Revenge of the Gamer

Looks like its going to be a busy summer for me, and I have all sorts of news.  To start with in my last post I promised to give more details about the novel, so here goes.

Back in February I started playing in a friend’s Exalted game.  I decided it would be fun to write a short story about the character’s background, but found I just couldn’t stop writing.  Within a few weeks I had over fifty pages of fiction, and I decided it would be a good idea to convert my story into a novel.

Bear in mind that because the novel is based in White Wolf’s Exalted universe I won’t ever be able to publish it, at least not with the intent of making any money.  Knowing that I decided to write the novel anyway, but purely for practice. 

Fast forward to last night.  Just under five months after starting the Exalted novel I’ve finished the rough draft.  It’s been one hell of a ride, and I learned more about writing than I ever would have expected.  Now I need to go back and edit the whole mess, and I’m hoping I’ll have it finished by the first week of August.

After that I plan to use my new found skills to work on my first original novel.  Its based in the game world that I created back when I was eighteen, and has been kicking around in my head for the last fifteen years.  Its time for it to see the light of day, and by Christmas I’m hoping to have the rough draft finished.

I have other good news as well!  I applied for a columnist position over at www.rpg.net and was accepted.  I put together the first three articles in a series I call GM Fundamentals, and the first one should be up in the next few weeks.  I’ll make sure to post as soon as its up!

I also had a spot of bad news.  Aaron decided to end the Exalted game that I was playing in, which means the character that inspired the Exalted Novel will no longer be played.  The good news is that this clears up my schedule, and I’m now putting together my own Exalted campaign.

Its been over a year since I’ve run a game, and the itch has been getting stronger so this is good timing.  I went ahead and created a Meetup Group as well as a website for my players.