tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76362366203086150312024-03-10T23:20:27.662-04:00ety3rd: Kobol and BeyondDetailing the process of writing novels about the ancient days of Kobol, as referenced in Battlestar Galactica, plus other novels and stories. Expect pictures, Kobollian/Colonial history lessons and much more. Expect SPOILERS of both "Battlestar Galactica" and "Caprica."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-41860823051202631042024-01-24T08:26:00.001-05:002024-01-24T08:26:07.149-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part XI: Finally, "Lords of Kobol - Special Edition" available for download everywhere!<p>It took a month-plus, but <i>Lords of Kobol - Collection: Special Edition </i>is now available for download from multiple retailers. The links are below; a needlessly detailed recounting of what happened immediately follows.</p><p>So <i>LoK SE </i>was published on Smashwords on Dec. 8. Smashwords is the free site through which I publish my books. Because I can't charge for my <i>BSG</i>-related work and Smashwords lets me make books free to download, it makes sense. And, Smashwords has what they call the "premium catalog," which means they distribute it to other online retailers (Apple, B&N, etc. ... not Amazon; they won't let me charge $0.00) Typically, it takes about four-ish days for a book to be uploaded and then get distributed elsewhere.</p><p>Not this time.</p><p>When I publish through Smashwords, I upload a Microsoft Word "doc" file which then gets converted into everything else. <i>LoK SE</i> is a large book with a LARGE amount of hyperlinking inside. The Word file is 1,314 pages long and 13.8 MB. There are over 400 chapters, plus commentary on about 85% of those chapters. Fifty images. It's big. The problem, as it turns out, was the table of contents. Not the one I made; the one that was automatically generated. </p><p>If you've read the book, you know there's a table of contents that links to all the chapters, the maps, etc. At the end of most chapters, there's a link to the author's commentary on that chapter. Each of these links require two things: a bookmark and a hyperlink. For example, for chapter one of <i>Book One</i>, I select the heading for that chapter, click "insert bookmark," and give it a name ("I1" - for <i>Book One</i>, chapter one). Then, in the table of contents, I highlight "I - PYTHIA," click "insert link," select "place in this document," and then the "I1" bookmark. So I had to insert bookmarks and hyperlinks for all 420-ish chapters, plus the maps, prefaces, the acknowledgements at the end, the list of other books, etc. That's 430 pairs of bookmarks and links. This doesn't include the commentary. I'm guesstimating that there are about 350 "author's commentary" sections, which means that's another 350 pairs of bookmarks and links. Because the automatically generated table of contents looks for these bookmarks, that's a whole mess of stuff that could end up in the ToC that shouldn't be there.</p><p>(This does not include the "hidden bookmarks" that Word creates for some godsdamned reason every time you open the file, make a change, or look at the screen funny. By the time I was ready to upload the finished doc file, there were literally thousands of these bastards. I had to create a macro in Word to delete them all because doing so by hand would have been impossible.)</p><p>So, when I uploaded the <i>LoK SE</i> doc file, the system struggled to reconcile the ToC as I had it (just the chapters, maps, etc.) against the massive number of other bookmarks not in that ToC. The epub file generated by Smashwords, when downloaded and its ToC opened, included scores of oddball links at the end, plus missing legitimate links.</p><p>After conversation with Smashwords support (shoutout to Matt T.), I learned that there is a special way to create bookmarks you don't want in that auto-generated ToC. Prefixing a bookmark with "ref_" means the auto-generator will ignore it and it won't end up in the epub's ToC. That means every "author's commentary" bookmark would need to be edited to add "ref_" at the start and every link pointing to those bookmarks would need to be redone, too. </p><p>Needless to say, this took a while.*</p><p>Reupload. Better, but still had bad, "stray" links in the ToC and missing links, too. Edited and reuploaded again. No change.</p><p>At this point, I decided to the back-and-forth navigation was just too complex. Support said a well-crafted epub file would likely be the solution (and Smashwords allows those uploads, too). I started down that path with the program Calibre. Days later, the epub file was finished and I uploaded it. I downloaded the epub from Smashwords and it looked OK ... but would it pass review and get in the premium catalog? Nearly a week later, the answer was "yes." </p><p>TL;DR: here are the links:</p><p><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1491527" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> (in all file formats)<br /><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id6476576565" target="_blank">Apple</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940167673243" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br /><a href="https://www.everand.com/search?query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Everand</a><br /><a href="https://www.gardners.com/Search/KeywordAnonymous/eBook?Keyword=9798215867099" target="_blank">Gardners</a><br /><a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br /><a href="https://marketplace.odilo.us/opac/?query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Odilo</a></p><p>Please, download the book from your online service of choice. But, most importantly, be sure you give it a rating and leave reviews wherever you can. This helps spread the word and get more readers on board. I really appreciate it and hope you enjoy it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXLb4H6Y_WyYA014RLjMxK-Qh0UvA6QXxTNrK4bk9X1Bp_Zzcqe_i_EGf-iajgTuGZQVmP8oNOtcABX5o_Z3CApzPUluYipvpZeYK9PfA1eGrBcFtZWgE0HBemjb2p-cntD0DNdVRHBpYBHZIZbTMJ63dWLiF41uaScuwye8Y58omoZ1EIvmupgehqIo/s800/LOK-SE_5-STARS.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXLb4H6Y_WyYA014RLjMxK-Qh0UvA6QXxTNrK4bk9X1Bp_Zzcqe_i_EGf-iajgTuGZQVmP8oNOtcABX5o_Z3CApzPUluYipvpZeYK9PfA1eGrBcFtZWgE0HBemjb2p-cntD0DNdVRHBpYBHZIZbTMJ63dWLiF41uaScuwye8Y58omoZ1EIvmupgehqIo/w266-h400/LOK-SE_5-STARS.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p>* - Holy shit. <i>Colonies of Kobol - Special Edition</i> is going to take forever. That's well over 500 chapters and author's commentary sections. It'll take weeks to get it in shape, but at least I knew I would be starting with an epub file thanks to the <a href="https://ety3rd.blogspot.com/2023/03/writing-special-editions-part-iv.html" target="_blank">15MB Wall</a>. I better get started now if I want it to be ready to go for March 15.</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-20822258247494754642023-12-08T11:32:00.007-05:002024-01-24T06:53:48.237-05:00"Lords of Kobol - Collection: Special Edition" - DOWNLOAD NOW!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9podFPu0VJLH5m5o5NzNdKy8ELvOdqXZ-L36uRs8PFFPjDynHBk5jH1cmzwEzBpCzvloVJyYBRUMVW76g-LXxO188ra-4p2GNoBtLj1hyphenhyphenJGi68zrFYthDWWfQYgOc2lqRbIB5ix4DzS_xTM_H7wlOS-NAjfN-u1g8qptzDQXo1o5xuNb2Pyq5Fp1idg/s800/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9podFPu0VJLH5m5o5NzNdKy8ELvOdqXZ-L36uRs8PFFPjDynHBk5jH1cmzwEzBpCzvloVJyYBRUMVW76g-LXxO188ra-4p2GNoBtLj1hyphenhyphenJGi68zrFYthDWWfQYgOc2lqRbIB5ix4DzS_xTM_H7wlOS-NAjfN-u1g8qptzDQXo1o5xuNb2Pyq5Fp1idg/w426-h640/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">All five acclaimed <i>Lords of Kobol </i>books collected in a single volume ...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thousands of years before the Cylons destroyed the Twelve Colonies and the Battlestar <i>Galactica </i>led
a ragtag fleet to Earth, the Lords of Kobol lived among mankind in
peace and harmony. Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, Ares ... the gods
provided and the people worshipped. But who or what were they? In <i>Book One: Apotheosis</i>,
see Kobol in its golden age, with gods and humanity working together,
and witness the creation and exodus of the Thirteenth Tribe. In <i>Book Two: Descent</i>, learn the origins of the Olympians and the tale of their coming to Kobol, as well as their war against non-believers. In <i>Book Three: The Final Exodus</i>, watch the end of the Pantheon's reign as Cylons revolt and mankind flees for the Twelve Colonies. In <i>Prelude: Of Gods and Titans</i>,
spend more time with Zeus and the gods, and meet their parents, the
Titans, and observe the beginning of the cycle. And in the background of
it all, The One True God and its Messengers seek to preserve humanity
in the face of doom. Finally, in <i>Alternate: Tales from Ancient Days</i>, read a different take on the end of the world and how the gods played their parts.
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This is the <b>definitive </b>special edition collection of these five
works, complete with deleted chapters, behind-the-scenes information,
art, pics, and author's commentary. Learn all about the writing of
these tales, connections to the <i>Battlestar Galactica </i>and <i>Caprica</i> TV shows, and much more.
<br /><br />
There is a Plan and questions will be answered.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Available for free from:</p><p><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1491527" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> (in all file formats)<br /><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id6476576565" target="_blank">Apple</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940167673243" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br /><a href="https://www.everand.com/search?query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Everand</a><br /><a href="https://www.gardners.com/Search/KeywordAnonymous/eBook?Keyword=9798215867099" target="_blank">Gardners</a><br /><a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br /><a href="https://marketplace.odilo.us/opac/?query=9798215867099" target="_blank">Odilo</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Please rate and review where you got it! Spread the word!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-51940726058460019502023-11-24T16:55:00.009-05:002023-11-24T16:55:55.380-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part X: LoK is Locked!<p>I've finished another read-through of the <i>Lords of Kobol - Collection: Special Edition</i>. Didn't change much at all, so I believe I'm at the "walk away" point. I'm locking it and eagerly anticipating publishing it on Friday, December 8. Two weeks from today and right on schedule.</p><p>For kicks, I created this graphic showing the various covers I used over the last twelve years:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH387Ekweb8s9ckUVvUwIE_NsMDWcf0O6FwzPfNW51yb3Sl7PCRlPVzXspItmEtFQiPK5vmiooipCeVFwEk0BHWzA1pyB6kaMkKoSL7QR6LgVW0Mee5nPBEtz-vAuepDwplSVrFhIST2WZmdYdRHpOY2zEypIdZ1j4JtdWiqxec4NdgC15bkbSXFSV-kM/s1125/LOK_all-covers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH387Ekweb8s9ckUVvUwIE_NsMDWcf0O6FwzPfNW51yb3Sl7PCRlPVzXspItmEtFQiPK5vmiooipCeVFwEk0BHWzA1pyB6kaMkKoSL7QR6LgVW0Mee5nPBEtz-vAuepDwplSVrFhIST2WZmdYdRHpOY2zEypIdZ1j4JtdWiqxec4NdgC15bkbSXFSV-kM/w356-h400/LOK_all-covers.png" width="356" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click to embiggen</i></div></i><p>(Doesn't include the "marble edition" covers since those were never actually published.)</p><p>I'll make another post in a week or so detailing the timing of it but if you're following me on social media, it'll be hard for you to miss it. (<a href="https://linktr.ee/ety3rd" target="_blank">Here's my Linktree page so you can get a quick look at my social accounts and choose whichever one floats your boat.</a>)</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-41914592954620203262023-11-08T14:17:00.010-05:002023-11-08T14:17:48.853-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part IX: ONE MONTH AWAY<p>Just finishing up my last readthrough ... Thankfully, I'm not having to change much. Just dotting "i"s and the like.</p><p>It's almost done.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ScREWCJz45YwO-EhTk2FA8CRZYBLKqyE-cf5qPqaov1g4ZTaXMceB2CqZC6chu80IgIvRh-FlvXg4Nd8i-gKaF7fYHghFRqH79NwGC3J0_4nvWyowxstM5KkaInuCHMwSSnUFmvZOGbfzcn45136OqzrXvcPECIIaNWh_xQfGsIbvN9eeOqF6R12z_o/s800/LOK-cover-800-w-dates.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ScREWCJz45YwO-EhTk2FA8CRZYBLKqyE-cf5qPqaov1g4ZTaXMceB2CqZC6chu80IgIvRh-FlvXg4Nd8i-gKaF7fYHghFRqH79NwGC3J0_4nvWyowxstM5KkaInuCHMwSSnUFmvZOGbfzcn45136OqzrXvcPECIIaNWh_xQfGsIbvN9eeOqF6R12z_o/w426-h640/LOK-cover-800-w-dates.