The glittery holiday dust has settled, and the sidewalks are lined with Christmas Tree corpses. I don't know how your festivities went, but I grew a beard, ate too much, and forgot about my blog.
A few announcements to kick off the new year:
1. No more complete short stories or poems will be posted on this blog. This is really no biggie though, as the people who actually read the stories have my personal email and I will happily email you my stories if you ask. If you don't have my email, just check my profile. The reason for this is that most higher end publishers don't accept work even if it has only been self published on a personal blog. To them that means "already published". Most lower-tier publications couldn't care less, and that's my market right now, so I'm just planning ahead.
2. This blog will now be viewer-defined. Whatever gets the most traffic will get emulated. Repeatedly. The most popular post by far is the one about Minecraft (it trumps all other posts combined). Therefore, this post is an update to that one! With pictures! The picture at the top is taken from my finished Scottish L-Shaped Castle's balcony. I built it in about a day total, including time to build my necessarily extensive network of mines. Here's what she looks like from the back:
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| mine entrance is in the background below the white crosshair |
And from the front:
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| Check my Causeway! |
At Night:
Looking out from a top floor room with a skylight, window, and balcony:
What's next? Well, I have a concept world I created for a new story series. I'm going to construct the main city in Minecraft. I won't name the city or the world, but I will show progress and pictures in future updates. Thanks for reading this update, and here's a monumental minecraft city to get you thinking about the possibilities:
The cathedral's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the writing.
Your castle is very aesthetically pleasing.
ReplyDeleteStrange about the publishers, which I know nothing about. I didn't realize the World of Words was so dog-eat-dog.
Good move. And I like your castle! And I like the wallpaper on your blog.
ReplyDeleteI should play this game some time don't know what all the fuss is.
ReplyDeleteIf you ask me it's a good idea not posting the stories anymore, who knows when you may need the for a book
@Sucio - Thanks homie!
ReplyDelete@Rorschach - Well it is a strange world that I am just setting foot in myself. The main problem is that while online publications have increased, print pubs have dropped off. Meanwhile there has been an enormous increase in submissions to all publications over the last 10 years. Partly this is due to the ease of submitting to an online pub (click). They get so inundated that they have to develop ever-higher standards, and new methods of sorting/reading the incoming submissions.
What it boils down to is the same thing with any other skill - as population and ease of communication increases, the relative value of each person's skill decreases, because the statistical point for "high performance" edges farther out. This has good effects and bad. As a writer though, submitting feels like throwing a message in a bottle off a deserted island, to float in the ocean (100 million bottles, washed upon the shore?).
@Anonymous - Yeah it had to be done. Thanks! Does internet wallpaper count as interior decorating?
@Smile - Always good to try relatively safe new things. Thanks for the vote of confidence too :)
Pretty cool castle, man. You should build a cart station underneath. They can be tricky but rewarding.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think it's a good idea to hold onto your short stories, especially if you have a mind to get them published.
@Les Thanks! I will build that actually! Thanks for the suggestion :)
ReplyDeleteFakt hezká katedrála
ReplyDeletePřeju hodně štěstí! :)
COOL! I love castles but I haven't build a minecraft one. Cod somebody post images to help me?oh by the way your castle awesome .
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