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Mutabilis update
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:24 am
by drew
Just finished chapter eight, and moving into the last chapter (had to add an extra one, as I thought of a couple of extra bits I wanted in...)
Question for you all though....
Mutabilis is in the same style as Status Quo, with a 'cliff hanger' at the end of each chapter.
Whilst the story is soon to be complete, would you like to receive it on mass, or have a chapter dropped regularly (say once a week), rather like a mini-series, and stretch out the fun between now and Christmas?
Some people have commented that they found the chapter by chapter more fun last time, as it was more exciting.
I could upload it bit by bit to the wiki.
Poll option for you to vote on - let me know and I'll go with the consensus.
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:16 pm
by Selezen
I hate cliffhangers. I don't watch telly for just that reason. I get things on DVD or on demand if I want to watch it.
I have no patience.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:28 pm
by pagroove
Great!
Your Status Quo was a major inspiration source for my Famous Planets.OXP
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:54 pm
by drew
pagroove wrote:Great!
Your Status Quo was a major inspiration source for my Famous Planets.OXP
Hey, thanks for that! Hopefully Mutabilis will inspire some more OXPs!
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:00 pm
by Star Gazer
Go for it!! Drip feed me, I'm an addict!
I was brought up on Saturday morning kids' cinema, it cost all of 1s 6d...!! (or 7.5p) We were always left with cliff-hangers!
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:38 am
by drew
I've knocked up a cover - not great, but about the limits of my artistic cabability!
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:31 am
by Captain Hesperus
Why not ask some of the talented gents on the boards to make a mock-up page.
Better yet, make it a competition!! Winner gets their picture on the front cover.
Captain Hesperus
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:32 am
by drew
Sounds like a plan... done!!!
Mutabilis chapter one will be released on
Sunday 14th of September.
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:01 pm
by Killer Wolf
might be missing summat here, but wouldn't it be better to know some of the plot/set-pieces in order to do a really good cover? ie, something relevant to the book. otherwise it's more of a "best screenshot" thing.
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:41 pm
by drew
Thanks Killer Wolf - suggestions in the other thread.
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:37 pm
by drew
Well that was fairly definitive...
7 each way.
Funny thing really
Last time everyone wanted it chapter by chapter pretty much...
Anybody else going to cast a vote?
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:39 pm
by JohnnyBoy
drew wrote:Anybody else going to cast a vote?
Done.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:48 am
by drew
Ok! It goes (narrowly!) to the stress meisters!
This does have the upside that you can start reading the story earlier, as the early chapters are all completed.
I will do the proofreading, grammar checking etc, and will upload the first chapter
this Sunday evening (14th September).
I may split the last chapter into 2, so there will be either 9 or 10 chapters and I'll regularly post them up on Sunday evenings ready for the week ahead.
This will take us to the 9th of November, or the 16th.
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:03 am
by Damos
How about sending the complete work to that publishing site you used for "Status Quo". Those that want the complete work can reach for their wallet instead.
This includes me... I bought the paper book. Just prefer the feel of paper.
Damos
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:13 am
by drew
Fully intend to do that once all the chapters are out, Damos.
The process of sending them out one by one gets a lot of the proof reading errors out of the way, and I can improve and tweak the overall story based on feedback.
The hardcopy then becomes the definitive version. Should be done in time for Christmas!
Cheers,
Drew.