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-63688424442224871282023-09-18T21:11:00.001-04:002023-09-18T21:11:23.718-04:00Writing the Special Editions Part VIII: One More Time!<p>A brief update to let everyone know that I've begun the second complete (cover-to-cover) readthrough of the <i>Lords of Kobol Collection</i>. </p><p>I'll be making sure all the links are correct, checking for errors, mistakes, and so on, ... stuff like that. I'll also be evaluating the commentary I wrote a few months back to ensure that it's still what I want to be out there, inextricably tied to the "definitive version" of these novels. </p><p>I'm also keeping an eye on that <a href="https://ety3rd.blogspot.com/2023/03/writing-special-editions-part-iv.html" target="_blank">15MB wall</a>, but that wasn't a major issue with the <i>LoK Special Edition</i>. </p><p>Everything is still on track for it to be released on the twentieth anniversary of the <i>BSG</i> miniseries ...</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">December 8.</span></p><p>Thanks for reading.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNPVxBScToGFzszSXTrc1uHMQjPha-gYYwwdocOLB_ri9Sn_q24NgqSqdVZkUHEAWlidaPm9hk0XY4FGHSPCRuy5Qqe3YHV2gM6D3Nx-cHLKea55V3RIwEKAw9KOUhIG49BpGI0H5UHdFq4Yg7-u5fGv_DBdK1dJa5Fk7c64pxEy6WTI74KY4REDg9kI/s800/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNPVxBScToGFzszSXTrc1uHMQjPha-gYYwwdocOLB_ri9Sn_q24NgqSqdVZkUHEAWlidaPm9hk0XY4FGHSPCRuy5Qqe3YHV2gM6D3Nx-cHLKea55V3RIwEKAw9KOUhIG49BpGI0H5UHdFq4Yg7-u5fGv_DBdK1dJa5Fk7c64pxEy6WTI74KY4REDg9kI/w426-h640/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-67162713766195653312023-07-14T12:57:00.006-04:002023-12-01T13:28:45.404-05:00How the Strikes Will Impact Your Favorite Shows (and Conventions)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2CDfXhaMYzXLH3dWuA2RQYoD_jM3tEpARtB9orfiSwJ3MKsr6oiGEadYmbltTBgh-ka4dD11fguJLsvCYnokdoR6mm0LxCWLTzBT95Rw3O7KFNdmIzEkQpS0GuYNERnX6yF05LOgzSIn-1dzkzPPLdHre7p8d1lyeD5Gsc8PSMiTIhfo6000JIlPKms/s777/wgastrike-trektday2023-head.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="777" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2CDfXhaMYzXLH3dWuA2RQYoD_jM3tEpARtB9orfiSwJ3MKsr6oiGEadYmbltTBgh-ka4dD11fguJLsvCYnokdoR6mm0LxCWLTzBT95Rw3O7KFNdmIzEkQpS0GuYNERnX6yF05LOgzSIn-1dzkzPPLdHre7p8d1lyeD5Gsc8PSMiTIhfo6000JIlPKms/w400-h225/wgastrike-trektday2023-head.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pic from TrekMovie.com</i></div><p>(For an article that speaks more generally, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hollywood-actors-strike-how-would-it-hit-tv-shows-movies-2023-07-13/" target="_blank">click here</a>. I'll be focusing on <i>Star Trek</i> because, let's face it, the strikes have <b>nothing </b>to do with why we haven't heard anything about the new <i>Galactica</i> show.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA5UDKomAhcCTEOLs1pRmLBKnAurOLeUxZl9krYvyaEDHNagCWnvV1FsvizKnGts91cUamv8dtHo6YH9umv86JglFTMJ0swr8t0RDJ5LiYayyMs2IiDBfbsgWHodTzUfzZgsH1o-enkD8bmewjVFqO98CXfkdZ7Y1ivVBm3l_zUnkiYmaMfOHY-mJMOA/s640/cylon_replaced-credit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA5UDKomAhcCTEOLs1pRmLBKnAurOLeUxZl9krYvyaEDHNagCWnvV1FsvizKnGts91cUamv8dtHo6YH9umv86JglFTMJ0swr8t0RDJ5LiYayyMs2IiDBfbsgWHodTzUfzZgsH1o-enkD8bmewjVFqO98CXfkdZ7Y1ivVBm3l_zUnkiYmaMfOHY-mJMOA/w400-h300/cylon_replaced-credit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Although, this pic feels appropriate, too.</i></div><p>The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wga-writers-strike-demands-d403f5b4666f20e2ce3e379bcaef5f2a" target="_blank">Writer's Guild of America</a> went on strike in May. The actors guild (<a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a44506329/sag-aftra-actors-strike-hollywood-explained/" target="_blank">SAG-AFTRA</a>) began theirs on Thursday. Among the demands from both camps are 1) an updated compensation structure that deals with streaming content more fairly and 2) restrictions on the usage of AI and other computer tools that perform the duties from either union. (After all, <a href="https://twitter.com/GarrettRWang/status/456569754841403393" target="_blank">ensigns should make more than this</a> and <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/14/actors_strike_gen_ai/" target="_blank">extras shouldn't have to worry about being in their own version of "Joan Is Awful."</a>)</p><p>(And outside of the writers and actors, one mustn't forget the contributions of the many scores of people behind-the-scenes who make these shows possible. They, too, will be out of work. Visual Effects Production Manager <a href="https://twitter.com/shawnvfx" target="_blank">Shawn Ewashko</a> has tweeted praises about the team he's assembled for <i>Trek</i> live action going forward, but he's also worried that prolonged strikes could decimate that team as its members have to find other work to feed their families.)</p><p>Both strikes have come at <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/paramount-global-q1-loss-earnings-streaming-dividend-1235603078/" target="_blank">a time of desperation for Paramount</a> and when <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/paramount-pictures-studio-spinoff-1234877583/" target="_blank">its future is clouded</a>. Any discussion of post-strike Paramount and <i>Trek</i> would be pure speculation at this point, so I will focus on the productions that are already greenlit and at various stages of completion.</p><p><b>DISCOVERY</b>: As we all know, after filming on the fifth season was wrapped last November, Paramount canceled the show in March. New scenes were written to wrap up the series and pickup shoots were planned shortly thereafter. <a href="https://twitter.com/michelleparadis/status/1650199803043942401" target="_blank">A tweet from showrunner Michelle Paradise</a> indicates that filming for those pickups began in late April, so we can speculate that the filming is complete by now. Post-production is still underway on <i>DIS</i> season five and that should continue unabated.</p><p><b>STRANGE NEW WORLDS</b>: The show was renewed for season three and writing was completed before the WGA strike in May, however, the series <a href="https://trekcentral.net/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-3-production-delayed/" target="_blank">delayed its production start in solidarity with the WGA</a>. Once the strikes are over, <i>SNW</i> will likely resume shortly afterward.</p><p><b>LOWER DECKS</b>: Voice actors are also on strike, but the recording for season four was completed last year. Assuming it's not already finished, the show is in the hands of the animators and should be released as planned. A fifth season was ordered in March, but production on that will have to wait until after the strikes. (Writing for animation is handled by a different guild than the WGA.)</p><p><b>PRODIGY</b>: (sigh) Despite its cancellation (more precisely, renewal reversal), the second season is nearing completion. (The voice acting was complete.) The Emmy-nominated series is being shopped to other streaming services and <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodAaron/status/1678428155999322112" target="_blank">producers are confident it will find a home</a>. </p><p><b>SECTION 31</b>: While a writers room for this show existed <a href="https://trekmovie.com/2020/08/26/alex-kurtman-says-writing-team-building-a-very-surprising-section-31-star-trek-series/" target="_blank">way back in 2020</a>, it hasn't been said publicly if the conversion of that series into a single film was completed before the strike began in May (making <i>S31</i> into a movie was announced in March, so I'm sure that some work was already underway). Regardless, production has not yet begun and won't until after the strikes.</p><p><b>STARFLEET ACADEMY</b>: Perhaps not as long as <i>S31</i>, but <i>SA</i> has had a writers room for a while and it was <a href="https://bleedingcool.com/tv/star-trek-tawny-newsome-joins-starfleet-academy-writers-room/" target="_blank">already active when the series was announced in March</a>. However, like <i>S31</i>, no production is expected for a while.</p><p><b>LEGACY</b>: (Not greenlit, but the people want it.) <a href="https://trekmovie.com/2023/06/14/akiva-goldsman-says-appetite-for-star-trek-legacy-spinoff-from-picard-is-undeniable/" target="_blank">One of the powers that be</a> says the "appetite for it is undeniable," but there won't be any discussion about it officially until the strike(s) are over.</p><p><b>Conventions</b>: You may not have seen this coming, but there's a <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1679593900217102336" target="_blank">long list of things striking actors can't do</a>. Sure, SAG-AFTRA members cannot film their roles, but they can't promote them, either. That means no conventions. (I'm not sure what's going to happen at <a href="https://trekmovie.com/2023/07/08/paramount-comic-con-2023-star-trek-panel-to-focus-on-discovery-lower-decks-and-strange-new-worlds/" target="_blank">Comic-Con</a> then.) It is unclear at the moment if an actor from a legacy show (like <i>TNG, DS9</i>, etc.) can appear at a convention. <a href="https://twitter.com/ShimermanArmin/status/1679929991193329664" target="_blank">Armin Shimerman is looking for more info</a> while a tweet from <a href="https://twitter.com/ansonmount/status/1679849921963237377" target="_blank">Anson Mount</a> suggests that they can make a "personal appearance," so long as they aren't promoting anything specific.</p><p>And now you're up to speed. Let's hope the compensation for writers and actors both can enter the 21st century and end this thing before too long.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-30693127812087319232023-06-04T18:48:00.000-04:002023-06-04T18:48:11.680-04:00Writing the Special Editions Part VII: "Colonies" is Done<p>Well, it took a couple of months, but the commentary for <i>Colonies of Kobol</i> is complete. The whole thing is 2,631 pages in Word with about 400 being the added commentary. That's a <i>lot</i> of pics, show connections, linguistic discussions, and so on. A lot.</p><p>You may recall a previous blog post wherein I was worried about the file size. Well, yeah. That's still a concern. (Warning: lots of talk about how the sausage is made follows.)</p><p>Smashwords, the ebook publishing site I use, has a limit of 15MB when it comes to uploading .doc files. The final version of <i>CoK SE</i> (with low-quality images) is 20.1MB. So that's out. However, they also allow uploading epub files and the limit on those is 20MB.</p><p>I've experimented with this and here's how it went. Calibre can make epub files from .docx files, so I converted the book from .doc to .docx and then ran it through Calibre. I don't know what black magic it utilizes, but the final epub file was only 5.9MB. Seeing that, I decided to create a version of the book with high-quality images. Well, that .doc file was 33MB, but after converting it to an epub, it was 18.7MB. Huzzah!</p><p>But there's a problem. Smashwords apparently employs rigorous standards for the epubs they allow to be published and their site specifically mentioned Calibre (and other programs) as often providing files that get rejected. They run the epubs through EPUBCHECK, which is apparently a standard for those files agreed upon by some sort of international cabal. I downloaded a program that allows me to check the files myself and, expecting the worst, I went ahead and ran <i>CoK SE</i> through. To my unending surprise, it got a green check mark and "OK."</p><p>I mean, my formatting isn't crazy because Smashwords also has rigorous criteria for their .doc uploads. I assumed with all of my footnotes and links to and fro in 90%+ chapters, it would throw off something. But it didn't. </p><p>I'm cautiously optimistic for next March when <i>CoK SE</i> will be published. My plan is to upload the epub to Smashwords and see what happens. If it ends up getting rejected, I'll have a contingency standing by, perhaps the barebones "no commentary" version that barely fit under 15MB but includes links to my Google Drive with the full version.</p><p>So there you go. I'll let both <i>LoK SE</i> and <i>CoK SE</i> sit and marinate for a bit. Then, in the fall, I'll give the commentaries another pass and be ready to publish the first one in December. As planned.</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhsKfZdgb_r9RTm8Zi79NVDsL6-cm9kl140u70LeVxwC7Y5Ka2RaH-3YAI5wUM0NIg8Xrmc4-u-TnCiQZv8ec8UJykslBXDgutylX2AwAlI4w8ebqwoGQ4hbbamHux2koiedDQQ5irzDIfCRD4IEML0kHqkyQOn4ypvYjMTDsixDeWndo3fQSHcaO/s1066/LOK-COK-covers-800.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhsKfZdgb_r9RTm8Zi79NVDsL6-cm9kl140u70LeVxwC7Y5Ka2RaH-3YAI5wUM0NIg8Xrmc4-u-TnCiQZv8ec8UJykslBXDgutylX2AwAlI4w8ebqwoGQ4hbbamHux2koiedDQQ5irzDIfCRD4IEML0kHqkyQOn4ypvYjMTDsixDeWndo3fQSHcaO/w400-h300/LOK-COK-covers-800.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-55020632535737652612023-05-19T12:18:00.006-04:002023-05-19T12:18:42.672-04:00Writing the Special Editions Part VI: An Unseen Pic and Commentary<p> I'm currently in the middle of the Cylon War on my first pass through the Special Edition of <i>Colonies of Kobol</i>. I'm having a lot of fun rereading this and writing my thoughts in there, including pics and other stuff, references to the shows, translating the Tauran dialogue, ...</p><p>At any rate, I thought you might enjoy a sample piece of the commentary, along with a map I created while I wrote <i>Book Thirteen: Caprica</i>, but didn't end up publishing in the final version of <i>Volume Three</i>.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">In this chapter, we have the first mention of specific
sectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On screen, the only sector
mentioned was Sector Twelve, which included the location of Djerba in <i>Blood
& Chrome</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to its proximity
to Scorpia and the blue interstellar gases visible, I determined that Sector Twelve
was in or near Helios Gamma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I doodled
and scribbled for a while and eventually came up with a rudimentary map:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicLbY38_NhBjHBh2FTEjdUH5BVSAMIh2iOjAehYUadsj7FYLdxkVALCNufNy4_JZl6rs7dGG0m1JmJMsqrNXqurUmI62fBwaq65xUpemk5PFIHCM8x1aYbQOUH6miRNI1-MYY5V_GLVZWtJz8k7isEAz3MS9cNV8hJ5JPjtJZBJxmALl9JEIeQooP/s850/helios-sector-map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicLbY38_NhBjHBh2FTEjdUH5BVSAMIh2iOjAehYUadsj7FYLdxkVALCNufNy4_JZl6rs7dGG0m1JmJMsqrNXqurUmI62fBwaq65xUpemk5PFIHCM8x1aYbQOUH6miRNI1-MYY5V_GLVZWtJz8k7isEAz3MS9cNV8hJ5JPjtJZBJxmALl9JEIeQooP/w453-h640/helios-sector-map.png" width="453" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><p>Let me state up front that I didn't want to publish this in
the final book because I wasn't happy with the way it looked, plus I couldn't
figure out how to deal with overlapping sectors between systems, how far out
from each system the sector should spread, would there be sectors in the Gulf?,
and so on.</p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">In the end, I decided that there were twenty sectors
overall. Sectors Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and
Delta are comprised of the main planets of each respective solar system, but a solar
system is much bigger than just the orbits of its planets. There are Kuiper Belts, Oort Clouds, and
more. Simplified for the purposes of
this book, however, I primarily worried about the Outer Belt (aka Kuiper Belt) where dwarf
planets, tylium, ores, water, etc., can be found. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">So why are the other sectors numbered that way? Well, for Sector Twelve, I knew it had to be
in Gamma and I knew I wanted it closer to the Gulf so Husker and Coker's Raptor
could reach that sector in something approaching a reasonable amount of
time. As for the rest, I dunno. It made sense to me at the time I made it. I recall thinking the first sector of each
system would be anchored to its "corner." (For example, since Alpha is in the lower
left from this perspective at this time, its first sector is in the lower left
corner, and the others go from there.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Let's just say the military likes to complicate things and
move past it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-42593729761825982642023-05-03T14:18:00.001-04:002023-05-03T14:18:08.456-04:00Writing the Special Editions Part V: Halfway Point on 'Colonies'<p>Well, a little beyond halfway, I suppose.</p><p>Here's the screen where I am now (nearing the end of <i>Picon</i>):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPnoiKD6RtiCZNprA3GrkjMIqTPejz-DswQIIsd4VIqyrZRK3lthI7cAb5dFJF3cx9636TcdCEbKhZztwAvKpB3Vwpfxkctc8DxEUIPeG5rPxHDxfrf2qazV5L2W-jMKgEw7mbdtmNhG12RXZfXGwxkuw65yUsPYqGoXfIQPo7HbC_hC2rwaO21sV/s1920/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPnoiKD6RtiCZNprA3GrkjMIqTPejz-DswQIIsd4VIqyrZRK3lthI7cAb5dFJF3cx9636TcdCEbKhZztwAvKpB3Vwpfxkctc8DxEUIPeG5rPxHDxfrf2qazV5L2W-jMKgEw7mbdtmNhG12RXZfXGwxkuw65yUsPYqGoXfIQPo7HbC_hC2rwaO21sV/w400-h225/Untitled.png" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Feel free to embiggen so you can get a sample of the commentary.</i></div></i><p>So far, it's been a great deal of fun, even though I just read, edited, re-read, and published these books last year. Ideally, I'd like to be able to wait a decade to read and write the commentary on <i>Colonies</i>, like I did with <i>Lords of Kobol</i>, but it makes sense to release the special edition of <i>Colonies</i> sooner rather than later.</p><p>Lots of details are in the commentary, including translations of "foreign" dialogue, inspirations for characters or events, funny stories, sad stories ... it's been enjoyable and kinda therapeutic.</p><p>Still on track for <i>LoK SE</i> to be released in December and <i>CoK SE</i> to be released next March. As for the 15MB "wall" I posted about a few months ago, I'm still working on it. I think I'll be able to get around it on way or another.</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-22950213911061726392023-03-21T18:28:00.008-04:002024-01-24T08:24:56.580-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part IV: Hitting the 15MB Wall and a POLL<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXT8NO267vPuO8el3f-DVcHecYCMiVdCD47j8Zy5YcwbJSPO1O3lT52flyt3xthvj4CxNA7jUIX-u0zRrkLE9tQi6q1Gidngs9qJ5EWwzO70icg_Cwmflljpe3z2YnJ0n_86baAupST1OzQBsfhYtrwrCMP0LGoyJ87QHIVsW9w9egY8adZevg0Pp/s612/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="612" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXT8NO267vPuO8el3f-DVcHecYCMiVdCD47j8Zy5YcwbJSPO1O3lT52flyt3xthvj4CxNA7jUIX-u0zRrkLE9tQi6q1Gidngs9qJ5EWwzO70icg_Cwmflljpe3z2YnJ0n_86baAupST1OzQBsfhYtrwrCMP0LGoyJ87QHIVsW9w9egY8adZevg0Pp/w400-h248/Untitled.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I'm hitting a wall. And it's 15MB high.</p><p>How big is 15MB? Well, that will get you about one minute of an HD movie. About one quarter of a podcast. About ten high-quality photos. </p><p>On the ebook publishing site Smashwords, that's the maximum file size allowed for an uploaded book.</p><p>Smashwords is the site I've used for all my books, primarily because they allow me to publish free ebooks (since I can't charge for my <i>BSG</i> spinoffs) and because they convert the source file into just about any format for ebook readers.</p><p>When I finished <i>Lords of Kobol Special Edition</i>, I was concerned about the file size since I added a bunch of pics and such in the commentary. The total at the end of it was 13.7MB. </p><p>I knew, when it came to <i>Colonies of Kobol Special Edition</i>, I would be in trouble.</p><p>I have since sorted all 526 chapters from the three volumes into near-chronological order and I finished the laborious task of bookmarking/hyperlinking the chapters for the Table of Contents. I was well over the limit. I reduced the quality of the pics to blurry-ass JPGs ... still over. I deleted all of the maps ... over again. I deleted all but the two most important (low-quality) pics in the book ... 14.8MB, as you see above.</p><p>"Whew," you're thinking. "You did it!"</p><p>No. No, I have not.</p><p>I haven't even started the author's commentary yet. For me, that's the most important part. I really enjoyed reading <i>Lords of Kobol</i> again and writing my thoughts about it right afterward, sharing stories of its creation, where ideas came from, pictures and maps, homages I included, linguistic jokes and tricks, and so on. Since I just finished <i>Colonies</i> a little over a year ago, all of that info is fresh in my head and I won't have to rely upon my archives of old Word files or ancient blogposts to fill in the blanks. I have PLENTY of thoughts to share on <i>Colonies</i>, stories to tell about its inspirations, LOADS of linguistic insight, connections to the TV series, pics and maps and flags and covers, and much, much more. I desperately want to have that info readily available for readers in the same way it will be for readers of <i>LoK</i>.</p><p>Unless Smashwords changes their file size limit, I can't.</p><p>But ... I have an idea. And a Plan. (You <i>BSG </i>fans should like that.)</p><p><strike>Here's the Plan: I'll publish what I have now via Smashwords next March. For most readers I'm sure, they'll be happy to have all three volumes in one ebook and with the chapters sorted in chronological order. For those readers who want all of the additional information (and to salve my own ego), I will have, standing by, a FULL VERSION of the <i>Special Edition</i> ready to be downloaded from some file sharing site. This will be the version of the book I'd make if Smashwords had no limit. I will place links to that version right at the beginning of the Smashwords 15MB edition so readers can't miss it. Then, they can choose if they want the whole shebang or decide they're happy with what they've got. </strike></p><p><strike>Meanwhile, I'll keep checking Smashwords to see if they decide to up their file limit in the next year. The FULL VERSION will be ready to go, if they do.</strike></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><strike>TAKE A POLL: Which version of <i>Colonies of Kobol - Special Edition</i> are you likely to download?</strike></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://take.supersurvey.com/poll4750741x4c504Cc2-147" target="_blank"><strike>VOTE HERE</strike></a></span></b></p><p>NEW PLAN: I'm going with the epub file from the get-go. I've tested it before and a fully annotated and illustrated <i>Special Edition</i> comes under the 20MB limit, so no worries there. </p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-36652421652899718492023-03-12T18:38:00.003-04:002023-03-17T14:40:13.666-04:00Writing the Special Editions Part III: Lords of Kobol is finished ... for now<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjll3qF7zYcyRa38Bd_scSVmGW1siayEPuOXhHEqOfm_KRU99SfM5rz8EADal8qM6tieOYQxIZuxtL3zrzQBRLLuoADBdy-xbgfSLsYyU8CfMJ_k9iNzKZLHFZCAG0DiqEYbNjRRNdzM86_59M9ipaHtNfoDvNd6dYnMhBii9C9Xj9cUxnxuQ9WeJv/s1000/all-LOK-books-LG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjll3qF7zYcyRa38Bd_scSVmGW1siayEPuOXhHEqOfm_KRU99SfM5rz8EADal8qM6tieOYQxIZuxtL3zrzQBRLLuoADBdy-xbgfSLsYyU8CfMJ_k9iNzKZLHFZCAG0DiqEYbNjRRNdzM86_59M9ipaHtNfoDvNd6dYnMhBii9C9Xj9cUxnxuQ9WeJv/w400-h120/all-LOK-books-LG.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Took about two-and-a-half months, but I've finished the first pass at <i>Lords of Kobol: Special Edition</i>. If you haven't been following along, I read each of the books and created a kind of "commentary track" (like good ol' DVDs) in which I discussed inspirations, languages used, mythology, connections to the TV shows, and so on. I threw in quite a few pictures and sketches and things, too. I tried to keep the commentary fun but I'll admit, it was kinda like therapy for me at times so I got a little "real" once or twice.<p></p><p>All five books plus commentary came out to 1,314 pages in Word. Thankfully, it's still 1MB under the 15MB limit imposed by Smashwords. </p><p>I'll let it sit and macerate for a while. I wasn't planning on publishing it until December for <i>BSG</i>'s 20th anniversary, so I'll check back in and give the additional stuff another look before locking it down. </p><p>"Will there be changes?" Yes. Deleted scenes have been added in, but with "DELETED" in the header of each chapter, so you'll know what's what. I'll leave it up to you to decide if those are truly "in the story." There were about three chapters altogether wherein I was displeased with how it read. More often that not, there was too much "telling" and not enough "showing," so I altered things to do more of the latter. Only one chapter required a true rewrite and it was for that reason. I made a few other minor corrections (e.g. spelling) or additions for clarity's sake. The end product, however, will be the <b>definitive</b> version of those books.</p><p>"Are you going to pull a Lucas and remove the originals from the web?" No. I won't go that far. However, once the SE is published, that's the one I'll point people toward. I cannot foresee a time in the future wherein I'll want to add or change anything else, so the SE will be the final word.</p><p>"What's next?" Oof. <i>Colonies of Kobol</i>.</p><p><i>Lords of Kobol </i>was "only" one thousand pages. <i>Colonies </i>is 2,000+. AND, the <i>Special Edition</i> will put nearly everything in chronological order. I am certain it will take me days, if not weeks, to arrange the chapters in the new file and then retitle the headers for each chapter. And that's to say nothing of the bookmarking/hyperlinking for the Table of Contents. All of that before I even start on the commentary portions. Plus, don't forget about that 15MB cap for uploads to Smashwords. I will have to degrade the quality of the images in the books (maps, primarily) to try and stay under that cap. It's a good thing I wasn't planning on releasing that SE until next March.