{"id":175,"date":"2013-07-26T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/ever-changing-ever-growing\/"},"modified":"2013-08-08T19:19:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:19:23","slug":"ever-changing-ever-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/ever-changing-ever-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Changing, Ever Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"
We live in a world where inclusiveness is a rapidly growing necessity.\u00a0 Social wildfires have been set ablaze on websites like Kickstarter, where the people ultimately decide what is worth their time, their money, and their interest.\u00a0 The majority of these successful products and projects give back to the consumer in ways that were atypical before the jump in popularity.\u00a0 The idea of somehow collaborating with creators to modify or expand on content is an idea that is so brilliant, its a wonder it hasn’t been done more often.<\/p>\n
Novels and the written universe should not abstain from this transition.\u00a0 There is a place for other people within our worlds, and we’d be foolish not to embrace it.\u00a0 We’re already seeing it with programs like Kindle Worlds, which rewards fan fiction for both the original creators, and those authors who want to empower the existing writing with their own concepts.<\/p>\n
Tellest is growing.\u00a0 I can’t sit by idly and stifle that growth.\u00a0 The world is expansive – what readers have seen thus far only scratches the surface of what is available.\u00a0 There are other continents, other planes of existence, other realities.\u00a0 When I set out all those years ago to create Tellest, it wasn’t a personal playground for myself to seclude myself within.\u00a0 It was an open invitation to anyone with a bright imagination, to anyone with a need for escapism.<\/p>\n
There used to be a motto that I embraced for Tellest that was quietly swept aside because I didn’t have the means to adequately describe it.\u00a0 In days like this, when the third book is out, and people will more readily understand the notions of my – nay, our – written universe, perhaps that description will come more easily.\u00a0 The World is in Your Hands<\/em>.\u00a0 Explore Tellest.\u00a0 Play in it.\u00a0 I fully welcome you to try your hand at crafting tales within the boundaries of the universe that is in place.<\/p>\n After all, there are already others who have begun down that path.<\/p>\n I am not the only writer of the Tellest series of stories anymore.\u00a0 It has been slowly expanding for months, though the foundation has been laid out for far longer.\u00a0 There are small stepping stones that lead to the path, like little whispers drawing you into a place you never realized you stood beside for so long.\u00a0 In only a short while, I’ll be able to share these wonderful yarns with you.<\/p>\n The landscape is changing, but in that change, there are exciting new possibilities.\u00a0 What started as a passionate way to entertain people is transmogrifying into a way to let people entertain themselves, and others.\u00a0 Those of us that are standing in the background can see those gears slowly beginning to turn.\u00a0 Tellest is a clockwork beast that is just starting to wear into its grooves.\u00a0 When it is churning forth and full force, it is going to be a monster to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n Though the world is ever expanding, I refuse to step aside.\u00a0 Tellest is a universe for the people, but it is also a piece of me.\u00a0 It’s a representation of my imagination.\u00a0 It’s a intrinsic part of my being.\u00a0 Tellest may be able to function without me some day, but I could scarcely function without it.<\/p>\n That said, I’d like to take the last few moments of this post to share where my journeys have taken me.\u00a0 <\/p>\n