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WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Updated as of: December 3, 2019.
I normally post to the public part of this site every Tuesday, except
during the annual two-week PsiberDreaming Conference, natural or
unnatural disasters, or severe medical debility. Sometimes I also
miss the Tuesday after the Fairy & Human Relations Congress, too,
but not always. Easter week will no longer be an issue, as I no
longer live within range of the Yaqui Ceremonies.
Want
a souvenir from Novatierre? I have made tiles
and stickers in the
style of Naugrenic tile work, which you can purchase
here: zazzle.com/Dreamdeer_Mandalas*
.
Latest uploads:
1. "Welcome Home!", Chapter 54 of "In the
Mountains of Fire VI: The Rift", plus
dream-notes.
2. Addition to the glossary of "hachee".
Other:
1.
I will try to minimize delays from here on out.
TABLE OF TABLES OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTORY
MATERIALS
(Wherein I cover ethics,
legalese, donations, advertising, and
the
philosophy of self-publication, not to mention a
guide to how best to
read these tales for the maximum enjoyment.)
II. BACKSTORY
FICTION AND
ESSAYS
(Stories and essays that provide background and
additional
context
for the main body of work, for those who find this
sort of thing
interesting. Not necessarily in chronological
order, but I will do my
best)
III. TWO HISTORIC PIECES THAT READERS SAY ARE
TOO IMPORTANT TO
CONSIGN TO THE BACKSTORY SECTION:
1: The
Harvest
of Young Minds (novella, RE: the origin of Til)
2: Colonization
of
Novatierre/Development of Til Institute(essay)
IV. NOVELS/SERIALS
(Novel) The
Poison
Gamble(Completed)
(Serial) The Outlaw God
(Completed)
(Serial) In the
Mountains of Fire (In
progress.)
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Glossary
Writing
From
Dreams
Maps
(Courtesy of Magic
ToolBox.)
Click on the picture of the map to the left of the
screen and it will
bring you to the full map. You can examine it in
thumbnail for an
overview of the shape, run your mouse over it for
detailed views to the
right, or go to the upper right and find a faint,
gray "size" button,
and click on the alternative size to be able to
scroll up, down, and
sideways to explore the full-sized map.
I am not satisfied with this way of presenting the
map. I am trying to
figure out a complicated procedure to make it
better.
Want to discuss these tales with
others?
Then check out my DISCUSSION
GROUP
at Google.
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You need not read an entire series
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Want to learn how to write from dreams? Want to do
research
on
dreams and the creative process? Interested in
dream-based fiction?
Then the dream-notes provided with every chapter will
give you what you
need.
Caution:
Some
have found these tales disturbing. Some pages may also
contain nudity.
Parental guidance suggested.
WARNING!
Do not
download any program purportedly from this site!
This site does not require flash or any other special
programs.
There are those who write not because it's a nice
hobby, a literate pastime, but because we have to,
because the words on
the page are the only thing that stitches up the
wounds.
Literature is not escapism--it's confrontation! If
we truly read just
to escape, we'd all share stories about fluffy
bunnies and rainbows
with nary a frost in the garden. Instead we
write--we must!--of wars
and dragons, crime and grief and heartbreak and
heroes running for
their lives before they turn at last to fight.
In literature, we practice for our lives,
vicariously learning, through
the characters, the courage that we need to go back
to the same world
that we retreated from, and this time take a stand.
The difference
between the true escapism of drugs or alcohol, and
the so-called
escapism of literature (in story, poem, lyric or
script) is that the
first leaves us less-equipped, and the latter
more-equipped, upon our
return, to wrestle with the issues that overwhelmed
us in the first
place. All cultures tell stories that revolve around
a challenge. We
need this.
ARTISTIC CREDITS: In the artwork on these pages
I
make extensive use of Brusheezy
brushes, which might or might not include those by Abbas Malek Hosseini
AKA Abdostan, Ady Smith, Aesali, Aramis Dream, Axeraider 70, Blacky 83,
Blazter (Javier HX), Camisole, Cary HMS, Celestial-Star.net AKA
Melfina, Cevkarade, Dahlia Chrysalis, Dead Brushes (Gallo), Diditeko
AKA Disporatik, DieheArt, Dirt 2 AKA Keep Waiting, Duster Amaranth C,
Easy Elements, Eliburford, FlourKirby, Haunting My Sleep, Hawksmont,
Horhew, Ilhan AKA Trisste, Jackob, Jakafe, Keep Waiting, Kimbahanne AKA
Tackybrush, Mel's Brushes, Midnight's Touch, Milana V, Moofygirl, Music
Freak 469596, Mutsie, Nelchee AKA In Obscuro, Noelevz, Obsidian
Dawn, Ookari, Photoshop Island, Photoshop Tutorials, Pia, r0mande
(Ruslan Julbarrisow), Sandy McBadshoes, Scottehs, Titi Montoya,
touik.deviantart.com, Trinefe, Stock Graphic Designs., and
Wezza-T. I also, on rare occasions, use imagery from
Dreamtime. And I sometimes use patterns or brushes from Obsidian Dawn, whose excellent materials can be found at http://www.obsidiandawn.com/.
I also use brushes from GIMP, GPS, and LJF Hutch, as I increasingly
phase into using GIMP, which is vastly superior to the Photoshop
Elements program I used to use. I LOOOOve their brush dynamics!
PLEASE NOTE: For the snowy hills in Vol. IV, Chapter 24, I
piggybacked on a sand-dune scene in Creative Commons, but lost the
information on who originally took the photograph. If you
recognize your work in those contours, please contact me so that I can
give you proper attribution! I rarely piggyback, but your work
had exactly the shapes I needed. In the meantime I will continue
to try and track you down. So far not even Google Images has
helped.
I also use gradients made by or based on gradients made
by Titi Montoya, also at Brusheezy
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