</p><p>I kid about the tedium. It <i>will </i>be tedious, but I'll enjoy digging into each facet of <i>Colonies</i> again and talking about the various languages involved, why I made certain choices, etc. </p><p>That's what I'll be up to. Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-60160449124059708322023-02-28T18:33:00.001-05:002023-02-28T18:39:53.024-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part II: The Trilogy is Finished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg2u6MflvJhw46G1pA0omyvGyoE7GtQnYpnlZI7FscBQRKghrruX9fdcU1JqY5ukIIJ3DnLqYQpi1XXXN6yq8c32w2TlbFeF0OyKoB-fiLDajwmSGRzO7sOFd0NhBBOopBkIdTmZ0mayIa7eaOjv_u290KD8mS29uUic_ZR6QXmNkrXOoFzTRmotm/s800/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg2u6MflvJhw46G1pA0omyvGyoE7GtQnYpnlZI7FscBQRKghrruX9fdcU1JqY5ukIIJ3DnLqYQpi1XXXN6yq8c32w2TlbFeF0OyKoB-fiLDajwmSGRzO7sOFd0NhBBOopBkIdTmZ0mayIa7eaOjv_u290KD8mS29uUic_ZR6QXmNkrXOoFzTRmotm/w266-h400/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" width="266" /></a></div><br />If you're just tuning in, I'm working on a "special edition" of the <i>Lords of Kobol</i> and <i>Colonies of Kobol </i>books. I have collected all five <i>LoK</i> books into a single file and I have been in the process of reading it and commenting on the story as I go. (The "commentary" portion will be available via a hyperlink at the end of each chapter.) <p></p><p>Simply put, this has been a lot of fun. I haven't read the trilogy since ... I dunno. 2017, maybe, right before I started work on <i>Colonies</i>? Lots of good stuff and plenty to talk about in the commentary. I "get real" a few times, talking about serious personal stuff and how it ended up in the book. I also dug up a bunch of old files and have pics of sketches inserted in there. I found the very first draft of the book so I can compare how it started versus how it ended up ... I also found a crazy timeline of events I created before I started writing in earnest in 2009. It was pretty detailed and I put the whole thing in there to compare and contrast.</p><p>One cool item in that timeline I never acted on? "Hermes - criminal stowaway." Wha? I have no memory of that and no idea why I didn't tell that story. I'm somewhat disappointed I didn't.</p><p>At any rate, I just finished the commentary for <i>Book Three</i>, meaning the original trilogy is complete. Next, I start on <i>Prelude</i>, followed by the "lost" <i>Book Four</i>. </p><p>Things are still on track for a December release, as promised.</p><p>As for the <i>Colonies</i> special edition next March ... we'll see, but it's still looking good.</p><p>In the meantime, feel free to download and read <i>Lords of Kobol</i> right <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/54025" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-58438301206116754312023-01-18T10:08:00.007-05:002023-12-01T13:18:46.333-05:00Writing the Special Editions Part I: The Writer Compares Himself to Tolkien*<p>* - Just a little, and that's Christopher Tolkien; not J.R.R.</p><p>If you're a Tolkien fan, you've likely at least heard of <i>The History of Middle-earth</i> series (as well as other, similar works).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxsTSACKGeBAxoDX3-W5toym2cGjUJ0aGx4nM0_epJDTdqqZnHDq8krRmCyp1SJh5eenG0SXGW5MwYPgqn1pqu8ksFmXjjV1Z-phxHob8cMd_oNpZF89IeMOP4TV39xzJqMHwLfPp2H9rBNhgp_7cIUrcI1OIFd8YaVzJWfz-qS8d4bnAl0LMCwbR/s1000/IMG_20230118_065058773_HDR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="1000" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxsTSACKGeBAxoDX3-W5toym2cGjUJ0aGx4nM0_epJDTdqqZnHDq8krRmCyp1SJh5eenG0SXGW5MwYPgqn1pqu8ksFmXjjV1Z-phxHob8cMd_oNpZF89IeMOP4TV39xzJqMHwLfPp2H9rBNhgp_7cIUrcI1OIFd8YaVzJWfz-qS8d4bnAl0LMCwbR/w400-h188/IMG_20230118_065058773_HDR.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My Tolkien shelf</i></div><p>In J.R.R.'s lifetime, only <i>The Hobbit</i> and the three <i>Lord of the Rings</i> books were published. <i>The Silmarillion</i>, <i>Unfinished Tales</i>, and other books came later, but here's the thing: they were compiled and edited by his son, Christopher. After <i>Silmarillion</i> was published in the '70s, Christopher embarked on what proved to be a monumental four-decade-long task of gathering, cataloguing, editing, and publishing seemingly all of his father's writings on Middle-earth. And this entailed much more than what we saw in both <i>Hobbit</i> and <i>LotR</i>. Much, much more.</p><p>What does this have to do with me?</p><p>Well, whereas Tolkien wrote from 1914 all the way until his death in 1973, I started writing <i>Lords of Kobol</i> in 2009. My efforts to organize and catalogue changes for <i>Special Edition</i> are much less monumental than Christopher's. Still, it can seem daunting at times. Here's a look at what files are open on my PC at any given moment:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjiPnpoGs9AnU2gqraxnSrsW2cBtNNd3DvMXvGljGabQMijtaOj90L2TcJjfbvMuIGE5DUA5ggjF2KLIj6YsqyE2ZuDERD6b7ZBNU8-URW-qlN_6lzU5MKWpuvi7Nkv42PRWSkcSLivQye7zcDwGobD8cuZSdE5Xc6_BRyL7SxKP5BaZcZX-BH28U/s1920/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1920" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjiPnpoGs9AnU2gqraxnSrsW2cBtNNd3DvMXvGljGabQMijtaOj90L2TcJjfbvMuIGE5DUA5ggjF2KLIj6YsqyE2ZuDERD6b7ZBNU8-URW-qlN_6lzU5MKWpuvi7Nkv42PRWSkcSLivQye7zcDwGobD8cuZSdE5Xc6_BRyL7SxKP5BaZcZX-BH28U/w400-h219/Untitled.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Click to embiggen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>On the far left, there's the <i>LoK SE</i> docx file. I use the split-view so I can read a chapter up top and then type my commentary in the bottom portion. I'm bookmarking and hyperlinking to and from the commentary as I go. Note that the page length is currently nearing 1,200 pages. About seventy of that is commentary, thus far.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the center, that's the "LoK.doc" file. The first draft of all three books in one. Created in September '09 and finished in March '10 (six months ... which I still find hard to believe).</div><div><br /></div><div>Bottom right is the "LoK discards" file. It includes chapters written for subsequent drafts that went unpublished and even a couple of chapters that were published and got removed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Top right is a series of PDFs. Note the tabs: each one is a different version of <i>Book One</i> published across the last decade and change. (I occasionally published a new version of the book a couple of times each year, but that was often to add links to another book of mine or to update website links and the like.) This way, I can see that one chapter was present in 2011 when the book was first published, but that it's missing in 2014. At that point I have to figure out why I removed it ...</div><div><br /></div><div>(Not pictured: image viewer, which I have open so I can check maps and such.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I created the SE file a few months ago, pasting in all five books. Then I returned to <i>Colonies</i> briefly to write that one-off chapter detailed in the previous blog post. Last week, I came back to the SE to organize things and I made the fully linked table of contents. Over this past weekend, I started reading and commentating in earnest. </div><div><br /></div><div>We seem to be on track for that December release date.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-89199186118709171842023-01-09T10:44:00.007-05:002023-01-09T10:46:14.297-05:00Writing Colonies XLVII: A New Chapter<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntXzYNCCFzgnuDkUUotpFPLHdZx86-LjAiZAJOu5GXO3hsEpFJCrO-hoYHGsovda8bNtYL_lsf19rgwr4nUvg5ZPwJNj2NpFtXPm6LvFRQPjp4pMH4l9nQJXPKJN-qSfdzKKnN23ylpryoAYiz1T923yZiZ-RKX7VCLG_IhZbfQPSf935JOHK2dCl/s797/EiKMpNaXsAIAnYv.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="797" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntXzYNCCFzgnuDkUUotpFPLHdZx86-LjAiZAJOu5GXO3hsEpFJCrO-hoYHGsovda8bNtYL_lsf19rgwr4nUvg5ZPwJNj2NpFtXPm6LvFRQPjp4pMH4l9nQJXPKJN-qSfdzKKnN23ylpryoAYiz1T923yZiZ-RKX7VCLG_IhZbfQPSf935JOHK2dCl/w400-h328/EiKMpNaXsAIAnYv.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>"What? You published these books months ago! What do you mean 'new chapter?'"</p><p>Yes, yes. That's all true. There was, however, an unfinished chapter in <i>Volume Two</i> that I left on the shelf when I published it last April. I had the germ of a good idea but I couldn't make it grow ... until I had another good idea a month or two later and knew they would go great together (like chocolate and peanut butter, I suppose). Too late to write and publish a chapter once the book it goes in has already been released, right?</p><p>Well, I decided to go ahead and write it anyway. I believe I'll save it for the <i>Special Edition</i> of <i>Colonies</i>, still slated to be released in March 2024.</p><p>"So what is it about?"</p><p>The first story germ I had was that this chapter would be a old timey spy tale centered around the production of the first battlestar-like space vessel. That sounds all well and good but I couldn't get into the characters' heads until I had the second idea a while later: this takes place at the time of Virgo's "Catholic/Protestant" split, if you will. If you're familiar with the English Reformation, you know that a key player in that split was Henry VIII and his desire to marry again and again. The queen of Virgo is a key player in this chapter, too, but her desire is just for more power ("just"). With the political backdrop in place, I felt I had plenty on which to build the story. I finished over the weekend and it's another fifty pages in the epic that is <i>Colonies of Kobol.</i></p><p>You can read the whole thing next year, but I'll give you the first look at this proto-battlestar after the <a href="https://ety3rd.blogspot.com/2023/01/writing-colonies-xlvii-new-chapter.html">JUMP</a>. (Well, not so much "look" as it's a bunch of words from the scene. It's a sample, everyone. And, no, it doesn't look like that Ralph McQuarrie concept art above. I just thought that painting was cool.)</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"For four centuries," Warrin began, "both
Virgo and Leo have traded upon the memory of the first ship-of-battle of its type,
the <i>Dreadnought</i>. A great engine core with long spires
of cannon and rockets that face toward the enemy. They have become larger, more powerful, and,
accordingly, more expensive. Their
victories, however, have grown too few."
Again, the other generals grumbled and protested but Braddocke continued,
"Stalemate after stalemate as we meet the Lions in battle. As their craft have come to par with our own
and ours cannot improve, save by making them larger and more powerful still."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"Rubbish," the earl marshal said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"It is not, general."
Warrin shook his head, "It is not.
A stalemate above Taurus when we lost that world forty years ago. Again above Pisces. Above Sagittarius. Most recently, above Capricorn." The other generals looked away. "There were a great many losses in each
engagement and far too few gains."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"Very well, general," Clifford said. "Allow me to inquire, with what would
you replace what has been the very backbone of our space-faring fleetes?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"Hear, hear," another general said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Haige stood and opened the leather portfolio she had been
carrying. Braddocke took one of the
large pages and held it aloft. "A
new type of ship-of-battle, my lord. From
a design brought to me by the great shipmaster of Excester, Sir Henry Pett." He gave it to the earl marshal on his left
who studied the drawing as he slowly passed it on. "It is large, certainly, but with a long,
singular hull, and therefore less complex than the <i>Dreadnought</i>-type vessels we
have been building." The page
finally reached the lord general and Warrin continued, "Its engines are at
the rear and its sides teem with cannon and rockets, naturally, but it is the
dorsal surface that is of interest."
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Baines raised the sheet toward his face and said, "It is
flat."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"Indeed. Upon that surface
will be bracketed a host of small, one-man battle skiffs." The lord general whipped his head up and saw
the general of the fleetes removing another design from the portfolio. "These are not aeroplanes and thus they
do not require wings. Only fuel for their
engines and gases for maneuvering."
