Change of Plans

Hello everyone,

I realize it has literally been an eternity since I posted any updates to this page, and I apologize.  Work, school, and family events got the better of me over the last few years.  Those of you who still follow me know that I just completed NaNoWriMo for Shattered Earth.  I will be continuing to work on that project with the goal of completing a 100k word manuscript to submit to Baen.

Given my success this year in NaNo I am planning to take the existing manuscript of Chronicles and do some serious reworking for next years event.  I will no longer be posting the actual story up here, but I will leave what is up here there for you to enjoy.

I hope to be able to accomplish next year what I did this year and prepare Chronicles for a submission to a publisher as a fully completed work.  I will do my best to keep the blog updated.

Regards,

Josh Perkoff

Quick update

I’m doing some final updates on the next set of posts, I’m aiming for a once every two weeks schedule, and hopefully as I find more time to write on the weekends it will turn into a once a week update.  If all else fails I’ll try to do once a month time permitting on my writing. Next couple of weeks I will be busy dealing with CCNA examinations.  My goal is to get the first post of the new run (end of Chapter IX) by Sunday the 22nd.

Things to look forward to:

I have officially finished and finalized the rest of Chapter IX, and am now working on Chapter X. Hoping to have a few good posts ready by September so I can try to keep rolling with either one post every weekend, or at least one post every two weeks. Thanks again to everyone who’s been helping out with editing and ideas, also I hope to finally have the Characters page up by September or October (waiting on some art for it to be finished)

No guarantees, but a promise.

Okay I know I made a lot of promises about getting back to the writing, and I keep getting side tracked by school, life, and the occasional stupidity of my friends that I can’t help but get involved in for the laughs.  I have begun writing again and working on new posts for the blog, and I fully intend to finish the story, at least the first planned “book”.  So please bear with me my goal is to get back to posting by September, maybe November.  Thanks for your patience guys.

EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE

Okay I’ve actually been fielded several question about what is going on here at Chronicles HQ.  So I’m going to answer them all right now.

1. I will be resuming my writing on the story next week after finals are over and hopefully manage a post next weekend if I’m lucky.

2. Negotiations with the cartoonist I mentioned are still under way.  Thank you again to the viewers who pointed out copyright concerns to me, and also a special thanks to “cutieboots7” who informed that there is a legal difference between owning the IDEA of the character and owning the IMAGE of the character. We are now in negotiations with our respective councils about how to handle that legality so I will keep everyone posted on whether or not that project will go through.

3. Yes I actually do have a staff here of sorts its not just me. I just do most of the writing and they just edit for me and tell me how insane I am. ^^

4. No I still don’t have a date on when Into the Black will re-release mainly because of some issues I’ve been having here after a theft. Thank you again to the contributors (you know who you are) who sent in their own ideas to be added to the Into the Black anthology. Special thanks to E over at DeVry for help with the quantum physics!

HELP PRETZEL!!!

I presume most of you, my readers, have heard of Little Kitty That Could. Well we here at Chronicles have fallen in love with this kitty and her amazing story.  She is currently preparing to under go the first of 3, yes 3!, surgeries to correct her legs and we are asking for anyone who can to help her get the care she needs. The following link is the paypal donation, I will also place it on the link list. Please help this little kitty as much or little as you can.

 

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=uG2QVoxxU1rk0edmWwpfP_lTe_exQFHjj_Rw3TgoKEXbFt4fPW3I0eVTlqy&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d569c51c61ce57e9125f793ea33988004

Legalities

Okay I’ve had some questions posed to me personally by some of my readers (no one is in trouble!) about using some of my story elements or even my characters for their own things (mainly RP stuff and some other blogs even an artist).  As you are all aware all of my stories are under copyright of their respective authors.  I will be consulting with our in house lawyer about how I can arrange for those who have asked about using material for various uses (including a school teacher in Brazil of all places!).  Anyone else besides those who have been in contact with me recently please comment on this post or email me (should be able to using the contact me link if its not working let me know) and I will see what we can arrange about use of my material being able to be used WITHOUT compromising my copyright and having any serious issues.  Thank you to those who have shown such interest I’m happy to see my work has not been in vain.

Power is goneeeeee

There is no power here…or in like half of Jersey…so yeah….I had a bunch of posts getting ready to go and then this happens…thanks Sandy….thanks a lot lol. S’mores and hot chocolate available…well somewhere. See you all when the powers restored.

Restart Processes Engaged

Finally finding time again to do some writing, so starting this Saturday look for the next post in Chapter IX, and hopefully I can keep up with a Weekly, if not once every two weeks schedule.

Aurora Shootings

I have just finished going through all the articles on the reddit timeline about this tragic incident. Honestly I’m at a loss for words on the magnitude of this tragedy. All of us here at Chronicles and New Age of Politics send out our deepest condolences and prayers to the victims of Mr. Holmes attack at the premier of The Dark Knight Rises. While we cannot directly render aid beyond our own means, we encourage our fans and loyal viewers to help however they can. The Huffington Post has a list of possible ventures where you can contribute aid and help to the victims. I myself, along with several of our staff plan to attend blood drives that the (according to rumor) are being organized by the Red Cross around the country to increase the stock in national blood banks, we encourage our fans to join us in contributing to the Red Cross’ efforts to help the victims. Our fans in Colorado who wish to help should get in touch with their local Red Cross chapters.

Huffington Post list: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/aurora-theater-colorado-shooting_n_1690093.html?utm_hp_ref=impact

Colorado Red Cross: http://www.coloradoredcross.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=Q4Q26NY21N

Crime stoppers is also asking that anyone with information regarding Mr. Holmes actions, or other possible persons of interest (one or two possible sought by Denver PD, names have not been released as far as we are aware).

God bless and keep the victims of this terrible tragedy, our hearts and minds are with them.