Ladies and gentlemen, fans of fantasy, and residents of Tellest, it has been a long while since I last had a big post here on the old website.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been kept fairly busy with the Kickstarter updates and the steady weekly content that you\u2019ve seen here on the site as well, including the chapter by chapter Tales of Tellest releases, interviews, art reveals and encyclopedia entries.<\/p>\n
What I\u2019d like to do now is let you know what we\u2019ve got planned so far for the rest of 2014.<\/p>\n
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A New Look<\/b><\/p>\n
As you can see, the look of the site has changed somewhat\u2026<\/p>\n
One of the things that highlighted our big push for Tellest in the end of 2013 was a new website.\u00a0 Nace Phlaux did a fantastic job of putting everything together in a convenient little package, helping us get to the point where things posted in the right spots automatically, and it all wrapped up with a nice little bow.<\/p>\n
Now, we\u2019ve reached a point where it\u2019s time to update once again.\u00a0 Because of the added content, chapters from the books and novellas and so forth, we need to forge a new path once more.<\/p>\n
We know now that there are still some tweaks that we can make to push the website even further, from giving it a unique personality all its own, to helping with readability.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to continue to bring you great content, and we hope to be able to expand the amount as well.<\/p>\n
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Tales of Tellest and The Child of the Stars<\/b><\/p>\n
We\u2019re pushing ahead full steam with the Tales of Tellest series, and I\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll be able to maintain that momentum.\u00a0 The third tale is in edit mode right now, and I\u2019m on the back half of writing the Awake<\/i>, with hopes that it\u2019ll be ready to be swapped over to Nace\u2019s hands when he is done with the The Tinker\u2019s Tale<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The fifth story, The Fall<\/i>, is going a little bit more smoothly because I have more time to work on it, and I knew better where that story was going.\u00a0 It also doesn\u2019t hurt that the plot is awesome.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, we are taking a step back to the Child of the Stars trilogy once more, because Leo is hard at work on the cover for Bindings of Fate!\u00a0 We\u2019re in the preliminary phase, where he\u2019s working on sketches and we\u2019re coming to agreement on what works best for the piece.\u00a0 That looks like it\u2019ll be right on schedule for a big May rerelease.<\/p>\n
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Side Project<\/b><\/p>\n
I am always very tenuous when it comes to announcing a new project when it doesn\u2019t pertain strictly to writing.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working in the shadows with a couple other people though, and I think it\u2019s time to reveal what else has been going on.<\/p>\n
Those that have followed my blog for a while know that I\u2019ve always been very passionate about games and game design.\u00a0 I\u2019ve often said that I wanted to bring a game into the mix for Tellest, and we\u2019re getting to the point of late where one is starting to come together.<\/p>\n
Now, we\u2019ve been down this path before.\u00a0 I\u2019ve started preproduction on a title once upon a time and seen it fall to pieces.\u00a0 This time though, I feel like something is a little different.\u00a0 I\u2019m working with another designer and artist, and he\u2019s just as interested in the project as I am.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to give away too many details just yet, because it is still early in preproduction, but it\u2019ll highlight Steel Tip\u2019s arrival on mainland Draconis, in the country of Daltain.<\/p>\n
When we are ready for a big push, we\u2019ll likely use the website as a kind of developer\u2019s diary.\u00a0 The fans of Tellest have been integral in just about everything we\u2019ve done so far, and the game is likely going to need the same kind of sense of community.<\/p>\n
Coming off the heels of what I\u2019d consider a monumentally successful Kickstarter campaign, I\u2019d be foolish not to try and secure the same kind of release structure for this game, so be on the lookout for details over the next few months regarding this development.<\/p>\n
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Other than that, it\u2019s business as usual here at Tellest.\u00a0 We\u2019re still interested in how to best help out other writers, so the monthly writing prompts are continuing.\u00a0 For now, we\u2019re trying to set ourselves in place a little more firmly, and if that should go well, we\u2019ll begin taking submissions for full length novels, but that\u2019s still just a bit into the future.<\/p>\n
Thanks everyone for making this the best year so far for us.\u00a0 We can\u2019t wait to bring more great stories and content your way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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