The plan was passed along. "A
simple craft in appearance and the ability to carry both rockets and a cartridge-fed
cannon." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Clifford took the design of the fighter in hand. "How many?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Warrin knew what he
was asking. "Upon its deck, it can carry thirty of
these skiffs." Someone gasped. "With another thirty below the deck,
which can be raised into place by way of two lifts, fore and aft." In the silence that followed, the general
felt the need to keep speaking, so he added, "They are called Amazons,
after Lord Mars' children."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">The lord general
appeared stunned. He lowered the plan
for the fighter and looked again at the design for the carrier. "I … Lord Warrin, when did you come upon
these designs?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">"Only in the
last week, lord general. Sir Henry came
to me of his own accord and presented his revelation to me." Braddocke flashed a brief grin and said, "Sir
Henry told me he had been inspired by the sight of a bird alighting upon the
back of a tortoise."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>Thank you for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-41913600218677146232022-10-25T13:28:00.004-04:002023-12-04T09:36:45.783-05:00An Update on New-New BSG<p>What's the update on the new TV show? There is no update. But that says more than you'd think.</p><p>It has been three years now since the Peacock-based reboot/continuation/whatever was announced with <i>Mr. Robot</i>'s Sam Esmail in charge. (<a href="https://ety3rd.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-new-bsg-and-colonies-of-kobol.html" target="_blank">I wrote a post about it back then, too.</a>) The <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> fandom was rightfully confused about what tack the series would take ... articles stated it was a reboot while Esmail seemed to say it was not and that it was in the same universe as the recent Syfy series. Then that was it. Peacock premiered without a new <i>Galactica</i> flagship show and the news has been scant since then.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5sVr4OsHjdl52wCZ9a7Y0bPLTBNlPBF13HTdbNQnSRMidb62k4UuBtmmlfyVB8XyZ_F8R_QxMqM_9ahafS8zKbb_6_csEOSjEDJQrIbqU-LmE3_v-wGuqLaq_yR_-55x-As8P50sRDUPkov-C5xKOohMlvYUl-G6rxI_IA52kwj_zh1WLq-4jr94/s666/rami-adama.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5sVr4OsHjdl52wCZ9a7Y0bPLTBNlPBF13HTdbNQnSRMidb62k4UuBtmmlfyVB8XyZ_F8R_QxMqM_9ahafS8zKbb_6_csEOSjEDJQrIbqU-LmE3_v-wGuqLaq_yR_-55x-As8P50sRDUPkov-C5xKOohMlvYUl-G6rxI_IA52kwj_zh1WLq-4jr94/w300-h400/rami-adama.png" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Not yet.</i></div><p>In 2020, Michael Lesslie was brought on to write, produce, and basically create the new show with Esmail. Barely a year later, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/03/mike-lesslie-adapt-margaret-atwood-maddaddam-hulu-exits-battlestar-galactica-1234719550/" target="_blank">he left to do something else</a>. No announcements have been made since that point as to whom might replace Lesslie, not to mention any kind of casting announcements and the like. The most news came from the movie side of the equation.</p><p>"Movie?" Yep. Universal has been trying to put the battlestar on the big screen for years and the person they tasked with the job a few years ago is writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg. He's produced some great movies (<i>Logan, Deadpool, The Martian</i>) but the most recent high-profile example of his triple-threat status was very decidedly not great (<i>X-Men: Dark Phoenix</i>). He spoke to <i><a href="https://collider.com/battlestar-galactica-movie-tv-show-shared-universe-simon-kinberg-comments/" target="_blank">Collider</a></i> at the beginning of 2022 and made it sound like both projects -- <i>BSG</i> for TV and film -- are still on track, that they are in "a shared universe," and that he's been collaborating with Esmail. When it comes to the connections between their work and Ronald D. Moore's Syfy series, he muddied up the waters with this cryptic remark: "There are connections, but it is certainly not simply a continuation or a remake of Ron Moore's masterpiece." Like you, I have no idea what that might entail.</p><p>But what about the film? Kinberg said, "We are in the process of going out to directors and the hope is to attach a director and start prepping the movie this year." That was January and it is now nearly November. No announcements have been made on any front since that interview was published.</p><p>[There is one more piece of "new" news to share, but before I get there, I have to remark on the ambitiousness of having a synergistic TV and movie approach. This was the plan for <i>Dark Tower</i> some years ago when Ron Howard and Brian Grazer were in charge of it. Movie, some TV seasons, another movie, etc. That obviously didn't work out, but my mind turns constantly and I can easily map out something like this for a <i>Galactica</i> reboot (an actual reboot, mind you): first movie deals with the fall of the Colonies; couple seasons of TV series showing character drama, struggles, etc.; second movie is action packed and deals with the return of the <i>Pegasus</i>; two more seasons of TV to continue character work and set up the finale; third movie ends it all with an action-packed arrival at Earth. <i>Fin</i>. But I digress.]</p><p>Now, there is more news but it's not from an obvious place. It doesn't come from the genre websites or fan forums ... it comes from the boring business side of things. Simply put, Peacock isn't doing well. The parent company of Universal, Comcast, has lost about $3 billion on Peacock since 2020. Even for Comcast, that's a lot. "But, hey, if they're adding subscribers, then it'll pan out, right?" Well, maybe, but a<a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/peacock-suffers-another-huge-loss-as-subscribers-stall-are-more-cancelations-on-the-way" target="_blank"> July article</a> notes that they've stalled for months when it comes to adding new subscribers. And they've started cancelling shows. As lampooned on <i>South Park</i>'s <i>Streaming Wars</i> specials, throwing gobs of money at creators and flooding innumerable streaming services with content is not a viable business model for very long. </p><p>"You're being too pessimistic. And that article is from July. Surely Peacock has turned things around since then." Hmm. Here's an article from just a few weeks ago: <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/peacock-streaming-service-woes.html" target="_blank">It's Time to Start Worrying about Peacock</a>.</p><p>Let me end by asking you to put on your Comcast business suit and think like the exec in charge of Peacock. The streaming service which you oversee is hemorrhaging money and gaining precious little ground in subscribers. (The scant numbers added came only because you took <i>Days of Our Lives</i> off broadcast TV and put it on Peacock, added some soccer, and shortened the window between certain movies' theatrical releases and their ending up on your service. It's a kitchen-sink approach, but it worked. A little.) You've got to start cutting costs. You can cancel more shows that are running now, but you've gotten to the bone. What about the ones that haven't been produced yet? The ones that haven't shot an inch of film? Dramas and comedies will be fairly cheap ... maybe they can stay. Science fiction? Oof. That's expensive. Yeah, <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> is a brand name, but it's pretty niche. Warner Bros. Discovery saved money via a tax write-off by cancelling <i>Batgirl</i> and that movie was about 90% done. We can save money by stopping this show before it even starts.</p><p>So, yes, I can see why <i>BSG</i> may go on the shelf, if it's not already. And the movie? That might go forward because, if nothing else, it doesn't have the Peacock albatross around its neck.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTf1LjatxERc70cgPO71nBD0t7uQbCtmABvuAu24l2oyNBOdrfiA045Uf2NmIUjCDCrvX_f79hNP5Foc95LosorHH0D50N86pssplu6UqMhHUtXL27QhfZjDPqD16OfldaroXDAHWAZdPDcYMs3b6yQ3YUTa3z9YbBhdSmEofTSIh_plPBq3zRvCa/s1200/cylon-peacock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTf1LjatxERc70cgPO71nBD0t7uQbCtmABvuAu24l2oyNBOdrfiA045Uf2NmIUjCDCrvX_f79hNP5Foc95LosorHH0D50N86pssplu6UqMhHUtXL27QhfZjDPqD16OfldaroXDAHWAZdPDcYMs3b6yQ3YUTa3z9YbBhdSmEofTSIh_plPBq3zRvCa/w400-h400/cylon-peacock.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-7020663030750143072022-08-25T15:17:00.002-04:002023-01-10T13:10:45.579-05:00What's Next? Special Editions<p>Well, I took a diversion down a different road with my <a href="https://ety3rd.com/art" target="_blank">Cylon War propaganda art</a>, but what's after that?</p><p>I've mentioned it before, but I'll be diving into special editions of both <i>Lords of Kobol </i>and <i>Colonies of Kobol</i>. Want details? Here we go:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkt957yBEEXpTwntNpvPbK_UYcmWPcFjRKVk7FPqYsyNpS7NBUjUo-ipgNZZSE9fikdTEdjM1AXJ2PvA40G_4NBxJZejpdpnh1Z1PTKH2sZbDwMOPrmBLg7JGuXp_0ogD-SpSESTWiilMFsZo7pZmY4ktxFfJurQ94IM6Ohf16K0HHqubmPPsRljp/s800/LOK-SE_sm_800.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkt957yBEEXpTwntNpvPbK_UYcmWPcFjRKVk7FPqYsyNpS7NBUjUo-ipgNZZSE9fikdTEdjM1AXJ2PvA40G_4NBxJZejpdpnh1Z1PTKH2sZbDwMOPrmBLg7JGuXp_0ogD-SpSESTWiilMFsZo7pZmY4ktxFfJurQ94IM6Ohf16K0HHqubmPPsRljp/w426-h640/LOK-SE_sm_800.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div>This will be all five books, plus about ten deleted chapters primarily from <i>Book One</i>. I will provide a commentary (<i>a la</i> a director's commentary on a DVD or Blu-ray) plus images and such I used "behind-the-scenes" in the making of the book. (A significant portion of which, I'm sure, are available in this blog's archives right now.) At the moment, I'm still considering the best way to incorporate the commentary, and I'm leaning toward a link at the end of each chapter that will take the reader to the end of the book where the commentary in its entirety will reside. I think that's better than creating a lengthy footnote at the end of each chapter ... that would make it hard to just read the damn book because you'd have to scroll or swipe past multiple paragraphs of me rambling on about why I made certain choices or a pic of a Kobollian Cylon.</div><p>Tentative release date? </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">December 8, 2023</span></p><p>Why? That's the twentieth anniversary of the <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> miniseries and its first airing on TV.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqef0uHqWDCMSSHYe7canvLrgEO9hnj8Bi3jHYaEQYlewwOXadkJuAUrXJCd-VGXipOmy9Gz1lDpoGuXWh-urxxUxkcTUbY4vge7rUOYdVC7O_3jhFZ27qYtk0rGbfp95WGnUyURZcx47Bf7hlsuMQtFyD_SqsrmyFAj1DVNK_Z2ikf6OZ8GVNdMH/s800/COK-SE-cover_sm_800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqef0uHqWDCMSSHYe7canvLrgEO9hnj8Bi3jHYaEQYlewwOXadkJuAUrXJCd-VGXipOmy9Gz1lDpoGuXWh-urxxUxkcTUbY4vge7rUOYdVC7O_3jhFZ27qYtk0rGbfp95WGnUyURZcx47Bf7hlsuMQtFyD_SqsrmyFAj1DVNK_Z2ikf6OZ8GVNdMH/w426-h640/COK-SE-cover_sm_800.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This will be all three volumes (sixteen books) in one. No deleted chapters to speak of, but there will be at least one additional chapter that wasn't ready for initial release. There will also be a healthy amount of other pics and info, "behind-the-scenes" talk, and so on. I'm also considering the "link at the end of each chapter" thing to take readers to my commentary.</p><p>The BIG difference here, however, is that I am leaning toward putting everything* in chronological order. Because I kept everything contained to the colony of focus, different portions of the three volumes happened at different times, occasionally even intermingling. Here I will be lining just about everything up 1, 2, 3, so that it all fits.</p><p>* - There will be exceptions. Most notably, <i>Book Sixteen: Earth</i>. Without getting spoilery, I don't want to disrupt the narrative flow of that book by splitting things apart chronologically. I don't think it would work or have the same impact.</p><p>Without the individual books there to keep everything straight, how will the reader know (beyond context) that this chapter takes place on Virgon, for example? At this point, I am leaning toward changing the chapter headings to something like this:</p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>XXV<br />EDGAR<br /></b><i><b>1,034 Years After Colonization</b><br />(Virgon)</i></span></p><p>At a glance, you can see exactly when and where the story is.</p><p>Tentative release date?</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">March 20, 2024</span></p><p>Why? That's the fifteenth anniversary of the broadcast of "Daybreak, Part II," the finale of <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>. </p><p>And after that? I will <i>truly</i> be done with the <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> universe. (Maybe.)</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-62441608890379882652022-08-12T11:58:00.001-04:002022-09-21T14:05:54.925-04:00NEW: "Cylon War" Propaganda Posters and "Kobol Phoenix" for sale!<p>I made a Cylon War propaganda poster for <i>Colonies of Kobol - Volume Three</i> ... and I liked it quite a bit. So I decided to make more. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ety3rd" target="_blank">I've opened a shop on Etsy</a> to sell posters, along with shirts, etc., with the "Kobol Phoenix" that has been my avatar for a decade now.</p><p>Let's see what's what ...