery in "Vikings"?

2015 Movie and TV Show Lists in IMDB

I continue to maintain lists of movies (and now TV shows) related to Sword & Sorcery. Definition is pretty broad (not strictly REH-like, anything with Sword and Sorcery elements). Some neat ones coming in 2015 (or beyond) including the Fire & Ice reboot (live action) and a Warcraft movie.

Feel welcome to suggest additions.

Sword and Sorcery MOVIES - past and future

Sword and Sorcery TV shows - past and future

For what it is worth, there is "Best Heroic Anthologies" list being voted on right now. Lots of good ones on there, many including authors and editors from this group...and many old classic.

To be clear, this list is not a "sword and sorcery" group sponsored list, and I'm not sure who started it. But it is of interest. Votes as desired:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

I think Michael Moorcock coined the term "epic pooh" in his Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy when he described J.R.R. Tolkien's books.

S.wagenaar wrote: "I have several anthologies on my bookshelf, and in most cases I have not read every story in every anthology. This is what I like about these collections; the ease of access to short, fun tales to ..."

Great point, S.wagenaar. Anthologies are made for being experienced in small, nonlinear doses too. Reading 1-story from any anthology is good enough to chime in here.

I have two anthologies ready to go on my Kindle that have been itching to escape my to-read pile: Azieran Adventures Presents Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery and Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology. I'll be starting soon, once I finish up Gonji: The Soul Within the Steel.

Seth wrote: "I haven't purchased any audio S&S Books yet, but there's a few out there in the Public Domain that Libravov has for free..."

Seth, I never heard of Libravox. Thanks for sharing..., the other Seth

The digital age is breathing life into audio books (born as cassette tapes mostly, then CDs). With internet sites such as Audible helping sync eBooks/Kindle with "book progress" on Audio, the boundary between a paperback and audio book are merging.

Any thoughts about Sword & Sorcery books, quality or availbility? Is REH on audio book yet?