Seriously though, announcing a new
contest part way through the month was probably not the most well
thought out idea, so, after consulting my wife, I am extending the
contest deadline through the end of November. Now all entries must be
received by me no later than midnight on November 30th. This will
give everyone time to put their short adventures together and time
for me to seek out more sponsors for more prizes!
This also means another month of
Mongols! Which is good, because I have had some epic writer's block
while working on my projects related to the Mongols myself and maybe
I'll be able to actually put out some content with another five weeks
to work with, eh? So far Richard LeBlanc of the Save vs Dragon blog
and New Big Dragon Games has done more to promote my themed month
than I have, and I appreciate it, but I have got to turn this around.
I am currently working on, in no
particular order, a Mongol style Steppe Nomad class for my AD&D
OA project, which is morphing into a LL AEC project; a new campaign
setting that is heavily medieval central Asian/Silk Road/Mongol
flavored; a board game set in that campaign world; a short story set
there too; and I have an idea for a card game to go with it too, not
collectible though, I don't like CCGs. I have been working with a
couple of collaborators on these projects and maybe I could use a
couple more. Art is especially a problem, I can't keep my wife
chained to the drafting table 24/7.
Anyway, the writer's block problem
becomes a bigger issue when you see my project list. It's full of
great ideas that I just can't seem to articulate properly. I have
tried to just push through it by writing about other things, but they
come off kind of rambling too. I tried taking breaks from writing and
just doing other stuff, like reading other people's blogs, reading
books, painting miniatures and I watched every episode of "Sons
of Anarchy" in under a week. I tried getting inspired by looking
at art with a medieval or fantasy Mongol theme. Nothing seems to
work, so I am just going to try and bull my way through the writer's
block. I am going to take another run at the easiest project today-
the Steppe Nomad class and hammer away at it until it's done. Good,
bad or ugly it'll be posted here by tonight.
I'm glad you've extended the deadline. I will probably still try to finish up for the 31st of this month. With trying to finish the d30 Sandbox Companion and possibly jumping into NaGa DeMon, I need as much off my plate as soon as possible. I know how you feel with all your projects.
ReplyDeleteI'm just finishing up 3 weeks of heavy meds for a foot injury and have been completely unproductive for the last month. Your last few posts have inspired me to get working. I have always loved using mongol/nomad cultures in my games. I will have to see what I can come up with for November.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you aboard!
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