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzBdQsOG0h60rFVGmmRaw_ARvc8OJE9qnOy1OGCjdoo7oH7uAeiA5rS4q6k2oZdOIl1L9z60QN6MH1bsQuY56qY89_AD2u4jlneNClT-RGFaAjRDlraQf6oPKVU9lVd5sSy2-Lqo_Xv_TnOzHdHMa05Eg-nFabncNQ54uwkVMD5NFMua91TTkvuxY/s1824/kobol-phoenix-items.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1824" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzBdQsOG0h60rFVGmmRaw_ARvc8OJE9qnOy1OGCjdoo7oH7uAeiA5rS4q6k2oZdOIl1L9z60QN6MH1bsQuY56qY89_AD2u4jlneNClT-RGFaAjRDlraQf6oPKVU9lVd5sSy2-Lqo_Xv_TnOzHdHMa05Eg-nFabncNQ54uwkVMD5NFMua91TTkvuxY/w400-h131/kobol-phoenix-items.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Kobol Phoenix</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Just the plain Kobollian Eagle/Phoenix that I've used on my book covers for years. It's simple and I love it.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1276918407/colonial-seal-phoenix-premium" target="_blank">Premium t-shirt (six colors available)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279675789/colonial-seal-phoenix-short-sleeve" target="_blank">Unisex t-shirt (four colors available)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1276948989/colonial-seal-phoenix-smaller-logo" target="_blank">Unisex t-shirt with smaller symbol (fourteen colors available)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279681921/colonial-seal-phoenix-unisex-premium" target="_blank">Unisex premium sweatshirt</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283165051/colonial-seal-phoenix-iphone-case" target="_blank">iPhone cases (multiple models available)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269146122/colonial-seal-phoenix-samsung-case" target="_blank">Samsung phone cases (multiple models available)</a></li></ul></div><div>(Coffee mug coming soon; I want to order a prototype first to make sure it looks right.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Printful (which makes the items you order through Etsy) has LOADS of different things onto which I can put the Phoenix symbol or any of the following posters. <a href="https://www.printful.com/custom-products" target="_blank">Check out the site here</a> and let me know if you want a puzzle, blanket, mouse pad, or whatever. I'm happy to create a listing for you.</div><div><br /></div><div>On to the posters. They come on high-quality matte paper. I've got a couple already and they are beautiful. Here are the available sizes: 8"x10", 10"x10", 12"x12", 12"x16", 12"x18", 14"x14", 16"x16", 16"x20", 18"x18", 18"x24", and 24"x36". Because of the different sizes, I had to recompose each of the posters so they would look good in different ratios.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAqTBxiz2ErDW0Efx2dBqSziNGmxlYkt0WWUYFMBt1JLBngvIzZPPv4o9NqV_-nwFNwklnCtQBEFHFewKzS_bdvz7JymXeb3Haz825J_nBUOzcfrp-NZ7JGvlYmrThZAP7uVEQhUZtnslxkHGRCLnfQ_9-Ew0ik-SGHaofyKrwq1DwOnB7fIsvIaS/s900/paper.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAqTBxiz2ErDW0Efx2dBqSziNGmxlYkt0WWUYFMBt1JLBngvIzZPPv4o9NqV_-nwFNwklnCtQBEFHFewKzS_bdvz7JymXeb3Haz825J_nBUOzcfrp-NZ7JGvlYmrThZAP7uVEQhUZtnslxkHGRCLnfQ_9-Ew0ik-SGHaofyKrwq1DwOnB7fIsvIaS/w267-h400/paper.png" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Put It On Paper!"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the one that appears in <i>Volume Three </i>and, obviously, it's the first one I made. </div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283104785/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-put-it-on" target="_blank">Poster</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283225711/cylon-war-propaganda-spiral-notebook-put" target="_blank">Notebook (seemed logical)</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0XVExVkkvWUbuJPIj8fiXXyskY5txz-f5PPl4XPeoDp2ByuTvHzUksxsSEuNGxXSZcOwgkoBjEX5zPzAj5lgCjUzgyh3qHWKriJStPSeu14aL9LSVWqBgye9MxSHHfvdGxIn7I2Vxmpdq9udg6TpVpAD86id1jK73S99qcchOjr5pInLNjKYh0u2/s900/secure.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0XVExVkkvWUbuJPIj8fiXXyskY5txz-f5PPl4XPeoDp2ByuTvHzUksxsSEuNGxXSZcOwgkoBjEX5zPzAj5lgCjUzgyh3qHWKriJStPSeu14aL9LSVWqBgye9MxSHHfvdGxIn7I2Vxmpdq9udg6TpVpAD86id1jK73S99qcchOjr5pInLNjKYh0u2/w266-h400/secure.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Secure That Network!"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I figure IT people would like this one.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269090286/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-secure-that" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumElYvlyuyKJ1BB2xjvI69rNTkGThMbtcTO9Ti_XbcQPG9v7IO-KQJcc8UlvzmSvW5X2Z1Rl3VwHIMY_VenDBOyWkngzqpXPDdpSRQcs68wW8CV27_unEdqTJAugF1w-CMojw2l1OLGOxFesomfzZdEzTfNmIM_wacqEbYh7YktlJRDm7FfIZmLmP/s900/watching.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumElYvlyuyKJ1BB2xjvI69rNTkGThMbtcTO9Ti_XbcQPG9v7IO-KQJcc8UlvzmSvW5X2Z1Rl3VwHIMY_VenDBOyWkngzqpXPDdpSRQcs68wW8CV27_unEdqTJAugF1w-CMojw2l1OLGOxFesomfzZdEzTfNmIM_wacqEbYh7YktlJRDm7FfIZmLmP/w266-h400/watching.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"It's Watching You"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>When I saw <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0073/6834/3642/products/hes-watching-you-poster_5176802b-99d9-4334-a65f-b0d85db2b22f_2048x.jpg" target="_blank">this WWII propaganda poster</a>, I knew I needed to try and replicate it. At a glance, one might think I just replaced the German with the Cylon and changed the text, but no. This is a "from scratch" recreation. Probably my favorite of all the ones I've made.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1265689698/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-its-watching" target="_blank">Poster</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269221638/cylon-war-propaganda-throw-blanket-its" target="_blank">50"x60" blanket ('cause why not)</a></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-6I5KzvwycvvaRyCUVEXZn5LtbldzAgkmyxMQdXfTLb5Yyze1PA5hxKVIlsCJEXBO-UqHL8LhQNGhfB3B79XgkBDwXGkYIJB_Ia-lavAszL6X9rcwSDXOqHcf_lzeSTZBaJ4bp9Hwccb6c8DubU6LC00Bjcf3FbbmPUjwfczVFwjzy9fOV1tRWqE/s900/scrap.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-6I5KzvwycvvaRyCUVEXZn5LtbldzAgkmyxMQdXfTLb5Yyze1PA5hxKVIlsCJEXBO-UqHL8LhQNGhfB3B79XgkBDwXGkYIJB_Ia-lavAszL6X9rcwSDXOqHcf_lzeSTZBaJ4bp9Hwccb6c8DubU6LC00Bjcf3FbbmPUjwfczVFwjzy9fOV1tRWqE/w266-h400/scrap.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Bullets, Battlestars, Bombs"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Another replication, this one's based on a <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0598/2925/products/IwMd1vF.jpg" target="_blank">Canadian WWII poster</a>. I had to include a toaster and a Graystone-brand Holoband.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279797003/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-bullets" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQuIFTh4wifJlxrGMHG7ZLUy0lchaKzOZSppeQY7CFqFV9gR0h7dyupQjCG2DABGEf5Zk5Vn1AzRj-iBCa1CBdvOOPwJWMHWR64oHP8TY9ijLb_X-98Pmhu8z7AVpve8GrrhWvaGQ5pQNz0-RhREJGajxFN4oDtNsKnPHyhqMCUwUlImmsiL8qTJN/s900/cut-corners.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQuIFTh4wifJlxrGMHG7ZLUy0lchaKzOZSppeQY7CFqFV9gR0h7dyupQjCG2DABGEf5Zk5Vn1AzRj-iBCa1CBdvOOPwJWMHWR64oHP8TY9ijLb_X-98Pmhu8z7AVpve8GrrhWvaGQ5pQNz0-RhREJGajxFN4oDtNsKnPHyhqMCUwUlImmsiL8qTJN/w266-h400/cut-corners.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Don't Cut Corners"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I thought fans would get a kick out of this one.</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1295971980/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-dont-cut" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkRQAn9y0RDTuw_Oz-p8AodYPsL5Gn67de9ys0Bq2qztGx8FPxic8T_AV9D4LodDS-4a66PLc8XqxBe-FaUf7SzgVbwcYkiGS-9-e5sx3XORMWzJCwmy8c0dxe-vUKf0rIeUNYZYngQ6AfVRy0QZUCpCToXBbvfRBqby2FaAAu78FWUwbIZwNfDpl/s900/sacred-scrolls.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkRQAn9y0RDTuw_Oz-p8AodYPsL5Gn67de9ys0Bq2qztGx8FPxic8T_AV9D4LodDS-4a66PLc8XqxBe-FaUf7SzgVbwcYkiGS-9-e5sx3XORMWzJCwmy8c0dxe-vUKf0rIeUNYZYngQ6AfVRy0QZUCpCToXBbvfRBqby2FaAAu78FWUwbIZwNfDpl/w266-h400/sacred-scrolls.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"The Gods Are With Us"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>A simple one, I'm sure it'll make people do a double-take because that clearly was a Bible before I got it in Photoshop. The Caprican Reformed Temple was a creation of mine in <i>Colonies of Kobol</i> ... a sort of "Protestant" split from the Holy Church of Virgon, their overlords at the time, and thus was the Caprican Reformation viewed as a political movement.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283088413/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-the-gods-are" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQYUeia5t3AwNHZciOSn_G6jZ-A8kOXzvhO5UttF79QWCqu5kJfmOXIy7BAo-H3MLzytb3oW6XugWPn04QigP0zVvKLphUcTg1MMkyi3XMaZWv1P4DEq4pcZyzlmaQ8RT3cBH9aIXrsteiwzQs8ujTvsJi3XPiNgKR06C0Tt8bsGTjBVIZv43WVhz/s900/battlestar.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQYUeia5t3AwNHZciOSn_G6jZ-A8kOXzvhO5UttF79QWCqu5kJfmOXIy7BAo-H3MLzytb3oW6XugWPn04QigP0zVvKLphUcTg1MMkyi3XMaZWv1P4DEq4pcZyzlmaQ8RT3cBH9aIXrsteiwzQs8ujTvsJi3XPiNgKR06C0Tt8bsGTjBVIZv43WVhz/w266-h400/battlestar.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Battlestar Service"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>It wasn't easy to find a bunch of saluting silhouettes, but I did. Not a thousand, though. Yes, that's the <i>Blood & Chrome</i> version of <i>Galactica</i>.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283068503/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-battlestar" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2AIWSL_vf3a796JyxIJfKY38nld3x0EAc9Il78kOw2_3H1pYVUzZLuoBa-77d90xprDuxVpi_DHrU1uCVQxQNkn3hqowkkZbWv2I0aaflBp4MH7sLOfFylJS41PScrx0TEY5a8hJ-eCRio1QmhERwSpAb4F_K5nS7xYNlDYnnIe0tuNA_4eXRCgz/s900/fly-high.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2AIWSL_vf3a796JyxIJfKY38nld3x0EAc9Il78kOw2_3H1pYVUzZLuoBa-77d90xprDuxVpi_DHrU1uCVQxQNkn3hqowkkZbWv2I0aaflBp4MH7sLOfFylJS41PScrx0TEY5a8hJ-eCRio1QmhERwSpAb4F_K5nS7xYNlDYnnIe0tuNA_4eXRCgz/w266-h400/fly-high.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Fly High"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Fun one. I got to include a Mark I, a Mark II, and a Mark III. (Yes, that's Kara. Cameo appearance.)</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1279784333/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-fly-high" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TFgPJ0ie-5Y4BxpCpVSkV-I579OYDDOOSSY_daU7zydtzOnT90ELls2XBjNvRa7BeI8r4_kuHFM_Lbm_uFJn2DAxYBTZXvfSuIJFsy6ckcRYqGcz0_qQJLRZG2Pr_RLzHQwfM-T7Rm82vWYyqUmnVdAxq7WqtySWflzVYAoc6CPl7o6iA3B0_SoL/s900/down.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TFgPJ0ie-5Y4BxpCpVSkV-I579OYDDOOSSY_daU7zydtzOnT90ELls2XBjNvRa7BeI8r4_kuHFM_Lbm_uFJn2DAxYBTZXvfSuIJFsy6ckcRYqGcz0_qQJLRZG2Pr_RLzHQwfM-T7Rm82vWYyqUmnVdAxq7WqtySWflzVYAoc6CPl7o6iA3B0_SoL/w266-h400/down.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"You Brought It Down"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Another replication; <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0859/1360/products/PT810-135_grande.jpg" target="_blank">here's the original</a>. </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269057490/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-you-brought" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtLj6sWi945mcWu92NmSbOsF80v-xxiNARNKw3v8MyYdSD6KJwAZQ5ztbydRo7y2Gjs1OOjLPst22ZojfnZzK8NnEbcBte_W1oKYvtMFhxgduU8gM3AhMtKDbCj8e-K2pT7LxU7IVguv2E3eLYIbszPZ2Ot6dLK-RbGjI8ElkiQS4XdevLMxk1wFP/s900/grow.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtLj6sWi945mcWu92NmSbOsF80v-xxiNARNKw3v8MyYdSD6KJwAZQ5ztbydRo7y2Gjs1OOjLPst22ZojfnZzK8NnEbcBte_W1oKYvtMFhxgduU8gM3AhMtKDbCj8e-K2pT7LxU7IVguv2E3eLYIbszPZ2Ot6dLK-RbGjI8ElkiQS4XdevLMxk1wFP/w266-h400/grow.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Grow Your Own Food"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This went through many permutations, including an attempt to draw limbs on various vegetables so they could hold rifles. Never could get it to work.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1284471239/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-grow-your" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMa6SdkO76p0U1IfZv43-GgVKx_FnVsaodESXOtD6Cgn4PYUVF5Usbkh7xn9Rc9HV511JIXq3oOAzPay8GNkGgGl44A-mQkGoEfQgccpB2Z6aOoj4tibTokM6nLGZ0EyzLy9b4tA-dnrBhlbeO9nQWkvSjy24hvM7bNkCURdRqPtTYVB_wYhNrOtN/s900/attack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMa6SdkO76p0U1IfZv43-GgVKx_FnVsaodESXOtD6Cgn4PYUVF5Usbkh7xn9Rc9HV511JIXq3oOAzPay8GNkGgGl44A-mQkGoEfQgccpB2Z6aOoj4tibTokM6nLGZ0EyzLy9b4tA-dnrBhlbeO9nQWkvSjy24hvM7bNkCURdRqPtTYVB_wYhNrOtN/w266-h400/attack.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Attack! Attack! Attack!"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This one's inspired by a <a href="https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16062coll10/261/default.jpg" target="_blank">WWII poster</a>, too. Fun to include all manner of vehicles, especially the "Warhawk" Viper propeller plane and the jet.</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1295960188/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-attack" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpDhHvhdblId17RlsIh8srvltkAED_MT2Rp_2yxS8VMgdGc__snf-6dtzx19HGVrnaX0Gj1Q-Dr1byPmsR9kygYl_SplDrJ5uokRTHBtGp9gl6n-RL1quio21tj_AioSUOjHdTjFE9HQixTLZYg-aeW6kVNuYFvawQ7y4UdzgWWkuSMwVE0d7Cp1_/s900/PRINTFUL-prop-poster-7200x10800_join-die.