If you pre-ordered Dracula's Secret back in January (when it was available the first time), you will need to re-order.
From my editor:
"The reason the pre-orders for the original listing of DRACULA’S
SECRET didn’t carry over is because the ISBN was changed (I suspected
that might be the case). Normally people wouldn’t have to re-order but a
new ISBN makes for an entirely different product."
Fortunately, you aren't charged until the book ships, so re-ordering shouldn't be too big of a problem. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Character Creation
I'm always looking for ways to stimulate my brain. This past weekend, I got a wonderful shot of creativity from an unexpected source.
For the first time in nearly twenty years, I joined a game based on Dungeons and Dragons. Yep, that old role playing game (RPG) that we used to fear would lead the youth of our nation into devil worship.
In actuality, RPGs are an adventure in shared, co-operative story telling. Any author who has co-written a story can tell of the joys of creating a world and quirky characters with another person. I got to have that fun with seven other bright, intelligent, fun people.
Every story starts with a character or eight. Someone with various strengths and weaknesses who gets challenged to push herself. How she reacts to those challenges depend a great deal on her personality traits. Fortunately, RPGs give you a wonderful way to discover those personalities.
Of course, we usually use archetypes (here) or GMC (here). But why not try some thing a little koo-koo crazy?
First, get yourself four six sided dice.
Then, roll your dice.
Remove the lowest number from the cluster.
Add up the remaining dice and write that number down. Do that six times.
Next time - what to do with those numbers!
For the first time in nearly twenty years, I joined a game based on Dungeons and Dragons. Yep, that old role playing game (RPG) that we used to fear would lead the youth of our nation into devil worship.
In actuality, RPGs are an adventure in shared, co-operative story telling. Any author who has co-written a story can tell of the joys of creating a world and quirky characters with another person. I got to have that fun with seven other bright, intelligent, fun people.
Every story starts with a character or eight. Someone with various strengths and weaknesses who gets challenged to push herself. How she reacts to those challenges depend a great deal on her personality traits. Fortunately, RPGs give you a wonderful way to discover those personalities.
Of course, we usually use archetypes (here) or GMC (here). But why not try some thing a little koo-koo crazy?
First, get yourself four six sided dice.
Then, roll your dice.
Remove the lowest number from the cluster.
Add up the remaining dice and write that number down. Do that six times.
Next time - what to do with those numbers!
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