Seventh Sanctum

Way With Worlds Book 1 Is Out!

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Way With Worlds Book 1 is out. Go get it in print or kindle. Or both if you want.

If you’re new to the book, it’s a giant guide to worldbuilding, from philosophy of setting creation, to sex, to ecology, and more.  There’s advice, exercises, several lame jokes, and some insights that should give you a different view on creating your settings.  It’s designed to be a manual for the important points of making a setting.

After some sixteen years, this is the next stage in my efforts to bring this old work to life!  First rewrites, now books.  It’s fantastic to see this journey turn into something physical people can hold in their hands!

Certainly it’s not done yet – there’s one more book to drop in November/December (probably December). There’s some smaller followup work. But this marks that transition to the new formats.

My mind still goes back to, when in the midst of the rewrites, someone told me how they’d printed my old columns out when they were younger. It had mattered to them that much, and they remembered it that well. That turned my efforts into more of a mission.

Mission isn’t over yet. Book two drops in November/December (probably December honestly). There’s some followup works I want to do.

But today I can note the next stage of Way With Worlds has started, and it has printed pages and the smell of paper, highlighted with fond memories.

So go on, take a look. There’s thoughts on sex and religion, characters and ecology, and of course plenty of philosophy. In this age, where anyone can put out book or a comic, good worldbuilding is needed more than ever – and is where you can stand out.

– Steve

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Steve’s Update 7/11/2016

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Man, so much going on last week – ranging from work to all the terrible incidents in the world.  Sorry for slow and weird updates.  So where am I?

Way With Worlds Books:

Way With Worlds Book 1 is pretty much done.  I just have to check the print copy one more time.  The Kindle version is looking good, but a Kindle isn’t something requiring tricky page formatting and breaks.  I’m really proud of it – which is good because there’s a few times during editing I got sick of it.

Way With Worlds Book 2 comes back from my editor really soon.  As noted before my plan to edit this one is to experiment with a slower, but more detailed editing pace to see if that’s more efficient.  Still planning to deliver in November, after Thanksgiving.

Oh and the project after those?  Already halfway outlined.  But I’ll keep teasing that . . .

Generators:

Sadly, not a lot of work on these as other things (work) ate into my free time.   Still got my notes, still got my plans, just getting to the point of having time . . . though maybe having three freaking print books in the work in one year was a tad excessive.

And yes, the theme is still food.

Sailor Moon Book:

Final print copy is coming to me.  Kindle copy is over at my co-authors.  We’re going to use this month to confirm it and wait on any more feedback, do some tours and posts in August, and drop late September.  I also should be speaking at some cons on the subject – hopefully both of us thanks to Skype!

And we’ve already got other subjects to write on after this, so stay tuned . . .

Other Writing:

As you’ve seen I’m back to writing about No Man’s Sky – which makes sense as A) I like video games, and B) it involves procedural generation.  I’m going to keep this up until the game comes out – which it looks like it will be doing on time in August!

I’m also queuing up some more items to blog about I think you’ll be interested in, so stay tuned as I always say . . .

 

 

– Steve

Steve’s Update 6/1/2016

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OK got plenty of updates, so what’s been up?

Sailor Moon Book:

  • The Sailor Moon Book is back from the editor – and I plan to tackle it this weekend (fair warning, this might get interrupted). What’ll happen is I’ll go through the edits, then hand off to Bonnie with notes, then a final polish. The book seems pretty solid as is, so I’m quite positive on it.
  • We also are getting the sample cover for the book together, so I hope to do a print test run very early.

Way With Worlds:

  • The sample print copy of Book One worked pretty well – though there were some edits. I’ve got a second copy on the way now and if that works out . . . it’ll be good. So dropping in July looks quite likely!
  • I did note the draft copies that I get are kinda lower quality than final prints.  That has made cover formatting a tad harder.
  • I’m hoping to do some blog promotions on the book – and to share my insights!
  • Book Two is going to definitely be moved to November. The Sailor Moon book drops in September and the followup could be pretty busy. On top of that my editor is swamped so I’m giving her some breathing room.
  • Yes, the followup plans are still in place. Stay tuned – though you may not see them until December 2016 or January 2017.

Skills Transfer Book:

  • I’ve got a little minibook based on my previous column on skill portability. I’m rewriting and expanding the ideas to release a useful 99 cent guide.

Other Works:

  • I realized I sort of got to the end of my Job Skills For The Future posts and am evaluating my next writing goals. Maybe you have ideas . . .

Generators:

  • Yep the theme is still food for 2016, though right now I’m juggling at least 3 generator possibilities. Stay tuned.

Whew, that’s a lot.  How are you doing?

– Steve