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpDhHvhdblId17RlsIh8srvltkAED_MT2Rp_2yxS8VMgdGc__snf-6dtzx19HGVrnaX0Gj1Q-Dr1byPmsR9kygYl_SplDrJ5uokRTHBtGp9gl6n-RL1quio21tj_AioSUOjHdTjFE9HQixTLZYg-aeW6kVNuYFvawQ7y4UdzgWWkuSMwVE0d7Cp1_/w266-h400/PRINTFUL-prop-poster-7200x10800_join-die.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Join or Die"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This one was inspired by a <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg/1200px-Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg" target="_blank">famous American Revolution political cartoon</a>. In <i>Colonies of Kobol</i>, after the committee came up with the Articles of Colonization, the legislatures of the colonies had to ratify them before they could go into effect and they could become the United Colonies of Kobol (just like in the US before the Constitution went into effect).</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1270459692/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-join-or-die" target="_blank">Poster</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrSjxqlyuxPZNEGRgeq29pEoqdKT8tHbego405Mvf-Sxp9hpcEC71wyzlI7eS10262efDDia8kziXnuvrC1-ISNPWfKoMN2qYgMiF_Gd4cx_x0IpNP1ie88bLy3bsZ6nf7cgVSE_bjnpgJ2QMYX_AU9haV4WxrsUbdVqUEImV2QPj85ksKUBHfBOY/s900/keep-calm-BS-red.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrSjxqlyuxPZNEGRgeq29pEoqdKT8tHbego405Mvf-Sxp9hpcEC71wyzlI7eS10262efDDia8kziXnuvrC1-ISNPWfKoMN2qYgMiF_Gd4cx_x0IpNP1ie88bLy3bsZ6nf7cgVSE_bjnpgJ2QMYX_AU9haV4WxrsUbdVqUEImV2QPj85ksKUBHfBOY/w266-h400/keep-calm-BS-red.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Keep Calm and Battle Star"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't posit that this was actually around on the Colonies during the Cylon War like I might for the above, but this was a fun one. It is obviously based on perhaps the most famous WWII propaganda poster.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269118316/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-keep-calm" target="_blank">Poster in red</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283146213/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-keep-calm" target="_blank">Poster in blue</a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dJR1hLDvPN85HzQ-poIdhZsYTYOA7ZaOaLTwctXdG36byKZ51EXS7Didkrq3Gv9A9xjDR5DG7qlZ71ulbOgtZni_jMkk-YHrrvENLMTBTR9B-kvOYsxK5Kf-rpLcXC2Ru4b2n4dRJxZ99NLCogtgyYsPQva-tF2FhFq_Zk-vpL4rUcJ8letArayd/s900/keep-calm-SSWA-blue.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dJR1hLDvPN85HzQ-poIdhZsYTYOA7ZaOaLTwctXdG36byKZ51EXS7Didkrq3Gv9A9xjDR5DG7qlZ71ulbOgtZni_jMkk-YHrrvENLMTBTR9B-kvOYsxK5Kf-rpLcXC2Ru4b2n4dRJxZ99NLCogtgyYsPQva-tF2FhFq_Zk-vpL4rUcJ8letArayd/w266-h400/keep-calm-SSWA-blue.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">"So Say We All"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Uses the "Keep Calm" font and, since "SSWA" is essentially a religious phrase, I put the plain Kobol Phoenix up top instead of the Colonial Seal.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1283124689/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-keep-calm" target="_blank">Poster in red</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1269118316/cylon-war-propaganda-poster-keep-calm" target="_blank">Poster in blue</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>That's all for now. Please, order and enjoy and spread the word. Reviews, as always, help. And again, if there's another product at Printful on which you'd like to have the Phoenix or one of the posters, <a href="https://www.printful.com/custom-products" target="_blank">check their site</a> and let me know.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-71903094025384479042022-07-09T15:31:00.001-04:002022-08-31T13:58:21.236-04:00Post-Colonies of Kobol ... Reviews!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOajtuekXDYKbEorl-3cgarZ557AiBtFPFyQ8Ze4OtBrhBSdqaMS814UUk7__gp6JYJMFKavviouAAANcDf6oDsSN3Xqq6k50J4cPcepfiFn7FmjiDS5P55Jq5wpMPe-Ca6f1JD6VTnF83G1GrM2OCCKKACKwlqD9SZ_5GGFgO6_nmiNqqqRyum38/s1600/NEW-all-COK-basic-books-LG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOajtuekXDYKbEorl-3cgarZ557AiBtFPFyQ8Ze4OtBrhBSdqaMS814UUk7__gp6JYJMFKavviouAAANcDf6oDsSN3Xqq6k50J4cPcepfiFn7FmjiDS5P55Jq5wpMPe-Ca6f1JD6VTnF83G1GrM2OCCKKACKwlqD9SZ_5GGFgO6_nmiNqqqRyum38/w400-h200/NEW-all-COK-basic-books-LG.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Well, all the volumes of <i>Colonies of Kobol</i> have been released. <a href="https://ety3rd.com/colonies-of-kobol" target="_blank">Did you download them yet?</a> Have you started reading? If you have and you've enjoyed it, please rate-and-review the books where you got them. Seriously, this helps me a great a deal and spreads the word. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrh2z0YA4LYFFJTtxfVKgFtvWLdLwu1Acki_MFwJDSyswzn4WbsktjPGS28byt3zOyg6XDoVmRYIcc4fVY3xWmiy8eZOwEs8CKSxe1nIxCgx6SSADpA5bekwoGTDGkYcq4asGRYrH3I-kgdbPIhztoMnlDVbd10Konhylh22u-5_ygv4wMeHowRvU/s1600/ig-cok-3-reveiw_dee.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrh2z0YA4LYFFJTtxfVKgFtvWLdLwu1Acki_MFwJDSyswzn4WbsktjPGS28byt3zOyg6XDoVmRYIcc4fVY3xWmiy8eZOwEs8CKSxe1nIxCgx6SSADpA5bekwoGTDGkYcq4asGRYrH3I-kgdbPIhztoMnlDVbd10Konhylh22u-5_ygv4wMeHowRvU/w400-h400/ig-cok-3-reveiw_dee.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Also, NaraJoyce read <i><a href="https://ety3rd.com/lords-of-kobol" target="_blank">Lords of Kobol</a></i> and <i>Colonies </i>in one fell swoop after breaking her leg (get well soon). Here's the love she gave <i>LoK</i>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw1z5TcK4WbKsuxMG_ptwDlYiOhNbWGl9cbZTAn_-4qEEcgPvP9vlN3GWTVkt__h-MJfkNeYZfcOV-4SxWOzv9hPAkMZja5oCY2jCQvohz_wREXmtkPb3_wM0guVjm2duw_yHHmrpvwRA_ZL-ekZ-lCeA9AiyO4C5Q7k8l9w8iB9LvzuK2eolnk3s/s2400/LOK-review-page_NaraJoyce.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw1z5TcK4WbKsuxMG_ptwDlYiOhNbWGl9cbZTAn_-4qEEcgPvP9vlN3GWTVkt__h-MJfkNeYZfcOV-4SxWOzv9hPAkMZja5oCY2jCQvohz_wREXmtkPb3_wM0guVjm2duw_yHHmrpvwRA_ZL-ekZ-lCeA9AiyO4C5Q7k8l9w8iB9LvzuK2eolnk3s/w427-h640/LOK-review-page_NaraJoyce.png" width="427" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Also, I've been writing some lengthy posts about the histories of the worlds, my writing process, the decisions I made, ... it's a deep dive. Does that interest anyone? Should I publish those?</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-23157518075674022472022-06-06T11:49:00.006-04:002022-06-16T17:40:13.706-04:00"Colonies of Kobol - Volume Three": DOWNLOAD NOW!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl2fiXjWsz55OtFy-gQau0JrQaBEQLR21fff4tGwcKsyBsvec4jTUjQNAUF9WyPjpkwSuJrGHRvDo_xMXled0tN5LvDW2j0zipgP1ArMkP0bp9Ivk66JVj9k1skW1pQfMVI2HNoaWFKdbtrPRRQtpp72Y9q3mfbXZgMOEoS-KFOqOvyXFFhcDXT1n/s600/COKvol3_BASIC-600.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl2fiXjWsz55OtFy-gQau0JrQaBEQLR21fff4tGwcKsyBsvec4jTUjQNAUF9WyPjpkwSuJrGHRvDo_xMXled0tN5LvDW2j0zipgP1ArMkP0bp9Ivk66JVj9k1skW1pQfMVI2HNoaWFKdbtrPRRQtpp72Y9q3mfbXZgMOEoS-KFOqOvyXFFhcDXT1n/s16000/COKvol3_BASIC-600.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thousands of years of history have come to this. Larsa, Kobol, Earth, the Colonies ... will the Messengers of The One True God finally help free mankind of the cycle?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In <i>Colonies of Kobol - Volume Three</i>, you'll see the conclusion. In <i>Tauron</i>, the people kick the empires off their world and create the Ha'la'tha to fight an unjust government. In <i>Caprica</i>, revisit the characters and events of that short-lived television series and witness the beginning of the Cylon War while the colonies, thanks to their long histories, struggle to come together. In <i>The Colony</i>, watch the arrival of the Final Five, their changing of the Cylons forever, and the machinations of John Cavil. In <i>New Caprica</i>, gain new perspectives on humanity's brief but consequential stay on that world. Finally, in <i>Earth</i>, go on one last journey with Bill Adama and Saul Tigh and see the shape of things to come in our own future.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Fans of <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>, <i>Caprica</i>, and <i>Lords of Kobol</i> can't miss the final volume in a trilogy detailing the history of all the Colonies of Kobol.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There is a Plan and questions will be answered.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Available for FREE:</p><p>Download from Smashwords <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1150639" target="_blank">HERE</a> (available in all file formats, including Kindle)<br />Download from Apple <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781005866440" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Barnes & Noble <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165871795" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Kobo <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781005866440" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Scribd <a href="https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781005866440&language=0" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please, rate and review it where you got it.</span></p><p>Thank you and enjoy.</p><p><a href="https://ety3rd.com/colonies-of-kobol" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The other volumes can be downloaded here.</span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-19351048003595296162022-05-30T10:47:00.001-04:002022-05-31T15:19:53.575-04:00Writing Colonies XLVI: How to Read Volume Three<p>One week away ...</p><p>Hard to believe it's almost over, but here we are. </p><p>On June 6 at about noon ET, I will publish the book to <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ety3rd" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>. Links to that will then be posted here on my blog and on my <a href="https://ety3rd.com/" target="_blank">webpage</a>. (A few days afterward, it will filter out to Apple, B&N, and other sites, so the blog and webpage will be updated with those links at that time.)</p><p>As for the story itself, there are a few different date conventions to note, but nothing that will prove to be an obstacle. Each one changes with the perspective of the world of focus, as well as the characters in it. The first is the now ubiquitous "X Years After Colonization," giving what year the events take place (e.g., the Cylon War begins in 1948). During the Cylon War portion, time is marked in days (and we know that the armistice was signed on day 4,571 thanks to <i>Razor</i>). <i>Book Fourteen: The Colony</i> follows the Final Five and thus starts with "X Years After the Holocaust," which was the dating convention used in <i>Book One: Earth</i>, and becomes "X Years Before the Fall of the Colonies" when they arrive in the Cyrannus System. <i>Book Fifteen: New Caprica</i> uses "X Days After Settlement" as that was frequently used in those <i>BSG</i> episodes and naturally refers to when the Colonials first settled that world. <i>Book Sixteen: Earth</i> uses "X Years After the Fall of the Colonies" for several chapters. Also, the "interviews" with the Messengers continue using the "Unknown Years Before Activation," but in <i>Book Sixteen</i>, during the chapters set in our own future, you will see "X Months Before Activation," for example. The "Activation" the Messengers had been preparing and interviewing for occurs at the end of that book.</p><p>Plus, some of you have asked that I include a chronological reading/viewing guide for all of my books, all of the shows, etc. It will be at the end of <i>Volume Three</i>. It's not easy, but I've crafted a list that hopefully minimizes too much bouncing around. However, it is <u>highly</u> recommended that you have read and watched everything at least once before undertaking that chronological challenge.</p><p>Let's look at that handy-dandy graphic now ...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2d8-x8ikztzqY5szXobea0s8PeoZmmPXBywfUI-iSn5yjwKzuNhsXixy7DEes6B-V7RCsfsQ6LC9HiWWpTfVFzBgc_SzFRcFtFiMhbKnrmiWp6XhP1cfP3imsNT5RMBGvInEjEIWrzroeOyLrPuYCkIZ_7SJtwji_DPgxDkzsHp_3owJ5kI_t4Xn/s752/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2d8-x8ikztzqY5szXobea0s8PeoZmmPXBywfUI-iSn5yjwKzuNhsXixy7DEes6B-V7RCsfsQ6LC9HiWWpTfVFzBgc_SzFRcFtFiMhbKnrmiWp6XhP1cfP3imsNT5RMBGvInEjEIWrzroeOyLrPuYCkIZ_7SJtwji_DPgxDkzsHp_3owJ5kI_t4Xn/s16000/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Glorious. <i>Volume Three</i> is now LOCKED and I am working on the table of contents.</p><p>And this next pic, I guess, is the last of the handy-dandy graphics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDnRya7L-1du_Vga-R1uNqvnXSOmw4sreiDxef0eaL5ar0pXkbOwjeJLaJr7w0NIDEEu5-d9upZQYfjS7sKU1aiTmCQxt4ErnPP4i74qBdLoyL4M31DJBr9mL1LRfmNe0ZW2CaESBksJ3yEhW6HYp7xRVPBDrnEMsReSyvfvjWGaechxVKtZj5g3V/s752/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP-FINAL.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDnRya7L-1du_Vga-R1uNqvnXSOmw4sreiDxef0eaL5ar0pXkbOwjeJLaJr7w0NIDEEu5-d9upZQYfjS7sKU1aiTmCQxt4ErnPP4i74qBdLoyL4M31DJBr9mL1LRfmNe0ZW2CaESBksJ3yEhW6HYp7xRVPBDrnEMsReSyvfvjWGaechxVKtZj5g3V/s16000/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP-FINAL.png" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-57508582465090300102022-04-04T11:39:00.005-04:002022-04-08T15:57:06.427-04:00"Colonies of Kobol - Volume Two": DOWNLOAD NOW!