Revenge of the Gamer

Checking my calendar I see its been over a week since my last post.  Since I’m trying to make them weekly that means its time for another one!

My last post was pretty well received and most people were amused by the mental image of me with a mullet and a blood stained jacket.  This time around I don’t have any stories from my past, but given how much people liked the last one I’ll be sure to include more in the future.

So what’s the title of the post about?  I’m driving from Northern California down to San Diego to perform my Mother’s wedding.  A few years ago my sister asked me to perform her wedding, and I had a lot of fun doing it.  When my mother asked me to perform her wedding I was more than happy to.

Tomorrow morning I’ll be driving down to San Diego.  Its an eight or nine hour drive, but instead of dreading it I’m actually excited.  That’s a long time to be trapped in a car with nothing but my thoughts and the voice recorder on my iPhone.  I’m hoping to brainstorm quite a few ideas for the Faelands novel, and get some work done on the story for my Exalted game as well.

Speaking of which the Exalted game has been going almost frighteningly well.  If I had to guess I’d say I’ve run something like thirty campaigns in my life.  This is far and away the best, with the potential to do all of the things I’ve ever wanted to in a game.  If nothing else it makes me feel like a damn good storyteller.

The writing is going even better than the campaign.  As of today I’ve edited 106 pages of the Yuri novel.  That means I’ve made it about a third of the way through, and given how long the first 100 pages took to edit I’m confident I’ll be done by the end of August.

I’m inordinately proud of the novel so far.  I can confidently say its better than the existing published ones for Exalted.  I can’t wait to finish adding the polish so I can show it off and see what the community thinks.

Then the road is cleared to the Faelands novel.  As you can see by the link I’ve put up a site.  Its not really intended for the public, instead serving as a sort of wiki where I can keep all the information about characters, setting and story. 

Since the novel is based on my game world I have literally hundreds of pages of source material already done, and I’d really like to get that all online where it can do the most good for me.

The plot is shaping up nicely and using all the lessons I’ve learned in the past six months I really feel strong enough to do it justice.  Its going to be far more work than I ever envisioned when I first decided to write a novel, but its a labor of love. 

Wish me luck!  I’ll post again when I get back from San Diego on Monday.