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP8fcb3qGqvfeLWdBtUpzp-nIsuUR5LEoXl38V3BeGEIpw94oR0xE2v_6EtJyXSzJfrAaCLdtYAN4wVLw7J217TDnQbEWzQrT7GQs-wnF4bpgH0FeeERO04DZG5HJbxlVd0wqRY7KnFOF4R8hgT4mHQHf8Lm_lRmzQhLiNTbujCGfZ0uC1zz6b60x/s800/COKvol2_BASICTitlePage-sm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP8fcb3qGqvfeLWdBtUpzp-nIsuUR5LEoXl38V3BeGEIpw94oR0xE2v_6EtJyXSzJfrAaCLdtYAN4wVLw7J217TDnQbEWzQrT7GQs-wnF4bpgH0FeeERO04DZG5HJbxlVd0wqRY7KnFOF4R8hgT4mHQHf8Lm_lRmzQhLiNTbujCGfZ0uC1zz6b60x/w427-h640/COKvol2_BASICTitlePage-sm.png" width="427" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Before the Cylons rebelled and the Battlestar <i>Galactica</i> led a ragtag fleet to Earth, two empires warred for control of the Twelve Colonies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In <i>Colonies of Kobol - Volume Two</i>, you'll visit eight worlds. In <i>Virgon</i>, the Blue Colony is racked with civil war. In <i>Sagittaron</i>, witness the exploitation of that planet and its people. In <i>Canceron</i>, democracy is founded and then wounded with greed. In <i>Aerilon</i>, a wild frontier must be crossed to stop a rebel. In <i>Picon</i>, there are battles on land, on the sea, in the air, and in space. In <i>Libran</i>, the Empires' vassals try to unite in peace. In <i>Scorpia</i>, Leonis' last colony stakes their claim on the future. And in <i>Aquaria</i>, a small band must survive the elements and the Cylon attack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fans of <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>, <i>Caprica</i>, and <i>Lords of Kobol</i> can't miss the second volume in a trilogy detailing the history of all the Colonies of Kobol.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There is a Plan and questions will be answered.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Available for FREE:</p><p style="text-align: left;">Download from Smashwords <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1140814" target="_blank">HERE </a>(in all file formats, including Kindle)<br />Download from Apple <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1618110995" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Barnes & Noble <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165830891" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Kobo <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781005997830" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Scribd <a href="https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781005997830&language=0" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">PLEASE, rate and review where you got it!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thank you and enjoy.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Get <i>Volume One</i> <a href="https://bit.ly/Colonies1" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-19157725741978517972022-03-28T10:00:00.011-04:002022-03-28T10:31:47.102-04:00Writing Colonies Part XLV: How to Read Volume Two<p>Yes, I recall the joke from last time. "I know how to read."</p><p>Again, at about noon ET next Monday -- one week from today -- I will post the book on <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>. I will then post it here on my blog and on <a href="http://ety3rd.com/4801.html" target="_blank">my personal webpage</a>. That will be the only way to get the book for a time until it filters out to other platforms like Apple, B&N, etc. Once that happens, I will post those links on my blog and webpage.</p><p>Same as before, read carefully. Most of the years specified at the top of each chapter are "<i>X</i> Years After Colonization," but there are some KEY exceptions.</p><p>And very importantly for me, once you've read it and liked it, do two things: 1) rate-and-review it on the site from which you downloaded it and 2) tell everyone you know who might like it. More than ten years removed from <i>BSG</i> on TV means people aren't really seeking out related content as much as they did when <i>Lords of Kobol</i> was released, but your help in spreading the word will overcome the deficit of time.</p><p>Here's another SITREP graphic to illustrate that Volume Two is now locked:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofXGQq9V1sEdsJfirqZUq-PghY3cpsa8R0AGdhmjhPH1U6xH2gtLr8yZMIBsPXyXgowWlAtDreoyu2qd4CcFQ-K4iqS4-RLTPj6q60JesBlrdCRAXIC4GBCGxrxNOv4ISZW2e5T1OB4VN0_DKWAwaRTTJLGZwId5l7bGkos46B9e9YjL0x7SDY0Y6/s752/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofXGQq9V1sEdsJfirqZUq-PghY3cpsa8R0AGdhmjhPH1U6xH2gtLr8yZMIBsPXyXgowWlAtDreoyu2qd4CcFQ-K4iqS4-RLTPj6q60JesBlrdCRAXIC4GBCGxrxNOv4ISZW2e5T1OB4VN0_DKWAwaRTTJLGZwId5l7bGkos46B9e9YjL0x7SDY0Y6/s16000/COK-covers-1-16-SITREP.png" /></a></div><br /><p>Meanwhile, I'm now knee-deep in the paper edit of <i>Volume Three</i>. As that one's pushing a THOUSAND pages, it'll take a while.</p><p>Thanks for reading. Just seven more days ...</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-28724906111904032912022-02-07T12:00:00.007-05:002022-04-04T11:27:10.097-04:00"Colonies of Kobol - Volume One": DOWNLOAD NOW!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqMbsbZQf-jcbOgf7iaDJY-MHcqCYbl-fLueXsDBij9JEUKZVbNDg1rmc8hPxAK311agH31Zm2lPzYe5NEtAy_wBBNrcIDMfxjMoHNXF_E26Abfnj09LTP0yiQZ3sUisf1JxTAgTCu-4E0IhTeUYH37Hbnq8bP_DTmkF9iWEehjdy-DJ0CWR58YGJu=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqMbsbZQf-jcbOgf7iaDJY-MHcqCYbl-fLueXsDBij9JEUKZVbNDg1rmc8hPxAK311agH31Zm2lPzYe5NEtAy_wBBNrcIDMfxjMoHNXF_E26Abfnj09LTP0yiQZ3sUisf1JxTAgTCu-4E0IhTeUYH37Hbnq8bP_DTmkF9iWEehjdy-DJ0CWR58YGJu=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Two thousand years before the Cylons destroyed the Twelve Colonies and the Battlestar <i>Galactica </i>led a ragtag fleet to Earth, the Lords of Kobol fell and mankind fled for the Colonies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Colonies of Kobol, you will learn what happened next. In <i>Earth</i>, you will behold the end of that world and the flight of the Final Five. In <i>Gemenon</i>, you will see Kobol's exiles make landfall, as well as strife between believers in the Pantheon and believers in The One True God. In <i>Leonis</i>, you will witness the beginning of a thousand-year war between that world and their enemy, Virgon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fans of <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>, <i>Caprica</i>, and <i>Lords of Kobol</i> can't miss the first volume in a trilogy detailing the history of all the Colonies of Kobol.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There is a Plan and questions will be answered.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>REVIEW</b>:</p><p style="text-align: left;">"Having already read Lords of Kobol, I’d been anticipating this series since it was first announced, and downloaded it from Smashwords the day it was released. WELL. It was everything I’d hoped for, and more. Edward T. Yeatts certainly knows his source material, and he tells an amazing story with that knowledge. The next book cannot come fast enough for this reader. 10/10." -- Dee</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Available for FREE:</p><p style="text-align: left;">Download from Smashwords <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1131645" target="_blank">HERE</a> (in all file formats, including Kindle)<br />Download from iTunes <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1609994743" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Barnes & Noble <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165782930" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Kobo <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781005766092" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />Download from Scribd <a href="https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781005766092&language=0" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">PLEASE, rate and review where you got it! </span></p><p>Thank you and enjoy.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-67094624765821821972022-01-31T10:00:00.030-05:002022-01-31T10:00:00.251-05:00Writing Colonies XLIV: How to Read Volume One<p>"Um, duh. I can read."</p><p>I'm sure one of you said that. There's more to it than that.</p><p>First, the technical stuff.</p><p>On February 7, at around noon Eastern Time (US), I will post it on <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ety3rd" target="_blank">Smashwords.com</a>. It will be available there in all formats (Apple, Nook, Kindle, PDF, etc.). In the days after it goes up, Smashwords will distribute it to the other stores around the web, like iTunes, B&N, etc. I will post those links as I become aware of them on my personal webpage <a href="http://ety3rd.com/6201.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>(Smashwords now has a pre-order option and I attempted to use that. I thought it would be cool for everyone to sign up for it in the week leading up to the release, and then you get an email saying it's ready or whatever. Nope. To do a pre-order release, I have to charge money. Because I am still afeared of lawyers, I won't do that. I do, however, still have a <a href="https://paypal.me/ety3rd" target="_blank">tipjar</a>, in case anyone feels so inclined.)</p><p>Now, actually reading the thing.</p><p><i>Lords of Kobol</i> was, primarily, dated at the top of each chapter with the phrase "X Years Before the Final Exodus," obviously referring to the exodus of mankind from Kobol. In <i>Colonies</i>, the phrase you'll see most often is "X Years After Colonization." This refers to the day civilian ships landed and human feet trod upon Gemenon with the intention of staying. </p><p>Also, a phrase you'll see often is, "Unknown Years Before Activation." That's cryptic and it's supposed to be. (Perhaps it's something that won't be resolved until, say, <i>Volume Three</i>.) Regardless, that phrase means what you're reading is outside of time and space and you're witnessing the Messengers of The One True God as they conduct "interviews" with people from humanity's past. Yes, this is how I finagled my way into writing chapters with some beloved characters from <i>Lords of Kobol,</i> <i>BSG,</i> and <i>Caprica</i>, living and dead. </p><p>In other words, with shifting dates and the possibility of extra-dimensional interviews, I'm saying, "Read carefully."</p><p>Related to this, I'll mention that I'm working on a chronological reading and viewing guide for inclusion in <i>Volume Three</i>. Meaning, a list of what to read and watch in order, including all of <i>Lords of Kobol</i>, <i>Colonies of Kobol</i>, <i>Caprica</i>, <i>BSG</i>, and more. I briefly toyed with making <i>Colonies </i>a strictly chronological story from jump, but that would have meant bouncing from colony to colony on a more frequent basis. I thought keeping the separate books, one for each planet, worked best, and I believe the larger narrative doesn't suffer because one part of <i>Book Two</i>, for example, takes place after <i>Book Four</i>.</p><p>Oh, one more SITREP before next week:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVfJoa2Knz6klpLLaVTVzrCryMcydvdoNISlI3OSg4Gq8yDuDaq0w_uvbySzGAFa4emnGidx5HlxPccwAs8JIKRRZ5MXkarkkVcuqe3oauVu_TxEshjTmzdvVa_AMnoHIKhtby_d-oT16-w017cepxaEbTUIQl_QLKHWkJHdkkZL-43EFo8VyBYyJd=s752" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVfJoa2Knz6klpLLaVTVzrCryMcydvdoNISlI3OSg4Gq8yDuDaq0w_uvbySzGAFa4emnGidx5HlxPccwAs8JIKRRZ5MXkarkkVcuqe3oauVu_TxEshjTmzdvVa_AMnoHIKhtby_d-oT16-w017cepxaEbTUIQl_QLKHWkJHdkkZL-43EFo8VyBYyJd=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p>I now consider <i>Volume One</i> locked. I've read through a few sections since the last full edit and tweaked some things, but that is at an end. While I craft the social media posts for <i>One</i>'s release next week, I am now beginning the next editing read-through of <i>Volume Two</i>. As <i>Two</i> is nearly twice as long as <i>One</i>, those edits will require more time, so I can't rest on my laurels yet.</p><p>February 7 is just one week away. Thanks for reading.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5M8tFsPNBE2pWIhROlQIYu2z-YZJAbzoC-hpwWiyx_CQqafCdDtSFySh3tA714GR9pJHsYveGFeLlbdJ7NqfEDCa7b-EEjOfEkHUR2ja_ZdNccNvIcmGTGbiEbqzO4AAbRzgkbvbABSJCibEmVzgHzDPE7CmyQxLgUutcSMWxhzsKQy04oCXDqzKy=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="600" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5M8tFsPNBE2pWIhROlQIYu2z-YZJAbzoC-hpwWiyx_CQqafCdDtSFySh3tA714GR9pJHsYveGFeLlbdJ7NqfEDCa7b-EEjOfEkHUR2ja_ZdNccNvIcmGTGbiEbqzO4AAbRzgkbvbABSJCibEmVzgHzDPE7CmyQxLgUutcSMWxhzsKQy04oCXDqzKy=w400-h288" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636236620308615031.post-2509771878575923332021-12-24T12:20:00.001-05:002021-12-24T12:20:05.886-05:00Writing Colonies XLIII: SITREP - "Paper Edit" of Volume One is complete<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9Z6DMnENM5s13SO94SqBsmWjXwp9yFQUvXKcFPCtjbLtd144Jy65nlT7P8rUXn9RNYtUDS9ehCCVULelggxriRirWVMhsfyCRgEcTtY6TF3hVcF3Tfw6Q8DSTY4r_SFtJJAusdyWnRl4hnB8UQRIZVJs6vmYMctm9ueOmLzKvUoeZ75Rf2oW6-_Ew=s752" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9Z6DMnENM5s13SO94SqBsmWjXwp9yFQUvXKcFPCtjbLtd144Jy65nlT7P8rUXn9RNYtUDS9ehCCVULelggxriRirWVMhsfyCRgEcTtY6TF3hVcF3Tfw6Q8DSTY4r_SFtJJAusdyWnRl4hnB8UQRIZVJs6vmYMctm9ueOmLzKvUoeZ75Rf2oW6-_Ew=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The "Paper Edit" is complete. As before, seeing the words on pages is a different experience than having them on a screen, so I see things I missed before. Once those changes are made, I'll proceed to the next edit, likely the "Kindle Edit" wherein I read it on a handheld device. Again, the different medium helps me see things I've previously missed. Since I've pegged the release of <i>Volume One</i> for February 7, the next few edits/passes will focus only on those books. </p><p>This is probably the last update for 2021, so let me wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays. 2022 promises to be a big one for me, so I hope I can count on your help to spread the word. Thanks for reading.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0